German artist Pierre Schmidt, known as Drømsjel, creates intricate and surreal collages, digitally “melted” into vintage trips.
His work on collages usually connects contrasting elements as old botanic illustrations and snippets from fashion magazine, turned into a coehsive and homogeneous form through the digital intervention.
His works are focused on the contrast between innocence, beauty and the dark subconscious: “Like in that great opening sequence of David Lynch’s movie Blue Velvet. Here, we are introduced to a compellingly harmonic and perfect world. If we dare to look closer, however, it’s not at all as beautiful as it seemed to be.”
The use of faded colors is the perfect fit for the surreal, dreamy atmosphere Pierre tries to create in his works.
Details are very important in Pierre’s work, since they keep his art vivid and vital, avoiding a fixed interpretation of it: “I want people to be able to come back to my work and always rediscover new small details they might have overlooked before. That way my artworks stay alive and exciting.”
Images courtesy of Drømsjel
Discover: www.dromsjel.de
