Henrijs Preiss, iconic histories

Henrijs Preiss paints most unusual works that are at once both old and new, exotic and familiar to all. Having studied in the Academy system in Latvia and coming from a family of Latvian and Russian artists, Henrijs has an in-depth knowledge of the compositional and spatial structures used in the creation of medieval religious icons. Drawing on these pre-Renaissance composition methods, he then combines them with 20th century abstract painting and cabalistic symbolism, resulting in works that are unusually balanced for abstract paintings. They travel a long time line, speaking across cultures to the sensation of hidden meaning through their motifs, and exuding all the compacted power of ancient icons but in a contemporary painted work.

couldn’t have said it better myself. great work, and really impressive in the flesh