Heike Seefeldt

The Art Explosion 17th Street

2425 17th St #174 ( map )

San Francisco

Media: Painting - Acrylic, Mixed-Media

Website: http://www/pintofpaint.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heike-Seefeldt-Artist/131406710268893

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/heikesee

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Bio: ABOUT HEIKE:

Heike Seefeldt is a native German, who has been working as a professional scenic artist for about fifteen years. She graduated with First Class Honors from the University of Fine Arts in Dresden, Germany, where she received her Master's degree in Fine Arts (MFA), specializing in Theatre Arts.

Heike combined her passion for traveling, art, and theater by working for a wide range of theaters in Europe and the USA. The diverse backgrounds and visions of these theaters allowed Heike to utilize her many different skills, be creative, and expand her technical repertoire.

Theaters she worked for in Europe include the 'Semper Oper' in Dresden (Germany), the 'Burg Theater' in Vienna (Austria), and the 'Luzerner Theater' in Lucerne (Switzerland). In 2004, Heike settled in San Francisco, and has since been working for a great variety of theater-, tv-, and mural-companies in the Bay Area. Examples are the San Jose Repertory Theater, CalShakes, A.C.T., Stanford University, the Marin Theater Company, the Intersection for the Arts, The Z Space, and many more. Heike's work includes scenic painting and her personal fine arts, as well as private commissions for companies and individuals (e.g. murals, copies of fine arts 'Masters', modern paintings, and more).

ABOUT HEIKE'S ARTWORK:

The new series 'Loop de Loop' is a sequel to my former series 'roller coaster'. With its layers of materials my new art collection shows the complexity of my artistic life in the United States influenced by a never ending visa bureaucracy. Unbeknown to most Americans, the process of obtaining a work permit for the US can be rather challenging. While highlighting associated emotions in my former series 'roller coaster' in bright colors, contrasts and bold brushstrokes, my series 'Loop de Loop' appears more subtle yet shiny. The use of self made wood boards, stain, paint, silver leaf and shellac gave me the freedom to create a distressed yet polished look. This enabled me to express the contradiction of rationality and creativity of my life dealing with endless visa paperwork to its extreme while following my creative profession as an artist.

The visa forms with numeric codes present a seemingly never ending potential of combinations. This process is cold, confusing and stressful. Ironically, after all the work was done, and the last of six petitions was filed into a four inch and six pound stack of multicolored papers, it presented itself in some comforting beauty.

I have translated my emotions associated with those layers of recurring visa applications and stacks of papers into my paintings by repeatedly adding material, sanding some of it away, then fixing it with shellac just to scratch some of it off again only to add new material and sand it again, repeating the cycle.

My tumultuous emotions of the 'roller coaster' grew into a sense of accomplishment and almost acceptance, which is expressed in the more subtle tones of my 'Loop de Loop' and the object of choice - beautiful roses. At the same time, the color selection of red, yellow and green, represent the continuous cycle of stop, wait and go that is so typically determined by the rules of visa application.


			Heike Seefeldt The Art Explosion 17th Street 2425 17th St #174 ( map ) San Francisco Media: Painting - Acrylic, Mixed-Media Website: http://www/pintofpaint.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heike-Seefeldt-Artist/131406710268893 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/heikesee Blog: http://www.etsy.com/people/heikesee Heike Seefeldt's favorites (27) show all who ♥'s Heike Seefeldt (11) 11 Bio: ABOUT HEIKE: Heike Seefeldt is a native German, who has been working as a professional scenic artist for about fifteen years. She graduated with First Class Honors from the University of Fine Arts in Dresden, Germany, where she received her Master's degree in Fine Arts (MFA), specializing in Theatre Arts. Heike combined her passion for traveling, art, and theater by working for a wide range of theaters in Europe and the USA. The diverse backgrounds and visions of these theaters allowed Heike to utilize her many different skills, be creative, and expand her technical repertoire. Theaters she worked for in Europe include the 'Semper Oper' in Dresden (Germany), the 'Burg Theater' in Vienna (Austria), and the 'Luzerner Theater' in Lucerne (Switzerland). In 2004, Heike settled in San Francisco, and has since been working for a great variety of theater-, tv-, and mural-companies in the Bay Area. Examples are the San Jose Repertory Theater, CalShakes, A.C.T., Stanford University, the Marin Theater Company, the Intersection for the Arts, The Z Space, and many more. Heike's work includes scenic painting and her personal fine arts, as well as private commissions for companies and individuals (e.g. murals, copies of fine arts 'Masters', modern paintings, and more). ABOUT HEIKE'S ARTWORK: The new series 'Loop de Loop' is a sequel to my former series 'roller coaster'. With its layers of materials my new art collection shows the complexity of my artistic life in the United States influenced by a never ending visa bureaucracy. Unbeknown to most Americans, the process of obtaining a work permit for the US can be rather challenging. While highlighting associated emotions in my former series 'roller coaster' in bright colors, contrasts and bold brushstrokes, my series 'Loop de Loop' appears more subtle yet shiny. The use of self made wood boards, stain, paint, silver leaf and shellac gave me the freedom to create a distressed yet polished look. This enabled me to express the contradiction of rationality and creativity of my life dealing with endless visa paperwork to its extreme while following my creative profession as an artist. The visa forms with numeric codes present a seemingly never ending potential of combinations. This process is cold, confusing and stressful. Ironically, after all the work was done, and the last of six petitions was filed into a four inch and six pound stack of multicolored papers, it presented itself in some comforting beauty. I have translated my emotions associated with those layers of recurring visa applications and stacks of papers into my paintings by repeatedly adding material, sanding some of it away, then fixing it with shellac just to scratch some of it off again only to add new material and sand it again, repeating the cycle. My tumultuous emotions of the 'roller coaster' grew into a sense of accomplishment and almost acceptance, which is expressed in the more subtle tones of my 'Loop de Loop' and the object of choice - beautiful roses. At the same time, the color selection of red, yellow and green, represent the continuous cycle of stop, wait and go that is so typically determined by the rules of visa application.