Helena Hötzl

Suzie Wal­she

Helena Hötzl har­nesses and manip­u­lates per­cep­tual real­ity in her work, using as a foun­da­tion star­tlingly vivid painterly sequences of events or phe­nom­ena such as birth, life, sex, nature and loss. Born in Alingsås, Swe­den work high­lights ele­men­tal images, using dra­matic ploys such as con­trasts in scale, shifts in focus, mir­rored reflec­tions, and mul­ti­ple or lay­ered sur­faces. Sen­sory per­cep­tion for Hötzl is a spir­i­tual activ­ity, one that leads to a height­ened aware­ness of both nature and culture—this thought process points to a new kind of realism—one that is engaged with the actual processes of life. The result is a com­bi­na­tion of psychedelic/decorative vis­tas with lay­ers of text and form.

Com­bin­ing both fig­u­ra­tive and non-figurative ele­ments with her love of strong lines and vivid col­ors, Hotzl who has exhib­ited her work inter­na­tion­ally, from Lon­don and Swe­den, to the U.S. and Hun­gary cre­ates bold, poetic works. Inspired by her encoun­ters with dif­fer­ent peo­ple, in one body of work, she paints large close-up por­traits. Some of the peo­ple she paints are real some of them are fan­tasy. Express­ing her impres­sions of the peo­ple she meets, these works also reflect the var­ied expres­sions that can be found in the human face. Her works have a time­less, mag­i­cal qual­ity. Rem­i­nis­cent of a dream voy­age to the calm beaches of another planet, her pic­tures are deeply per­sonal, evok­ing her own sub­con­scious­ness while also reveal­ing uni­ver­sal truths about the jour­ney and cel­e­bra­tion of life.

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