ilja tinfo …
My work is about making images, most of which come about by experimentation as paint is pushed around, shapes appear, and discovery, change, and invention begin. Images are suggested and developed, things are added, things are taken away. Many of these paintings are enigmatic. Viewers can “read” into them what they want. I am very eclectic and work in different “styles,” from realism to non-objective abstraction, and a combination of the two in one painting. I also do three-dimensional work, shaping and painting wood into wall hangings and free standing objects, so it is what it is.
I was schooled in architecture and visual arts at Pratt Institute.
Ilja was Born in Elmshorn, Germany
“I just make ‘stuff.’ There are no hidden meanings or agendas, no narratives, no deep insight. It’s just what the viewer makes of it. To me, it’s a construction. I start somewhere and end somewhere. I concern myself with formal elements… composition, color, tone, texture, edges, balance, harmony, space, and try to end up with something that I think works.”
Studio Address
45251 Fern Drive, Mendocino • Phone: 707-937-4620
Studio Directions
From Mendocino, drive north on Highway 1. Take a left turn at Russian Gulch and then an immediate right turn onto Point Cabrillo Drive (still heading north). Fern Drive is the first drive on the left. 45251 is at the end of the road.
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