Harold Berglund,
still life painter, goals
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Fragment
II - 65x50 cm - oil - 2002 |
What I seek in painting: The play of light on surfaces,
around objects, in reflections and shadows is a multifaceted spectacle of
color. Light is the subject of my still-life painting, captured in a dynamic
composition of forms and lines. Transparent paints make for glowing colors
and color mixing on a palette of the primary colors - red, yellow and blue -
produces a full scale of nuances. Each nuance painted separately so they
stand clearly visible. In a successful painting, color is light, objects and
surfaces lack significance, and what you see is the light. |
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THE
STILL-LIFE is a laboratory for research into our ways of seeing and
interpreting reality. What
objects are included is rather insignificant, differences are mainly for the
sake of variety. Simple objects
- a pitcher or bowl - and a fruit or vegetable as something
"living" on a table with a background and a composition that feels
right. The most
important element is light - indirect natural light from one source to give
clear shadows and a full spectrum of colors. Then I
try to record what I see - light that my brain interprets as different colors
and shades. But light
is not stable, nor is the eye's response. I have to be satisfied with an
approximation. Even so
the resulting paintings are amazingly complex. Even small insignificant
objects reveal a universe of light and color. Harold Berglund 2001-08-12 |
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