The promise

Title: The promise

Format: Image size 69.9x52.5 Paper size app. 108x77cm

Technique: DGA on paper

Production year: 2011

This artwork is made using digital tools. It portrays three human(like) figures, their heads and necks. They are equally dressed in the same blue-green jumpers, they carry the same hairstyle and their hair is the same color Their faces look alike, but are slightly different. They are portrayed against a vibrant pinkish background, a light of revelation. Together they form a line. They all seem to be within the same state of mind or walking towards a same goal or purpose. Behind the third person, one can see a glimpse of a fourth person that seems to break up the symmetry of the line. The artwork is expressionistic, it may be said to belong to a modern tradition as it points forwards. It carries on the heritage of pop art as well as surrealism.

The original artwork is a little darker in the tone of the figures and the clothing perhaps more greenish-blue, creating a more delicate vibrant contrast towards the background. The original is also more delicate than the photo when it comes to the bridges and the spread of colour. The paper is all white, not greyish like the photo. The image on main display is a little cropped, perhaps into 105x75 or the like. The artwork is printed on quality art paper. This is an open edition, but I have only made one print. The paper can be cropped into proper or suitable size. These images, that I made in 2011, is part of a series of DGAs. I have not taken them up before now. If there would be an interest for the expression, I would try to go deeper into the material that I have made and print also some of the other images.