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and failures – these all form part of anyone’s During 1991, he painted in watercolours on the
life. The solu�ons come not from resolving the island of Patmos with Emil Wachter. White
tensions, but from integra�ng them. Crea�ng paper became a source of light and a constant
room for longing and entering into challenge.
intermediate spaces – the spaces between Several encounters and conversa�ons with
heaven and earth, between the spiritual and Jehuda Bacon in Jerusalem confirmed him in
the animal, between the “I” and the “you”. his ar�s�c path. Since 2006, a personal
Looking back, I understand my life as a path language of colour and form has emerged. He
which has not yet reached its des�na�on. My has been developing a free use of such
pain�ng is like a search, driven on by a longing different techniques as watercolours, Indian
– from the “No Longer to the Not Yet”. ink, graphite and acrylic. He describes the
pain�ng process as a conversa�on between
inspira�on, substrate, paint, implement and
Jens Wolf was born in 1949 at the foot of the ar�st. His themes moving the force field
Swabian Jura. between heaven and earth, humour and
In 1962, an encounter with a portrait by Emil earnest, reality and the surreal, animal, man
Nolde made such an impression on him that his and God.
pain�ng ac�vi�es date back to this moment – Jens Wolf is a member of the Jesus Community
with charcoal, crayons, water colours and in Volkenroda Monastery in Thüringen. Since
Indian ink. 2017, he has been living and working in
Three fundamental decisions made in 1972 Ahnatal-Weimar by Kassel.
shaped the rest of his life: a faith rela�onship
with God, the marriage with his wife Chris�ane,
and life in a Chris�an community. These years Rights for the images:
saw the crea�on of caricatures and water Jens Wolf
colours on the themes of man and landscape. www.atelier-jens-wolf.de
Solo exhibi�on “Reflec�on” at “The Balcony Gallery of “Jerusalem Theater” (2011)
