Heike Schmidt was born near Ludwigsburg in 1960. After completing her training in the finance sector, she worked for a number of companies before she became involved in painting.

Heike loves experimenting with colours. She mixes many of her paints herself using pigments. The artist considers the preparation of the paint, experimenting with the proportions of the pigment mixture and binder to be not only preparation but already part of the artistic process leading from the idea through the creation to the completion of the works.

In terms of contents, the artist deals with the basic questions of our existence, the genesis of the earth and our universe. Her works belonging to the series ‘Galaxie’ and ‘Dream World’ in particular, demonstrate the artists longing for the infinity of our being and may be interpreted as snapshots of the genesis of the universe and the birth of the galaxies. Heike Schmidt shows through colour, canvas and the use of technical aids how gases condense, mix with other elements creating new matter which is ever-changing through a variety of influences.

Heike Schmidt preferably works with the colour blue, the colour of longing and
infinity. For the series ‘Dream World’ the artist extended her colour palette including red and green.

Heike Schmidt lives and works in Stuttgart. … Read More