Rainer Stolle German / British, b. 1966

'I am a visual artist from Germany based in London, UK. I started regular life drawing in 2000 in New Zealand a few years after my graduation in Graphic Design in Krefeld, Germany.
At that time I considered figurative drawing as an exercise that helped me develop skills in capturing the human form. My interest is also born from my fascination with the expressiveness of fashion illustration.
I came to London in 2003 and have been regularly attending a diverse range of lifedrawing sessions for 8 years, as well as establishing my own class.
Over the years I have developed a more emotional approach to life drawing. Every drawing has a small narrative: there is a beginning a middle and end. A drawing can describe the multiplicity of the human experience: happiness, sadness, our darker psychic undertones, sexuality.  
In my approach to drawing, it is essential to me that there is no plan, no vision and no goal. I want to be surprised or walk into a situation and then see what happens. 
The choice of medium depends on luck. Sometimes I find the right medium immediately. Sometimes it takes a few attempts. Sometimes it is frustrating. 
The model is a driver. It is important to me to create the mental space to find a visual language expressing my emotion while drawing. 
In a way I am bleeding a feeling. The lines and marks that create each piece are markers of that feeling. '