Lucky Clover I – Green cloverleaf painting

Four-leaf clover as a symbol of hope 

The four-leaf clover is one of the best-known symbols of good luck. Almost everyone knows its meaning, even though only a few have ever found one. In Glücksklee I this familiar sign appears reduced to its simplest form.

It is precisely this simplicity that makes the motif interesting. The symbol remains recognizable while its meaning becomes more open. Between hope, memory and chance, an image emerges that asks more than it explains.

Green painting with quiet presence

Various shades of green, turquoise, and yellow define the work. The color fields appear light and transparent, while traces of the painting process remain visible. Some areas seem confidently placed, others appear provisional or almost accidental.

This creates a calm kind of painting that does not impose itself and can therefore be looked at for a long time.

Small formats, big pictorial ideas

At 40 × 30 cm it belongs Glücksklee I to the smaller works in the series. Like a study, the painting focuses on the essentials. The reduced size intensifies the immediate impact of the symbol and directs the gaze to color, line, and composition.

The work is particularly suitable for smaller rooms, niches, or as part of a larger group of paintings.

Smear Board – Familiar signs reconsidered

The series Smear board is concerned with generally familiar pictorial signs such as flowers, smileys, trees, or figures. They are simple forms that everyone recognizes and whose meaning seems fixed.

In these paintings, the form remains while its execution becomes increasingly uncertain. Color no longer follows the expected paths, decisions become visible, corrections leave new traces. From something familiar, a state emerges between order and dissolution.

The works are about the fragility of simple certainties. They show how even stable signs can lose their self-evidence and how small shifts can open up a new, more open pictorial space.

Original painting by Mark Hellbusch

Glücksklee I is a unique original from my studio in Wiesbaden near Frankfurt. Like all works in the series, the painting emerges in an open process between symbol, color and experimental painting.

Discover more works

Each group of works follows its own idea, its own visual language and its own approach to color. Discover further visual worlds between abstract painting, experimental art and unusual wall objects. Here are some examples

Smear board,

small formats and

green paintings

About the artist

I have been a freelance painter since 1997 and have explored a wide range of themes in painting. While I worked predominantly in expressive painting up to 2007, my focus today is primarily on experimental art. My personal background and many further groups of works can be found in the “About the artist” section.

Contact & Studio

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markhellbusch@web.de

Studio in Wiesbaden – viewings by appointment.

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