Offset Series. 2022

The starting point for the images was a selection of photographic views of plants and vegetation whose contours and outlines were subsequently vectorised and prepared as a basis for further image development. In some cases, single linear strands were multiplied several times, interlaced, slightly offset and underlaid with drop shadows, lending the individual images a wafer-thin layer of pictorial depth. In other cases, very specific line segments were given a different brightness and colouring to achieve a relief-like visual effect. Some of the images can certainly be classified as graphic art. Others though, with their subtly implied three-dimensionality, bridge the gap to seemingly photographic depiction. The aim was to experiment with abstract modes of display, to explore the points of contact between plane and depth, and to develop a variety of images that oscillate between abstract and photorealistic drawing.