How much does Sidekick Two cost?

Sidekick Two (2026) is priced at $28 USD. The work is currently available for acquisition directly from the studio, through partner galleries, or via 1stDibs.

What are the dimensions and medium of Sidekick Two?

Sidekick Two (2026) measures 160 × 160 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 Sidekick Two about?

Sidekick Two (2026) by Claus Bertermann is a large-format figurative painting — acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 160 × 160 cm, hand-painted, not AI-generated. The work is the second, resolved chapter of a pairing begun in the earlier canvas Sidekick. A standing figure in a scarlet and black coat fills the centre and left of the square, one hand hanging open and unmistakably empty at his side; at the right a cream-and-black dog with long ears sits upright beside him. What matters is what has been removed: there is no lead, nothing connects the two bodies, and the dog is no longer looking up at anybody. Both figures face out of the canvas in the same direction. Rather than telling a story, the painting fixes a condition — the quiet state that follows once loyalty has stopped being negotiated. For his figurative work, Claus Bertermann builds the image forward rather than scraping it back. Broad, gestural fields of acrylic are laid down fast and loose, and the figure, the open hand and the dog are then drawn directly over the bright ground in oil stick. The contour lines keep their independence from the painted surface — they sit on top of it, cutting through the colour rather than conforming to it. This separation of assertive drawing from raw painterly field sets structure against exposure, and every surface irregularity is intentional and integral to the artist's process. The figure's face is built in bright yellow with a green contour line down the profile, blue-rimmed eyes and a dark blue mouth, a wedge of cobalt over the brow and scarlet and black strokes falling to either side as hair. The open hand at the centre-left is a broad yellow shape outlined in vivid green oil stick, all five fingers separated and extended. The dog faces the viewer directly: cream-white head, long black ears, black eyes rimmed in red, a black nose touched with red and green. Around them the canvas is filled with a dense thicket of gestural strokes — hot pink and white at the upper left, cobalt and teal at the upper right, sap green and olive throughout — reading as undergrowth. Perspective and anatomy are intentionally distorted, prioritising emotional weight over realism. Signed by the artist on the front and back, Sidekick Two sets two perfectly still figures against the most nearly abstract background in Bertermann's recent figurative work — a museum-scale painting in which the world is chaos and the pair at its centre have run out of things to prove to each other.

Is Sidekick Two AI-generated?

No. Sidekick Two 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.

Sidekick Two | Figurative Works

Sidekick Two (2026) — 160 × 160 cm | 63 × 63 in

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

Sidekick Two, 2026 — detail 10 | Claus Bertermann

Sidekick Two, 2026, 160 × 160 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

Sidekick Two, 2026 — detail 11 | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Sidekick Two (2026), 160 x 160 cm