I had the privilege today to see an art from some of the greatest South African artists that ever lived. This includes the usual like Pierneef, Stern and Maggie Laubscher. And I also saw paintings of some of the greatest living South African artist, including Rodger Hodgins and of course Erik Laubscher. I was quite surprised to see a particular painting by Erik Laubscher, the 1952 painting "Still life with mandolin, music score and fruit" (obviously not a title the artist chose himself).
The reason for my surprise was two fold. The first was to see by chance a painting that was in the news so many times the last couple of months and for some bizare reason never failed to interest me. And secondly how different the painting look in real life as oposed to the photographs.
In my own quest to find some sort of artistic success, especially with Picassofication in Superstroke, this is a very facinating painting. Although I think of myself of someone who understands color, and someone who has some type of mastery over it this painting blew me away, and as I write this I am back at the drawing board with my color theory.
In conclusion, Erik Laubsher is a master of color and form, and my new quest is to see if I can master even if it is only a fraction of his ability to use color to exite the viewer.
Conrad Bo
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