Intro

<body> <p> <p> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">Martin Weyers was born in Wuppertal (Germany). His studio is located in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, close to his hometown Heidelberg in Southern Germany.</font></p> <p> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">The sculptors of Henry Moore were the first contemporary artworks that the artist happened to see. Moore's <i>Two Piece Reclining Figure</i> from 1963/64 in the park around the festival theatre in Recklinghausen, near to his parents' house, was among his most influential inspirations. He is influenced though by many different other art forms as well, among them the painting of Italian manierism. These different sources inspired him to combine the techniques of modern painting with traditional techniques, and the modern outlook of abstract and biomorphic forms with the compositions of classic altair pieces.</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">The first drawings are from 1983. It was also about this time, when Weyers' occupation with philosophical mysticism and metaphysics started.</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">In 1988 he started studying art history, philosophy and psychology at the University of Heidelberg - studies, that he considers to be of a fundamental importance for the creation of a significant picture language, that is appropriate for today's world.</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">Since 2003 Weyers works as a freelance professional artist, who presents his work in art shows at regular intervals in German galleries. </font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana">Weyers is alongside a working associate of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, a community of people from allover the world fascinated by comparative mythology, symbols, art, philosophy, religion and transpersonal psychology.</font> </p> </body>