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| Theo Altenberg's O.T. Oil on Cardboard 2010, No. 4 http://www.theoaltenberg.com/wp/painting-drawing/ |
To me, many of his more recent paintings (within the past two or three years) seem like he captured the nature of flowing water - delicate and cool at the same time. It's hard to capture the feel of still-flowing fluid in a still state, but I believe that Altenberg has done it well. The way the different colours blend into each other remind me of when I would put drops of different food colourings in a glass of water and watching them disperse about the glass.
The above painting in particular reminds me of a flower. And also of water. Which makes sense (to me, at least). Flowers live off the nutrients that water provides. They are natural and nowadays people are being more and more concerned about the protection of both water and the environment / plants and animals. Even with all the advancements in technology, nature is something us humans just can't live without. Literally.
Plants and animals are our energy source. And even if you're like the many people in the west who like meat and refuse to eat veggies, it is those vegetables that fed the animal you had for dinner. In school I learned about Bioaccumilation, where toxins build up in animals, and the amount of toxins in the animal is greater the higher up the food chain you go. With humans being at the top of the food chain, we would have the highest accumulation of toxins than any other animal below us.
Toxins are bad. Period. Having the most toxins in our bodies than any other is worse. We have to make a concious effort to take control of our environment to make it a better place to live for not only humans, but for the other animals who share this planet with us.
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