Landscape Oil Painting Process | Contemporary Art | "Officers' mess in Sheridan Park Augsburg"
Channel: Georg Wirnharter Paintings
Date: 2021-12-06

The first oil painting of my group of works "Westpark Augsburg" has the "Officers' Club" on the Sheridan grounds as its subject.
On this site, the National Socialists had initially built three new barracks with a common officers' club.
After the end of the war in 1945, the American occupation forces took over the buildings, combined them into an overall complex and gave it the name "Sheridan Barracks".
The "Officers' Club" was used as such by the U.S. Army until its withdrawal and has been a listed building (protected building) since 2006.
The future use of the building, however, is still unclear. It is to be feared that the building will gradually fall into disrepair.

My oil painting shows the view from the garden to the main wing of the officers' mess with a ballroom and terrace in front.
I have deliberately not thematized the traces of decay. Rather have I concentrated in my painting on the play of light and shadow. That hopefully shares optimism for the future preservation of the building.
When painting, I put a lot of emphasis on using a lively, impasto paint application to reproduce the bright light reflections and the deep shadows of the sunny moment as authentically as possible.
 
Oil painting, officers' mess in Sheridan Park Augsburg, 70 x 70 cm, 2021

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