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Marcelo Halmenschlager Art Gallery
About The Artist
Bio
Marcelo Halmenschlager (b. 1978) is a Brazilian-American visual artist and writer known for blending mysticism, sensuality, and spirituality into his colorful semi-abstract oil paintings and dramatic charcoal drawings. Inspired by the dark landscapes of southern Brazil, his exploration of combining images and stories enriches his perspective, providing a rich and distinctive portrayal of emotions and themes.
His artwork also incorporates realism and symbolism, crafting complex and challenging works, often portraying dark dreamscapes, figures of ambiguity, and optical illusions. Halmenschlager aims to capture fleeting human experiences, blurring lines between reality and illusion, grasping moments of humanness, whether actual, imaginary, or both.
Process & Medium
Marcelo prefer natural mediums such as oils and charcoals. Oils have a natural and organic feel, and they are as versatile as his body of work. He believes oils have infinite possibilities. Charcoals are dirty and messy in a sense of execution, but they are also pure and clean as a substance, which he finds to be a contradiction. That contradiction is also a reflection of his own personality, and is represented in his work, where he goes from realism to abstract concepts and imagery.
Private Art Lessons
Halmenschlager is inspired to teach, and pass along what he has learned to those curious to learn and to develop their own ways of creation.
Upcoming Event
Coming soon! DARK TALES IN 100 WORDS by Marcelo Halmenschlager
2024