About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_______________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>_______________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="heikearndt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heike Arndt"><U><B>Heike Arndt</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Residence: </B><B> </B><B>Kettinge, Lolland/Falster, Denmark </B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BBBBBB" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 777 WIDTH="360"><div> <B>Heike Arndt</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Heike in Search of Perfection</B></div> <div> <I>by Inge Meezen, Groll Gallery, Naarden, Holland</I></div> <bR> <div> "Hi, this is Heike from Denmark." If Heike says that, then she's probably not calling from Denmark, but buzzing around somewhere or other in the world. No trip is too long, no country too desolate, no exertion too great. Heike seeks challenge, adventure, something new, but also light, for in a different light her world will invariably look quite different. It's not only her thoughts which the clouds drifting across Denmark's broad horizons set soaring. In Italy's warm light she also senses bodily and human warmth, in Greenland's stark cold light she sees the shadows with extra emphasis, including the shadows of Western civilization also lying across the country. Shadows, indeed, are always a tough proposition for Heike, the shadows of the past catch up with her everywhere.</div> <bR> <div> Heike is constantly searching for new possibilities for _expression, she tries out new techniques, experiments with other materials. She may wish to emulate other people, but even in her youth she wanted to liberate herself from them. Heike's career as an artist commenced with really beautiful, truly individual pottery, but she very soon felt that she couldn't develop any further in this area, and began to paint. Her striking paintings in oils became larger, more abstract, using stronger colors. </div> <div> Yet this technique too did not lend itself to fulfilling her in the long run. Even in oils, she could not give _expression to everything which moved her. Heike became a sculptress and was very soon producing life-size sculptures in bronze. Within a short time she had also mastered this technique, and the search was on for something new. In Italy she worked in glass and with printing techniques; there's almost nothing which she cannot do. She also reverts again and again to earlier techniques, practicing various disciplines in parallel.</div> <bR> <div> The spontaneity of her working method has meanwhile given way to carefully pondered schemes, yet Heike is still not satisfied, she's not yet at peace with herself. Her self-criticism will persist for a while yet, until she has produced what she herself feels is a perfect work of art and can pursue this path still further. With her talent and her ambition, she will undoubtedly succeed one day.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please visit her website:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.heike-arndt.dk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.heike-arndt.dk"><U><B>www.heike-arndt.dk</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>