Raimund Angelo Rausch is the newest trending artist on the local art scene. His pieces are vibrant and speak of his everyday experience with life.
Speaking with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, the artist said during his childhood days, he was always intrigued by the drawings by one of his good friends. His friend was always sketching superheroes and preparing show cards for his mother, a nursery school teacher.
“So one day, long after my constant box figure sketches, I got the comic book “Ghost Rider- A Spirit Reborn” and I tried my hands at a portrait: the character’s famous skull engulfed in flames. Let’s just say it was accepted by everyone. But that’s how it all started,” he reminisced.
The self-taught artist pointed out that his inspiration comes from “simply someone…something, or being engaged in a casual conversation which may initiate an image, or good music, which hits those very nerve endings that emit a jagged feeling upon your skin, and not forgetting poetry.”
Deciding to take up his art more seriously, Rausch entered his pieces at the recently held Kiss My Art exhibition, which is his first art showing.
“It was my first exhibition and I’m humbled and thankful for the opportunity given to me by those wonderful young ladies of REDEntertainment – Chelsea, Saskia and Kristina!” he exclaimed.
Those studying Rausch’s art would notice a recurring line of beautiful women painted in vivid colours. These, he pointed out, are based on the theme of women’s empowerment. Growing up with three sisters, and being the only brother, he is amazed by their strength, which inspires his paintings. His mother and grandmothers are also the baseline of most of his pieces.
Rausch’s paintings exude his nostalgic feelings: images that remind him of “what it was like”, whether photographs, paintings or drawings, his fears and every feeling he has encountered.
The artist described his art as being “contemporary art with a bit of abstract entwined within it.” The abstract, he noted, is to add suspense to his pieces.
