Ernestine Tahedl: Symphonic Timbre

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Ernestine Tahedl, "Anton Bruckner Motet Pange Linga," 2017

acrylic on canvas, 58" x 47"

Friday evening reception 6-9, Oct 20

Saturday afternoon, artist in attendance 1-4. Oct 21

Ernestine’s new works are exhilarating abstractions with only hints of the landscapes that inspired them. Executed with such mastery, the work is frenzied, exciting, colorful, complex. Ernestine hardly requires an introduction as she has been so widely recognized her in Canada and in Europe. Coming from Austria in 1963, Ernestine launched her career here in Edmonton and has become an artist with a global reach.

Artist Statement

"For my exhibition Locus iste, in the Austrian Monastry, St. Florian, I installed my painting: Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variation in the large Reception room adorned with frescos by the Bartolomeo Altomonte (1694-1783). I was surprised how closely my work related in color and composition to the murals of this baroque painter.

I believe that the environment and culture, in which an artist grows up has great influence in their creativity. My stay at the monastery made me aware how deeply this relationship with the Baroque, so rooted in Austrian culture, is anchored in me. It has strongly influenced my work over the years and still inspires new works.

The colour, the composition and freedom of elements in the painting, are all important components for my work and I admire and re-discover those qualities in the paintings and frescoes of the Baroque..."