Thomas Kuppler
has been a London based Artist, living and working
there since 1990.
He
originally studied Art in Germany, thereafter
decided to work in the hotel and hospitality industry,
as he knew it would enable him to travel the world
and enrich his passion for Art and Painting with
a wider knowledge.
He
never stopped painting while he lived in different
countries, including Mexico, South America, Spain,
and Singapore and from all these impressions we
now have a most innovative, inspiring unusual
talent, that is a vast force for the future Contemporary
Art, transmitting his deepest feelings and aggressions
on to the canvas.
His
very personal expression is embodiment of experiences
and impressions culled from diverse people, cultures
and countries - the use of strong colour. preferably
blue, being one of the major impacts. These impressions
he combines with the difficulties of living in
sprawling, grey and fast city like London. Although
a lot of his paintings exude the life
of colour they show certain sadness or
seriousness simultaneously. Thomas'
major work is figurative. He says...'
this is the best way for me to express feeling'
A
lot of his paintings give an almost iconic
impression.
In the last year Thomas has started using gold
in his paintings - saying that...
'gold can express so
many things, it is precious, it reflects the light
and changes its colour depending on the environment;
therefore those paintings are always different
- never the same. Another major impact of the
gold is that if you touch it the feeling is cold
in comparison with the normal colour on the canvas.
So it is also a sort of magnetism within the painting.'
In
more recent times Thomas has moved away from the
pure figurative art and started to paint in a
more 'constructed' minimalist style. His paintings
however, still abound with symbols, which appear
again and again in almost all his work, namely:
the hand and the cross.
Thomas
wants to share his work with others and as a result
is now dedicating most of his time with painting
and art.
Thomas
is the new voice of the Art World . Pushing forward
in areas as none before him.
august
1994
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