Artist Spotlight - Max Werner — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Biography

Born in Ghent, Belgium, studied Fine Art in London at the Byam Shaw School of Art, and UCL's Slade School where he did a post graduate in etching.

Monsters At the Museum. Acrylic On Canvas. 69" X 46" 2010

He later taught etching in both school, until he moved to Argentina to work on a project in collaboration with a Buenos Aires gallery. The project consisted of the completion of a series of painting about that country, with emphasis on the rural life, and Gaucho culture.
On completion of this project Max moved to the USA where he now lives and work.

Over the Pass. Acrylic On Canvas. 38" X 25,5". 2014

In the last 25 year Max worked on several commission, the most important of which were the decoration of an entire station for the Lisbon underground with the Portuguese artist Bartolomeo Dos santos.The other one was for the Household Cavalry to commemorate an event called "The Presentation of Standards and Guidon Parade" which occurs every 10 years in Whitehall in the presence of the British sovereign

Early Morning Round Up In the Pampas. Acrylic On Canvas 38" X 24" 2012

Artist Statement

In my work I use a wide range of different ideas, inspired usually by my surroundings. The common thread is that the images I create always tell a story.

Lone Buck In the Snow. Acrylic On Canvas. 14" X 16" 2018

Often triggered by simple observation of my immediate surroundings, I love the challenge of an unusual composition and the capture of the diversity of light in the various places where I find myself. Living in Wyoming, I am never short of inspiration on that front.

Brancaster Beach. Acrylic On Canvas. 32" X 21"

My landscapes, are usually completed in my studio with the help of numerous sketches drawn in situ, photographs and notes. The final result is an image which evokes a mood and I hope conveys what I felt at the time rather than a faithful representation of the landscape in front of me.