Franz Heigemeir Night Visitors

Night Visitors
Paintings inspired by the Cereus "Queen of the Night" (Epiphyllum Oxypetalum).
Produced since 2007

For several years I have been painting the night blooming cereus Queen of the Night the flower that briefly blooms then wilts and dies in the still of the night unknown to most.

Fascinated by the night sky, by the secrets of the night, by the drama of this blossom's life and death within the span of a few hours, I am now more than ever compelled to explore the mystery of this phenomenon.

With my new series of paintings called "Night Visitors", I want to share with the viewer those humble inquiries into the unknown, revelations culled from the night, the twilight and the far away.

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New Day Rising Triptych, oil on canvas, 56" x 88" Copyright © 2009	Black Bouquet Triptych, oil on canvas, 46" x 72" Copyright © 2009


The Region Beyond Quad, oil on canvas, 48" x 78 Copyright © 2009	Lunar Passage Diptych, oil on canvas, 42" x 88" Copyright © 2009


Path to Moon River Diptych, oil on canvas, 50" x 62" Copyright © 2009	The Night Visitor Diptych, oil on canvas, 48" x 70" Copyright © 2009


Moon Bloom Descending Diptych, oil on canvas, 44" x 102" Copyright © 2009	The Red Vase Oil on canvas, 38" x 50" Copyright © 2009


Nucleus Diptych, oil on canvas, 42" x 96" Copyright © 2009	Ethereal Views Diptych, oil on canvas, 34" x 98" Copyright © 2009


Dance of the Refusées Diptych, oil on canvas, 40" x 66" Copyright © 2009	Wallflower Oil on canvas, 44" x 56" Copyright © 2009


Vessels Diptych, oil on canvas, 40" x 60" Copyright © 2009	Alien Bouquet Diptych, oil on canvas, 44" x 56" Copyright © 2009

Exhibition

The Exhibition at the Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. May 2009


Sculptures

Archangel

Standing Figure
with Cape

Close-Knit Group

The Gathering

Night Bird

Working in graphic design, typeface design, and calligraphy for many years, I was intimately involved with various letterforms. My sculptures are based mostly on the negative forms of the ancient Roman Capital Letters, that is: the Circle, the Triangle, and the Square. The sculptures thus provide a geometric counterpoint to the organic content of my paintings.

Click here to view my first series of paintings.
Night Blossoms

Click here to view the International Artist Magazine "Florals and Still Life" competition results.
"Daybreak", 46" x 59" oil on canvas.

About the Artist

Graduate of the Kunstschule Augsburg, Germany
Since 1976 active member of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum.
Member of the Arts Society of Kingston

Group Exhibits:

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, ongoing since 1972
Arts Society of Kingston, ongoing since 2006
SUNY New Paltz regional exhibit: In This Time and Place 1996
Kingston Biennial Sculpture Exhibition 2001
Albany Museum of History and Art 1976
National Academy of Design 1973, 1974 and 1975

One-Man Shows:

Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 2009
Arts Society of Kingston, 2008
Cunneen-Hackett, Poughkeepsie, NY 2006
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 1989, 2005
Petrucci Gallery, Saugerties, NY 1989
Harvard Law Library, Cambridge, Mass. Interpretive Calligraphy 1988
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1987

Awards:

Two International Artist Magazine Awards, 2006 and 2008
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
   The Sheila M. Bloodgood Best in Show Award 2008
   The Robert Orsini Best in Show Award 2008
   The Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin Award 2006
   The WAAM Sculpture Prize 2001
   The Sidney Laufman Best in Show Award 2001
   The Yasuo Kuniyoshi Best in Show Award 1988
First Prize in Oil, Artists of Ulster County Open Exhibition 1989

To Contact the Artist

Franz Heigemeir
Post Office Box 88
Rifton, New York 12471
Telephone: (845) 658-9665

You are most welcome to visit our studio gallery
by appointment.

Gallery Links

/TD>	Art Society of Kingston

/TD>	Woodstock Artists Association and Museum

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March 2011

Visitors Since
April 2006

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