Max Horst "Kiss" Signed Modern Art Painting Puppets Series Acrylic Canvas

An expressive original painting by acclaimed artist Max Horst from his distinctive "Puppets" series. Rendered in rich acrylics on canvas, this stylized composition features two stylized figures with expressive, melancholic eyes, seated at a striped red surface and holding small lip props on sticks.
Horst’s signature theatrical and surreal aesthetic is on full display here, combining muted background tones with vivid accent colors and delicate line work. Signed by the artist "MAX HORST 22" in the lower left corner.

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I am full-time contemporary Australian painter having completed a Master Degree at the European Academy of Arts in 1997. I generally paint under the name "Max Horst". Exploring the nature of people and the relationships between them, my paintings are very often short stories of small,daily moments of life. I distill these relationships through simplified forms and shapes, developing my own code of symbols - a code which is constantly changing and developing over time.In my quest for simplicity and honesty I draw much of my inspiration from cave paintings and naive art, “because I find them very honest as a form of art”.Using oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, I may mix them with drawing techniques. Natural pigments of earth colors are the base of my palette. With an intuitive preoccupation with color, form and line my work belies a carefully considered composition and an appreciation of the nature of human interaction.