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CHIEF (Paper construction, oil and ink, 34.5cm x 20cm, Dirk Marwig 2012)

CHIEF
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CRASH MODEL (Archival ink on paper, 35.6cm x 27.9cm,Dirk Marwig 2007)

Crash Model AA
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‘Untitled’ 1995 (Oil chalk and watercolour on thick paper, 49.5cm x 67.5cm, Dirk Marwig 1995)

PAPER SCULPTURE SHOW INVITATION - Version 2 copy

An example from 1995 of how my mind loves and processes geometry. I see this image of one of my earlier works and wonder how I managed this. This one seems so simple but if you try to reconstruct it

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Power of Green ( Archival ink and oil on acid free tape on thick drawing paper, 30cm x 22.7cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Power of Green

With all colours present in this small experiment the human eye always picks out the colour green first!

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VANCOUVER DRAWING (Archival ink on acid free tape on paper, 30cm x 20.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2006)

vancouver drawing(after rio) copy

* This was the first drawing I did shortly after arriving in Canada after being in Rio for 6 months.

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Back to Square One (Oil and archival ink on Japan paper, 28cm x 22cm, Dirk Marwig 2009)

Back to Square One

This is what happens if you just let things happen without control: This little drawing/painting was in my studio for a very long time- I stepped on it, wrinkled it up and threw it away into the garbage bin, took

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FLAG (Oil and ink on Japan-paper, 31.5cm x 64cm, Dirk Marwig 2010)

FLAG new copy

* This painting/drawing is a 3D experiment – Stare only at the ‘red’ line area and suddenly the whole painting/drawing turns into a ‘space’, ‘things’ overlap, shake and move! Subtle OP ART.

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KUNG FU MASTER (Archival ink on Japan-paper, 23.5cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2008)

Kung Fu Master new
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IMPAKT, Timeless and Human (Oil and pigment ink on’Japan-paper,’ 23.5cm x 32cm, Dirk Marwig 2007)

IMPAKT copy
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COLOUR THEORY (study) (Oil and archival ink on ‘Japan-paper’, 32cm x 23.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2007)

Colour Theory new
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