Detail from the painting "Cassiopeia" by Helmut Preiss.
EVOLUTION
Religious and philosophical themes are a big part of Preiss's body of work. He considered himself to be more spiritual than religious. He felt he had a close to connection to "the creator" and even designed a church. He included monuments to animals in his design because he said, "animals are a big part of our lives. Think of all the love we share with pets, the food we eat and all of the innocent animals that died during our wars. How brave those horses had to be to charge with their riders into battle. They deserve to be acknowledged."
EARLY WORKS AND RELIGIOUS THEMES
PORTRAITS
Copyright
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Soft gold ... drug ... consciousness ...devotion ...
Alter of divine mercy. Carrying the providence of artistic heights.
Soft gold, the womb of life, wonder and revelation! Ovum of God.
Monumental expression of all accomplishments.
Preiss is like Pegasus, striving toward the light of the sun;
magically attracted by the fire of heaven.
Nurtured by honey filled breasts of lyrical, hallucinogen inspiration.
~Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Honey" by Helmut Preiss~
MORE TO COME ....
SEEKING REPRESENTATION
Realism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Primitive, Classical, Degenerate, Relevant, Irrelevant. What does this all mean??? The eye and the mind, much like the heart, want what they want. Where some see beauty, others may not. Clive Bell theorized that “art is subjective”. He believed that in order for something to be called art, it needs to produce an aesthetic emotion, wakened by significant form. A giant can of soup. Does that produce emotion? For some, yes. Maybe it takes the observer back to a wonderful childhood, happy dinners with close friends, a delicate moment in time when someone took care of them, or maybe they just like soup. Whatever the reason, art is subjective to the viewer. The artist, however, may take pains trying to figure out what to focus on, or where his or her niche might lie. It is this very subject that confounded Helmut Preiss . . . labels. Why must everything be labeled? Why can’t we just let things be? All artists evolve, change, become … so what was Helmut Preiss so conflicted about? Labels! From realism to surrealism, cubism, to naturalism, expressionism to "lyrical naturalism" and all the way back again, Preiss’s journey to “become” took on many forms. In the end, he just did what made him happy, PAINTED! So, what did Helmut Preiss finally "become"?
The art speaks for itself.
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