Under The Skin
Painting perpetually without any distractions – it feels very privileged. Fortgens has spent the last while painting day and night. Extremely driven, extremely relaxed, but physically demanding too. He has experienced the positive side of lockdown and enjoyed it immensely. It has sparked a period of evolution in his work, a step towards major change.
He has immersed himself in the paint, the layers, the energy. The work emerges and flows. Each color makes way for the next one, layer upon layer, life upon life. Colour is present but does not dominate; layers of the earth, the soul, and the mind.