by Elena Degenhardt
“Night Swimming I” reflects on my experiences as an open sea swimmer – on the encounters with the mysterious and unknown in the natural world, both fascinating and slightly unsettling; about daring and getting out of the comfort zone while trusting in myself and the waters. Metaphorically speaking, it is about trusting ourselves and life and navigating through life when things are dark and difficult.
I love pastel because it doesn’t create any barrier between myself and an artwork. I don’t aim at achieving realism of the subject but realism of an emotion, letting pastels lead my hand to createxpressive marks. I work with professional artists pastels, mainly with handmade soft pastels by British company UNISON Colour.”
Born in West Siberia, Elena Degenhardt is a German artist, currently residing at the Mediterranean coast of France. Elena has a special connection to Malta, where she and her family lived for a few years and where her profound relationship with the sea began. She works mainly in pastel and is known for her immersive, large-scale waterscapes between realism and abstraction, personal, dreamlike underwater figurative works and emotionally charged portraits. A Signature Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America and Master Pastelist of the International Association of Pastel Societies, Elena has shown her work extensively in national and international curated, invitational and juried gallery and museum exhibitions and has been featured in major art publications, including Pastel Journal, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, Artists and Illustrators, and Pratique des Arts. Her works are in private collections throughout Europe, USA, Canada, UK and Australia.
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