Patrick Hammerlein

About the artist

Immersed in a layered urban paradigm of reality versus fantasy, Patrick Haemmerlein creates a visual soundtrack as a backdrop to his stark silhouettes, choreographing torn pages of poetry and bars of music from the 1800's and early 1900's. Splashes of water color’s punctuate the delicate balance between urban sprawl and rural wildlife in Los Angeles. Haemmerlein begins his journey by taking countless photos of his environment exploring both urban and rural perspectives. He then manipulates the photographs, layering the images on wood until he is able to recreate the feeling of that moment and place. Using Los Angeles as his creative playground, his recycled articles often include sheet music, books he has found and paint. The result is a timeless tangible sonnet to the city he loves, and his thirst to rediscover it endlessly.