Since the middle of the 1990s, painter Ansgar Skiba, who lives in Dusseldorf, has concentrated on the theme of water in his paintings. His canvas filling motifs of glaciers, waves, lakes and mountain landscapes transform natural energy into the energy of colours whilst at the same time depicting the various states of the elixir “water“. The flow of a glacier or the foaming surf of a stormy sea can be closely experienced by the beholder through the intensive colouring and haptic painting. Paste-like, raised cascades and curves create the impression of powerful movement and exhilarating experience.
Skiba’s motifs exemplarily combine all the typical qualities which are important for him in his work: figurative archetypal motifs – undiluted colouring – plane spatiality – raised painting and haptic presence – strength, dynamic and sensuality – avoidance of all ostensible substance – and the fusion of the pictured object and canvas into one entity.