Christian De Dier

  All That We Perceive combined dimensions of 3 panels as presented: 154cm x192cm mixed media on MDF

  Smoke And Mirrors 122cm x 122cm mixed media on MDF

  Take My Soul - I & II 81cm x 61cm mixed media on MDF

  Teardrops And More 60cm x 178cm mixed media on MDF

  Rosetta 33cm x 68cm mixed media and crystals on MDF

Mosaic I & II 85cm x 61cm acrylic and beeswax on MDF 2022

Installed sculpture at a private residence in Austin, TX Saracen stained pressure treated wood on concrete base - 2015  

Fragments 66cm x 100cm acrylic and oil on MDF I paint because I do not pray.  This stems from a popular statement that suggests: Art is a form of prayer. I do not agree.  Praying is a passive activity. It is a hopeful mental request for forgiveness, help, relief, ... anything that triggers those that are apt to religious beliefs, to connect with the deities they associate with, in the hope that something positive will happen; or to give thanks for a moment of good luck, as if that was a personal present. A prayer is a futile attempt at trying to influence that over which we have absolutely no control.  Creating art, on the other hand, involves active physical action on the part of artists to express their personal vision, to bring into the world what their mind processed and/or conceived.   I see no relation between the two.  Agreed, for some artists the conception and execution of an idea may stem from a strong connection with their spirituality, their God...

Kisses In The Rain I & II 92cm x 92cm acrylic and graphite on MDF California Sunrise 94cm x 94cm metallic paint and graphite over acrylic on MDF, behind frosted glass

Cadenza 92cm x 92cm oil and acrylic on wood 2014  

Transcendence 88cm x 88cm mixed media on wood This work is made of a mosaic of eggshells, beeswax, plastic foil, graphite, gouache and aluminum wire, all behind 2 panes of frosted glass with random patterns of circles.   

Nothing At All 38cm x 36cm acrylic on MDF  

Time Is The Enemy (left) and Beyond Time (right) 72cm x 63cm / each plaster, graphite, charcoal and acrylic on MDF Adding finely powdered charcoal to the paint achieves a fine texture and an intensely dark matte color, difficult to photograph. The work on the left is a dark red (brown), on the right a dark blue. The slanted section on each work is finished with polished graphite and shellac.   Les Nuits 38cm x 46cm plaster, graphite, charcoal and acrylic on MDF

Web Of Deception 92cm x 92cm acrylic and charcoal on MDF  

Stargazer 60cm x 120cm x 18cm acrylic, plaster and graphite on MDF The works in this series contain 2 parts.  The slanted narrow part is treated with plaster, graphite and shellac. I consider the rich textured surface representative of the past. The larger section has a smooth surface riddled with several circular perforations with gently sloping edges, which communicates a mobile fluidity.  I think of this as the current state of this increasingly fragile civilization, but simultaneously as the general progression of time towards the unknown future. They draw the gaze deep into the work in similar fashion as a perspective in figurative paintings, however more intriguing due to the play of light and shadow. All these works have edges cut at 45º inward angles.

The Mentalist 29cm x 29cm x 29cm a modular sculpture

A Night On The Rocks 122cm x 122cm  acrylic on MDF There are 529 individual square components in each of these works. Numero Deux 122cm 122cm acrylic on MDF

Heredity Code 92cm x 153cm mixed media on wood and glass This work represents a free interpretation of the linear sequence of nucleotides in DNA that provide the coded instructions that lead to the expression of hereditary properties.  Genetically Modified 79cm x 79cm mixed media 2015 This work consists of a mosaic of broken eggshells glued to an understructure of 4 receding steps of layered MDF, covered by beeswax, under plexiglass frosted with a circular pattern.  Genetically Manipulated 81cm x 152cm oil on paper mounted on MDF behind frosted glass with a pattern of circles