German artist, Johanna Bath, creates contemplative figurative paintings that consider the construction of time. Her poetic portraits and somber still lifes convey bittersweet transience and the impossibility of preserving the fleeting moment. Taking something invisible, the artist creates tender, dreamlike vignettes that capture a palpable sense of time on canvas. Her works are defined by their gauze-like translucency, denoting the recollection of memories. Johanna works with oils, acrylics and spray paint on canvas, using materials to translate deep, personal thoughts into form.
"My work is about time, it's passing, the fleetingness of a moment and the impact memory has on us as humans. I am interested in finding a visual language for dealing with the loss of the present at any given moment, how memories are stored away in our consciousness, how we remember certain moments and why. I once read that melancholy is ‚the feeling of loss of the present' and found that to be a beautiful paraphrase so I am exploring those feelings in my paintings."- Johanna Bath
Johanna Bath (b.1980) lives and works in Germany.