“Evolution”
"Evolution" was created using only "Painter"
(Metacreations),
July - November 1999.
Size: Paper: 50x50 cm, Picture: 33x33 cm Copies: 95, numbered and signed, and 5 artist's copies (I-V) Price: 575.‒ Euros Artist: Björn Dämpfling
The Title of this image was chosen in hindsight, as is true
formost of my works. My files usually get a working title, which very
often has nothing to do with the result. This image started with the
head in the center and I recall that all of a sudden I thought “looks
like Darwin’s ape” and on I went with the drawing, forgetting this
thought. Seems my art producing Freudian “It” didn’t do the same and
while I was drawing the redheaded figure on the left, dispersing
letters, I realized that three of the letters I had instinctively
chosen were letters representing the DNA code. So I consciously chose
the fourth letter to make it perfect and at that point the image got
its title: “Evolution”. Though trained as a social scientist my
interest in the natural sciences has never faded, since I was
contemplating for a while in my high school days to study
biochemistry and it looks like “Evolution” reflects this in a
creative manner.