Lola Erhart

The word emotion, from which derives the term emotional condition, comes from Latin and means ‘move’, ‘take action’. This is where you can say that emotion is both a biological and psychological reaction of an individual to a certain type of situations or phenomena that influence their behavior or conduct.

Painting for me represents a series of brief moments, where the body becomes possessed by emotionality, and when that moment is gone, silence and adrenaline take over.

M 2015
Oil on canvas
63 in x 47
© Lola Erhart
NIV (2015)
Oil on canvas
63 in x 47 in
© Lola Erhart
C (2015)
Oil on canvas
52 in x 52 in
© Lola Erhart
F (2015)
Oil on canvas
47 in x 63 in
© Lola Erhart
G (2015)
Oil on canvas
52 in x 52 in
© Lola Erhart
MI (2015)
Oil on canvas
47 in x 63 in
© Lola Erhart
NI (2015)
Oil on canvas
52 in x 52 in
© Lola Erhart
NII (2015)
Oil on canvas
52 in x 52 in
© Lola Erhart
NIII (2015)
Oil on canvas
52 in 52 in
© Lola Erhart
S (2015)
Oil on canvas
47 in x 71 in
© Lola Erhart

The path leading to the accomplishment of my work is composed of intuitive impulses. These impulses are triggered by personal experiences, which in turn, are purely human symptoms: desire, suggestion, pleasure, insecurity, egotism, fear.

It all starts with an encounter with the person that will be portrayed. This experience in itself awakens a variety of these human symptoms. The person I choose is not a professional model; I choose friends, or even strangers. In this encounter, between observer and observed, some of this symptoms emerge. A door opens towards the intimacy of the other. At this point is where the photographic documentation takes place.

Next comes painting, and drawing, and painting, and drawing again, successively; because for me they are the same thing, they contrast, they defy, they complement, they sustain each other.

I walk through this process savagely; painting becomes an action dominated by emotions. I paint rapid and dynamically, leaving no room for doubt, or insecurity. Every decision I take arises from an intuitive and spontaneous impulse, from the beginning to the end.
The figure serves as a frame to support emotionality, such as in life.