2015-2016
Karl Szekielda
Born in Berlin, Karl started his art education at fourteen at a farm island school in Berlin. He eventually became interested in the sciences and moved on to formal studies in chemical oceanography in Kiel and later in Aix-Marseille, France. After his doctorate, he left Europe for the United States with an award to work as a fellow under NASA. During his years of scientific research, his art work gradually transformed and the influence of science can be seen integrated in a number of his paintings and 3-dimensional montages. Art and science are connected. Earth structures and ocean features are extracted and transformed into captured elements, time and energy and painted onto canvas. He defines color in objective terms, as specific spectral parts of light, and in subjective terms as something perceived and experienced by an individual. Renee Phillips of Manhattan Arts International in showcasing Karl’s art described his paintings as
a synthesis of art and science and an expression of mystery and wonder… In many of his works we catch glimpses of tactile earth formations, fluid movement of oceans, and the expansiveness of the sky. However, instead of depicting specific physical properties the viewer experiences the images on a visceral level that reminds one of the continuous transformation and metamorphosis that exists in nature.
Karl continues to teach environmental studies and to conduct research in the interpretation of satellite data. For the last 25 years, Karl has his residence and studio in Hampton Bays, New York.
See also:
http://www.manhattanartsblog.com/karl-h-szekielda-paintings/
http://hamptonsarthub.com/artist/karl-h-szekielda/
Born in Berlin, Karl started his art education at fourteen at a farm island school in Berlin. He eventually became interested in the sciences and moved on to formal studies in chemical oceanography in Kiel and later in Aix-Marseille, France. After his doctorate, he left Europe for the United States with an award to work as a fellow under NASA. During his years of scientific research, his art work gradually transformed and the influence of science can be seen integrated in a number of his paintings and 3-dimensional montages. Art and science are connected. Earth structures and ocean features are extracted and transformed into captured elements, time and energy and painted onto canvas. He defines color in objective terms, as specific spectral parts of light, and in subjective terms as something perceived and experienced by an individual. Renee Phillips of Manhattan Arts International in showcasing Karl’s art described his paintings as
a synthesis of art and science and an expression of mystery and wonder… In many of his works we catch glimpses of tactile earth formations, fluid movement of oceans, and the expansiveness of the sky. However, instead of depicting specific physical properties the viewer experiences the images on a visceral level that reminds one of the continuous transformation and metamorphosis that exists in nature.
Karl continues to teach environmental studies and to conduct research in the interpretation of satellite data. For the last 25 years, Karl has his residence and studio in Hampton Bays, New York.
See also:
http://www.manhattanartsblog.com/karl-h-szekielda-paintings/
http://hamptonsarthub.com/artist/karl-h-szekielda/
aszekielda@gmail.com
Phone: 917-494-9897
Copyrights: A. SZEKIELDA 2016
Phone: 917-494-9897
Copyrights: A. SZEKIELDA 2016
