Description
Edition of 25
Hand-numbered
Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist and Master Printer

Forest Villa by Swedish artist Kilian Eng calls to mind the work of American film maker David Lynch. As in Lynch's movies Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive Eng presents a realistic but also dreamlike image that draws the viewer in by evoking curiosity and stirring emotion.

"I like to tell stories in my work and invite people to make up their own stories in response. Even if an image is shown as a single piece and not part of a series, the viewer needs to be able to fantasize about what might happen before and after the exact moment frozen in the picture, as do I. This creative engagement helps me give substance to the worlds my pictures illustrate, and lets me create new scenarios."

As with dreamscapes, Eng’s images can seem simultaneously threatening and welcoming. "I’m very interested in creating environments in my work. I’m fascinated by architecture - ancient, futuristic, fantastic - so I often incorporate buildings or structures. The characters that inhabit the pictures are often set down in these unexpected surroundings."

The analog, sometimes retro feel of Eng's work is deceptive. He works in a completely digital medium and deliberately adds the anachronistic effects via the computer. The precise texture of paper, the range of colors and the careful balances between light and dark are all carefully selected and applied. "I like the digital work process,” he explains, “and all the possibilities it offers to play with colors and create more easily."