Approaching Nature
... the paintings by Helene Hering-Herber which can be viewed in the Kunstschalter’ gallery are based wholly on the elusive nature of her subjects.
At the heart is the painting as landscape: a crust of colour, closeness to nature, descriptions of the soul.
Brown and black nuances of colour drift through a region of fields, traces of red affect one like spurts of blood.
Comparisons pop up, or a dreamy lingering sets in. The luscious spaces of paint created by Hering-Herber demonstrate searching movements, energy processes, history and the capturing of moments…...
Kölner Stadtanzeiger – 16th november 1990