Ute Ammermann

"Sand-pictures"

01.04.2001 - 31.05.2001

Ute Ammermann, originally from Lower Saxony, was born in 1941 in Bad Salzuflen. After she had left school, she completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith. Since 1965 she has lived in Seckach near the youth-camp of Klinge. Since then she has been designing and tailoring her own collections in cotton, silk and wool. By 1982 she had founded the company "Mode und Kunst" (Fashion and Art), an address that, in the meantime, has become known to many people, not only in Seckach. Ute Ammermann came to painting through the painter and graphic artist Bernd Scheubert who lives in Osterburken, and, at the end of the 80s, she took several painting courses with him. However, this fact alone by no means explains the success that she has had with her art in the meantime. Although the correct technique is important for a successful picture, the necessary talent cannot be learned. You should have an eye for the right shade of colour in just the right place and whether you should work on canvas or on chipboard, the artist explains. It was on holiday in Tunisia that she saw sand-pictures for the first time. A Tunisian painter explained to her then just how complicated this technique can be, for it is difficult to fix the sand to paper or canvas. Fascinated by this technique, Ute Ammermann tried it for herself. Hence, over time she has developed an innovative combination of canvas, paper, watercolours and sand that creates an interesting 3D impression for the viewer. It is her flower pictures that she personally considers her favourite motifs, and these have had a great response. She transfers the little miracles of nature to paper in many variations. Most recently, she has also been busy painting people and landscapes. Ute Ammermann's creative energy seems inexhaustible. She spends several hours each day in front of the easel, inspired by the atmospheric piano tones of her life-long companion and music teacher Kalman Irmai. She has already shown her work in several exhibitions, including cities like Frankfurt, Zurich and Stuttgart.

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