The Mystic Otto Rapp

Monday, December 21, 2009

Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

It is increasingly difficult to forget that Christmas is near. The ultimate song on that day is still the one I sang as a child: Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - wonderfully interpreted by Nana Mouskouri in original German on YouTube: Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - dedicated to all those in need of solace at this time!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY - JANELLE McKAIN

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY

JANELLE McKAIN is the artist for the month of December 2009

BON VIVANT - graphite drawing

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY - ERIK HEYNINCK

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY

ERIK HEYNINCK is the artist for the month of November 2009

LABYRINTH - 1997
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Fantastic Realism and Surrealism, an Excursion into Bogomil's Universe

Bogomil's Universe is an excursion into the realms of the "Inner Universe" - a parallel universe that exists in the mind, and glimpses thereof are presented here. I am increasingly reluctant to speak of my work as strictly and exclusively surrealistic. While Surrealism provided the initial spark, and some of the methods of Surrealism are employed, I do not suppress the influence of the rational and selective focus. Thus, particularly in later works, there is to be found a conscious juxtapositioning of the complementary forces of inspiration and reason.
I do not concern myself with the elimination of the rational, the exclusivity of the irrational and the absurd, but presentation of the conscious and subconscious world as an inseparable whole. I draw my inspirations from the layered labyrinthic underground which represents the "other side" of life, which is an "inner" imaginative-inspirational counterpart to the "outer" world, expressed with the help of logic-alogic associations, analogisations and symbolism.
My interest in Religion and Mythology is particularly expressed in my drawings. Technically, they are counterpoint to the Bogomil Cyclus paintings, relying almost entirely on the action of the sharpened pencil point on virginal paper, as opposed to textured surfaces as inspirational departure points in my paintings. In both instances however, the outcome is not pre-determined. The act of painting or drawing is a memorable trip into the uncharted realms of the "Inner Universe", the results of which are presented to you here after the fact.

The Mystic Otto Rapp

Monday, December 21, 2009

Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY - JANELLE McKAIN

Saturday, October 31, 2009

ARTIST OF THE MONTH - VISIONARY ART GALLERY - ERIK HEYNINCK

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