MARK HOGENSEN

PRONKSTILLEVEN #1 (Hackberry Butterfly)

2008

acrylic on birch

46 x 40"

$3,800.00

PRONKSTILLEVEN #3 (Convergent Ladybug)

2008

acrylic on birch

46 x 40"

$3,800.00

PRONKSTILLEVEN #6 (Field Cricket)

2008

acrylic on birch

46 x 40"

$3,800.00

PRONKSTILLEVEN #7 (Golden Mantella Frog)

2008

acrylic on birch

46 x 40"

$3,800.00

PRONKSTILLEVEN #5 (Milkweed Beetle)

2008

acrylic on birch

46 x 40"

$3,800.00

Mark Hogensen

 

Pronkstilleven:   still-life of ostentatious display

This new group of paintings is inspired by the Dutch Still-Life tradition of the 17 th century.   This genre was an exercise in examination of both the seen and unseen.  

In the historical tradition, the ostentatious display of fruit and cut flowers expose symbolic details that reveal a disguised look at the vices and virtues of Man.

The abstract forms and colors counterfeit the reality of Pronkstilleven , providing an unexpected visual feast, that clings to the original intent.

The paintings celebrate the uneasy balance between Man, the natural world and the imagined world.