My name is Bernd Jansons. I am and have been many things in my life so far, including a digital artist. I create drawings and paintings (mostly abstract and/or expressionist) using a computer. My work has been exhibited in galleries in Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and regional New South Wales, as well as the forecourt of the NSW Parliament House. I have exhibited internationally in Montreal, Guangzhou, New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Main influences are Expressionism, exemplified by the German Schools, such as Die Brucke, Der Blaue Reiter, and the Bauhaus, as well as the American Abstract Expressionist Movement with Pollock, Rothko, Newman, de Kooning et al. Strong as they as for me, however, these are just influences not specifications.
When all is said and done, it’s the image itself and its aesthetic that I’m primarily concerned with. And, most of the time, I let the image do the bulk of the talking in the creative conversation until when, near the end, I feel I finally understand the image enough to take full control over the last few words of the discourse. I try to let all the elements have a say; line, colour, texture, composition. I’m particularly fond of the unique fingerprints left by digital work (much like working in oils and leaving the paint drips and smudges in place). In the end though, my work tends to be diverse in subject, style and technique. This is fine by me. My purpose is to give birth to images and each of these is driven by its own unique DNA imprint which governs its development. And, if they are all different and unique, I find that infinitely more satisfying than pumping out endless sets of clones. I hope my work will continue to examine and present the image as itself and for itself, in its own right.