Hermann Lederle - RECENT PAINTING

Blurring the boundaries between ABSTRACT paint-scape versus landscape REALISM and bridging the void between the EMULSION and its intended MOTIF, the work by Hermann Lederle merges geometric abstraction and sheer color concept to explore a new intangible thematic.

BEAUTIFUL CHAOS

Factory Studio
BEAUTIFUL CHAOS & BREAKAWAY: Recent Work focus on abstract canvas scapes and layered pixel techniques.

BANKS 2022

A classical structure infused with shamming, shocking breakaway elements, exploring the freestyle composition of a modern scape. The broad use of color—especially the juxtaposition of blue, pink, green, orange, and red—is intended to be transformative. These colors, although bold and vibrant, are harmoniously balanced, wish to steer towards a cohesive yet stimulating visual experience. The abstract bird-ish forms scattered throughout are a compelling element, as they provide focal points that guide the viewer’s eye through the panoramic composition. Their scattered presence amidst the chaotic swirls and dots adds a playful, almost whimsical dimension to the piece, evoking a sense of freedom and spontaneity.

THE RHINO - BREAD AND SALT, FRAGMENTS 2025

The big game - On the thresholds of epochs

UNSHACKLED

Hyper shapes

BINGE anteprima

Swirling forms and organic shapes suggest a dynamic visual rhythm that emulates the ever-changing nature of a fantastical aerial landscape. This motion imbues the piece with a sense of constant flux, drawing the viewer’s eye across the canvas and engaging them in an exploration of its depths.

A BREAKAWAY

Structures infused with a shamming and shocking

THE WALL, REEDS 2022

A symbolic meta structure of playful arranged hyper shapes to lure the viewer into experiencing paint blots as real objects

LIST OF RECENT WORK

BANKS
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 3 panels, 72 by 144 inches (183x366cm), 2022

BINGE
oil on canvas, 3 panels, 72 by 144 inches (183x366cm), 2026

THE RHINO - BREAD AND SALT
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2025

FRAGMENTS
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2025

STARRY
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 60 by 44 inches (152x112cm), 2025

The piece titled STARRY presents an exploration of form and texture through its intricate, vibrant composition. The use of oil on canvas combined with the luxurious touch of gold leaf contributes to a rich and varied surface. The central elements, with their resemblance to starbursts or flowers, serve as focal points. These textured forms radiate a palpable sense of movement that infuses the artwork with dynamic energy. This technique not only heightens the texture but also introduces a vibrant, almost pulsating quality to the piece. The gold leaf further enhances this effect, providing unexpected highlights that catch and reflect light, adding an element of surprise and opulence.

BEASTS
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 44 by 60 inches (112x152cm), 2024

BANG
oil on canvas, 40 by 60 inches (102x152cm), 2023

BANG is a dynamic and intricate abstract piece composed of numerous small, circular elements that fill the entire canvas with a densely populated visual field. The artist has utilized a unique blots technique to array these forms meticulously, creating a sense of depth and movement. The composition is dominated by swirling patterns and varying shades of blue, punctuated by vibrant accents of orange, yellow, and red. The entire canvas appears alive with motion, reflecting the underlying inspiration of micro nucleus reactions.

FOLLIES AND BLOW
oil on canvas, 40 by 60 inches (102x152cm), 2024
ARKITEKTURA SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

BASK
oil on canvas, 40 by 60 inches (102x152cm), 2024

TALAMANCA
oil on canvas, 48 by 36 inches (152x102cm), 2025

UNBOUND
oil on canvas, 48 by 36 inches (152x102cm), 2025

LULLABY
oil on canvas, 36 by 48 inches (102x152cm), 2025

OCHER AND FAWN
oil on canvas, 36 by 48 inches (102x152cm), 2025
ARKITEKTURA SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

BLAST
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2023

BATTLE AND BELL
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2024

CHARISMA BLUSH
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2022

BLING BLING
oil on canvas, 40 by 60 inches (102x152cm), 2022

LOOK LOOK
oil on canvas, 40 by 60 inches (102x152cm), 2022
KNOLL COLLECTION HEIDELBERG

FALSETTO
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2022

Through a pilling of dotted lines and multitude of hyper-glow colors - as if he intends to assault the surface with micro-nuclear forces, Lederle constructs a next generation art-scape. When purposely set against a SCHIENA SCURA - dark FOAM bubbles, the painting is calling out a messy, un-ordered free floating imagery of some scenery not quite in focus and frozen in a still frame, although its kinetic forces relentlessly pushing up against its limits.
These images take time to absorb, asking you to invest and trust, not speed through in a frenzy. A new-dimensional structure slowly emerges transcending past traditional geometrics.

ÉLYSÉE
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2022

Titled ÉLYSÉE, this vibrant abstract painting measures 72 x 60 inches and is rendered in oil on canvas. The composition is striking and dynamic, featuring a swirling interweave of colors that create a sense of motion and energy. A palette of bright hues, including blues, greens, reds, and yellows, merge to convey an almost cosmic ambiance. Intricate brushwork combines with a technique of blots on a dark background, resulting in a textured appearance reminiscent of pointillism. The dense, lively arrangement of dots and strokes pulls the viewer into its chaotic yet harmonious patterns. The overall effect is a visually stimulating canvas that invites the eye to traverse its kaleidoscopic landscape, a creative interpretation inspired by the complexities and vitality of a jungle scenery.

ONE KARMA
oil on canvas, 50 by 40 inches (127x102cm), 2025

THE FALL
oil on canvas, 72 by 60 inches (183x152cm), 2022
S. CHENG COLLECTION

REEDS
oil on canvas, 2 panels, 60 by 96 inches (152x244cm), 2022

THE WALL
oil on canvas, 2 panels, 60 by 96 inches (152x244cm), 2022
S. CHENG COLLECTION

CATHEDRAL
oil on canvas, 3 panels, 60 by 120 inches (152x305cm), 2021
ARKITEKTURA SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

Amidst all the creative process, stylistic elements emerge in subtle steps quite imperceptible, imprinting forms of a gothic pattern. Apparently this work not just embodies the use of ROTA PIXEL, it embellishes and raises the potential of the blots to new heights and dimensions.

QUARRY
oil on canvas, 3 panels, 60 by 120 inches (152x305cm), 2021
VELEZ SILVERMAN COLLECTION

This three panel painting is a continuation of the latest landscape versus paint-scape exploration by Lederle. It builds upon the fundamentals of the PIXEL series, but with a distinct dot structure and its colors separated into CMYK - similar to a crude inkjet printer. The entire surface appears viewed through a prism, splitting the light along bands of primary hues and tones. Imagine a slice cut from the earth and staged under the sunlight in our present day world, leaving one free to marvel or read.
It tempts to coach the spectator along a path to unearth, uncover long lost history ions ago.
This new technique of semi transparent paint blots marks a beginning of what might be called the ROTA PIXEL painting.

INTO THE WILD
oil on canvas, 3 panels, 60 by 120 inches (152x305cm), 2020
BAZLEN COLLECTION SWITZERLAND

'INTO THE WILD', inspired by the age-old desire of exploration and conquest, is proposing to stage such passage from a merely observational parading of its subject into a purely artistic matter. In a sense, the work tries to let the paint itself thrust the viewer onto mode/style mimicking the traipsing.

INTO THE LAKE
oil on canvas, 3 panels, 60 by 120 inches (152x305cm), 2020
BAZLEN COLLECTION SWITZERLAND

This work by Lederle, ‘INTO THE LAKE’ wants to capture the essence of this actual landscape in symbolic abstraction. J.M.W. Turner was drawn to this location nearly 180 years earlier and produced one of his great works, ‘THE BLUE RIGI’, in 1842.
Lederle’s painting is multifunctional: it is a mood, an atmospheric composition of nature in the abstract as much as it is a homage to Turner’s painting at the same location. Cold wax mixed generously into the oil paint, creates a transparency and light effect surrounding the solid fields of shimmering bluish rock. It is also an attempt by the artist to connect elements from the PIXEL series to his new works.

ROSEBUDS
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 38 by 50 inches (96x127cm), 2021
S. CHENG COLLECTION

It might be of innate interest to learn, how this painting’s early stage developed and eventually ended up radically metamorphing opposite style elements, with the result of moving Lederle’s work towards a whole new direction. This appropriation of unrestrained analogues may not surprise, one only needs to look at his previous painting series ‘ADAPTATION’. As contrary as the fan-shaped color fields in the first stage vanish under the ubiquitous ROTA PIXEL blots, they hold their own in the balance. And a new visual is born.

FANFARE
(INTO THE ROUGH)
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 38 by 50 inches (96x127cm), 2021
ARKITEKTURA SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

FLIRTING
(INTO THE UNTAMED)
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 38 by 50 inches (96x127cm), 2021
S. CHENG COLLECTION

AMBROSIAL
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 20 by 20 inches (51x51cm), 2021
S.BURGESS BROOKS COLLECTION

BLUES
oil on canvas, 20 by 20 inches (51x51cm), 2024

BURST
oil on canvas, 20 by 20 inches (51x51cm), 2024
on display at VELEZ SILVERMAN MONTECITO

SPUMA
oil on canvas, 20 by 20 inches (51x51cm), 2024

SERENADING OILS
oil/acrylic on canvas, 3 panels, 60 by 108 inches (152x274cm), 2020
ARKITEKTURA SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

INTO THE HILLS
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 38 by 50 inches (96x127cm), 2020
R. CHUR COLLECTION

'INTO THE HILLS' by Lederle is a work that calls for an expression of pure color, abstract form, and the seductive materiality of paint. We are witness to the process of incremental breakthroughs that expand the language of abstraction.
The shapes and strokes do not refer to what’s seen in nature, but rather the paint is the subject.

CROWD CRUSH

Staggering the forms

BANG 2023

An space between the appearance and disappearance of forms and shapes

GLIMMER

A glimpse at beyond what is metamorphically carved out of the blackness

BLAST 2023

Kinetic shapes and
arrays of blots lined onto black canvas and free floating objects

MINTING STARS

A pixel path pursuing the interplay of hue/color

STARRY and BEAST

A precise layering of blots through contrast of light and shadow in abstract expressions.

LAYERED ARC

A freestyle sketching of shapes

An architectural attempt of painterly excursions into the Heyday of past icons

CHARISMA BLUSH 2022

GUSH

Frozen in a moving still

BLING BLING 2022
The painting is calling out an un-ordered free floating imagery of some shapes not quite in focus and frozen in a moving still frame

KINETIC BRIGHTS

Chalk like lines and color pixel blots

A rich black background crossed by white chalk like lines and color pixel blots, its kinetic forces relentlessly pushing up against its own peripheral galaxy

LOOK LOOK 2022

BLOOM OF GLINT

A multitude of hyper-glow colors

FALSETTO 2022

Through a pilling of dotted lines and multitude of hyper-glow colors - as if he intends to assault the surface with micro-nuclear forces, Lederle constructs a next generation art-scape. When purposely set against a SCHIENA SCURA - dark FOAM bubbles, the painting is calling out a messy, un-ordered free floating imagery of some scenery not quite in focus and frozen in a still frame, although its kinetic forces relentlessly pushing up against its limits.

GLOW LACED

A fantasy of lines/shapes

Arrays of PIXEL lines flowing out of darkness leading through a fantasy of sights

ÉLYSÉE 2022

REVIVALS

A sweep and a bounce

THE FALL 2022

White light cascading down the canvas and breaking off into colors bouncing back up contained in a frame inside a structure of gothical times

DEFYING A GENRE

Rota Pixel blots

CATHEDRAL 2021

A work composed by Rota Pixel blots - a homage to magnificent structures created over centuries

THE QUARRY

The pixel pilling

A slice cut from the earth and staged under the sunlit glass slide in our present day world, leaving one free to marvel or read pixel upon pixel

THE QUARRY

PAINT SCAPES

An imbroglio of nature

This chapter in Hermann Lederle's long-established imbroglio of intricate and perplexing state of 'affaires d'art', comes in the form 'SCAPES' - paint-scapes versus landscapes

BLUR OF BOUNDARIES

An observational parading

INTO THE WILD

Between the paint and its intended object. INTO THE WILD, is proposing to stage the passage from a merely observational parading of its subject into a purely artistic matter

THE SALON

The merge of radicals