Fancher Brinkmann

Natural Phenomena Abstract
In Fancher’s abstract colour fields and colour surfaces, the viewer believes to recognise something that is familiar to him: landscapes, impressions of nature, endless plains, clouds and sky, the elements earth, water, fire and air, morning and evening moods, light phenomena at different times of the day and year. All natural phenomena. Just like nature, Fancher Brinkmann’s pictures appear balanced and as a harmonious whole.
Each of her paintings leads a life of its own, has an existence of its own, so to speak – and therefore no longer has to relate to reality or objects. According to Theo van Doesburg, one of the co-founders of the international art movement “De Stijl”, painting is then closest to its essence and in this respect has reached its goal and climax when it leaves behind representationalism and concentrates solely on its own means: on colour and form. Fancher Brinkmann even goes one step further in her painting: she largely dispenses with form, which only appears as blurred areas and frayed fields, and relies almost exclusively on the effect of colour. Colours trigger sensations and feelings in everyone – whether consciously or unconsciously. She works mainly with the primary colours, plus black and white, and sometimes orange and violet also play a role on the margins. Fancher Brinkmann is particularly fond of the colour red.