ABOUT & EXHIBITIONS

Anselm Homey, born in 1973 in Braunschweig, Germany, is a self-taught painter. Inspired by Gerhard Richter and Claude Monet, he chose abstract painting as his form of expression. His works show structures from nature and the city and invite the viewer to follow him into a subconscious world. A recurring motif is reflection. A waterline or mirror axis divides the picture – often horizontally, frequently also vertically – into what is visible and what lies beneath. Technically, he combines oil and acrylic. Using brush, palette knife and squeegee, he builds up many layers whose structure can still be sensed in the finished work. The one-line drawings show a lighter side. On handmade paper he draws in black ink with a single continuous line, without lifting the pen. The drawings are then colored with watercolor pencils. His mixed media works on handmade paper bring both sides together: layers of acrylic, fine ink lines, watercolor and oil pastel, with accents of gold. His works are held in private collections in Germany, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Mexico and the USA. Anselm Homey lives and works between Braunschweig and Wolfsburg, and part of the time in Barcelona.