Is Ricochet available for purchase?

Ricochet is currently reserved. For inquiries about this work or similar available paintings, please contact the studio at bertermann.art/contact.

What are the dimensions and medium of Ricochet?

Ricochet (2026) measures 150 × 200 cm and was created in Acrylic and oil stick on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is Ricochet about?

Ricochet (2026) by Claus Bertermann is a large-format figurative painting — acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 150 × 200 cm, hand-painted, not AI-generated. The work presents a condition rather than a narrative: a woman seated at the centre of a bright interior, wrapped in a flowing coat of red, green and midnight blue, looks straight at the viewer. At her feet a golden French bulldog looks up at her; behind her shoulder a man with a green face, painted more freely, looks almost at the viewer — just past them. The title names what happens between the three: attention travels through the picture like a stone skipping across water, from glance to glance. The dog looks at the woman, the woman looks at the viewer, and the man's glance is still on its way. The last look lands on whoever stands in front of the canvas, so the viewer does not only watch the scene but completes it. For this work, part of his 2026 figurative series, Claus Bertermann separates the two operations that make the picture. The ground is painted first, in coarse, broad brushstrokes that keep the movement of the arm visible: the yellow wall, the turquoise and blue furniture at the left, the red and green masses of the coat and the blue around the man. The drawing comes afterwards and lies on top of that painted ground — the oil stick sets the woman's eyes, brows and red lips, the strands of her hair, the outline and wrinkled face of the French bulldog, and the features in the man's green face. The drawn line keeps its independence from the field beneath it. Unlike his abstract works, nothing here is scraped back — the image is built forward: coarse painted ground below, decisive drawn contour above. The composition is horizontal: the woman sits slightly right of centre and fills most of the height, the French bulldog anchors the lower left, and the man occupies the upper right corner. The woman's face is painted in pale pink and yellow with blue eyes and vermilion lips, a red ribbon in her dark hair; her coat moves between cadmium red, orange, emerald and deep blue. The dog is ochre and golden yellow, outlined in black; the man's face is emerald and lime green against blue. Bright lemon yellow, turquoise and orange fill the room around them. Anatomy and perspective are intentionally simplified and distorted, prioritising emotional presence over realism. All surface irregularities are intentional and integral to the artist's process. Signed in yellow-green oil stick at the lower right and on the back, Ricochet reflects Claus Bertermann's ongoing exploration of presence and connection — a museum-scale painting about the looks that pass between people, and the one that lands on you.

Is Ricochet AI-generated?

No. Ricochet is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

Ricochet | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

Ricochet (2026) — 150 × 200 cm | 59 × 79 in

Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

Ricochet, 2026 — detail 15 | Claus Bertermann

Ricochet, 2026, 150 × 200 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

Ricochet, 2026 — detail 10 | Claus Bertermann

Ricochet | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Ricochet (2026), 150 x 200 cm