Identity Series I

This series especially deals with my own identity and focusses on the relationship with my mother. Every artwork in this series is related to my mother, mostly in her younger years. For some paintings I used a special technique: the portrait is based on a photograph, and I worked both with photo projection and acrylic to create an unique illustration of her. The scribbling textures underline that these portraits deal with memories and emotions and can’t be seen as an accurate expression of reality.
Please click on the pictures to find out the deeper meaning behind each artwork, the dimensions and price. If you are interested in acquiring my artworks, please contact me any time: artistlenasnow@web.de

shyness

“Shyness” is also related to my mother and I created the artwork by using the same technique as for the artwork “Summer love” to make the artwork authentic. My mother used to be a woman who could express herself and show herself in beautiful dresses, but she was also a shy and insecure, sometimes even a bit of a naïve person. I especially remember her in her green dress that fitted so beautifully with her red hair. My mother had natural red hair and especially in her youth it shined bright and made her special. I intended to capture her shy side, because that is a character trait I can also identify with. Sometimes I catch myself in situations where I remember myself of my mother when being or acting shy although I am also an extrovert person. Although my mother was an alcoholic, was violent and suffered from manic depression, that is not all she was. Over the past few years that became clearer and clearer to me and by creating this series – which is also a saddening process sometimes – my artworks help me to focus on positive aspects and creating this series enabled me to value my mother even after a lot of pain and hate. I enjoy remembering her being shy in her green dress with all her conspicuous features – it brings me peace.
mixed media on paper,
36x28,5 cm
price: 440 €

Summer Love

“Summer Love” This artwork is part of a series of artworks I created in memory of my mother. I have always had a very difficult relationship to her and my childhood with her was traumatic and violent since she suffered from alcoholism and manic depression. However, she has not always been like this. When she was younger she used to be a happy, charismatic and beautiful woman. In my series I am trying to express her charisma and charm in her younger years. This is a way for me to see my mother differently and brings me closer to her. Also, it deals with my own identity and similarities between her and me. In order to make the artwork authentic, I used old photographs of my mother and projected them on photo paper. Then I painted the rather fade projection in a scribbling style with acrylics pencils. By using a mixture of photography and painting I want to combine the aspect of "reality" and "memory". Reality in that sense that the artwork is based on a real picture and resembles my mother and memory is represented by the scrawling style, because memory is never accurate, just a perception or even impression we have of a moment or a sequence of moments.
mixed media on paper,
36x30 cm,
price: 440 €

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Coquette,
mixed media on paper,
37x30cm
price: 440 €

challenging

challenging,
available as original:
mixed media on paper,
36x30 cm,
price: 450 €
(background of the artwork is black)
and available as print (background of the artwork is black and slightly orange as in the photo)

lustful

lustful,
mixed media on paper,
only available as print

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conceited
mixed media on paper,
30x36cm, original available with black background,
price: 390 €
available as print, with white/rose background as in the picture

joy

joy, mixed media on paper, only available as print

uncertain

uncertain,
mixed media on paper,
36x30cm
price: 390 €