Roundabouts

This topic came to my mind while ranging the region to find objects for my plein-air series «Buildings». In the middle of a roundabout – trapped by the surrounding roads – there is a hardly usable place, like an artificial Island. It can serve as an obscure or even romantic garden landscape or a place for artistic design in the dull suburbs.
In my paintings I de-contextualise and render the roundabouts in an alienating way, so that they become detached from the surrounding traffic and buildings. Due to that the main focus lies on the object itself and its absurdity.