In this work, a tension unfolds between abstraction and landscape reference. Fragments of the sea, beach, and dune landscape appear not as naturalistic representations, but as atmospheric symbols. Dominant, almost square colored surfaces—dark and solid, light and flooded with light—structure the composition and mark the dialectic of shadow and light.

The dark horizon line, which simultaneously dissolves and opens, lends the image an existential dimension: it is less a depiction of nature than a reflection on perception, memory, and the fragile balance between gravity and transparency. Lines reminiscent of beach grass and rushes anchor the image in reality, while the colors—ranging from sandy creamy white to shimmering silver to turquoise and light blue tones—create a poetic harmony.

Thus, "Luminous Shadow" becomes a visually perceptible paradox: a shadow that glows, a landscape that transforms into abstraction, and a space that simultaneously connects the concrete and the immaterial.

Birgit Theissen-Becker
FEATURED PERMANENT ARTIST
Curated by GALLERYONE962 team