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Hagen Pelzel - Artist

Hagen Pezel is German Born and living now here in West Cork. Hagen's journey has been one of regaining balance in his life. Having first visited Ireland together with his wife Eva in 1992 he came to live here just a few years ago. Hagen sees his past situation, as he puts it as one of "losing the balance losing his way and getting a second chance in life". Now his artwork is a means for him to keep himself balanced, "to express things and also to a very high degree a means of gratitude. Gratitude in a spiritual sense, gratitude to God". Hagen's artwork reflects his deep spirituality and journey through difficult and now better times. Hagen comments that when he was young he had a relationship with Christ and that Christ was important to him and now on reflection can see how God had guided through difficulties and of being a constant through different stages and dangers. "My whole life journey God was a constant." Hagen grew up in Berlin and later moved to Freiburg where he met his wife Eva and studied law. Eventually he became a lawyer. Hagen says "you know this is a different world (one very removed from his life here)".

At one stage Hagen said that he really lost his connection to God. At this time he feels that he went in the wrong direction arriving at a dark place. We all have choices and decisions to make and at a very important point in his life he made a wrong decision. One which he should have known was not the right decision. At that time God gave him a lot of signs and a lot of things happened to warn him to hold him back, to lead him back but as he says he was really blind and his heart had grown cold in some way. And he continued unchecked until events lead to life changing situations.

From that point on Hagen has turned his life around. Hagen now lives a life of grace, to get a second chance and to get his soul back as he says he was in a dark space and almost lost his soul. Losing your soul means losing yourself. Hagen having been in-to art from an early age he returned to the paint and brushes as a way of connecting with his inner being. Hagen believes that being artistic and creative is a gift and as such you have a duty to make use of it.

Hagen would also like to mention a friend back in Berlin, Felix von Quernheim, who first encouraged him to take up painting again, and Sarah Iremonger, artist, whom he met when he was living in Cobh. Sarah gave hagen valuable advice and recommended him to take an arts class at Joe Creedon’s "Daniel Corkery Summer School" in Inchigeelagh. And last not least his wife Eva who died in 2002. Without her I would not be alive anymore and without her Hagen says that "I would have never been able to move to Ireland".

Hagen was inspired and drew energy from an exhibition in Cork Opera House called "Better Late Than Never" in 2005 featuring artists Paddy Campbell, Matt Lamb and Bill Griffin. "I can see some similarities between Matt Lamb's life-journey, his message and mine".

Title: Christ King, mixed media on paper, 59x42 cm = not mounted

Price: Framed: 800,-- EUR;

Without frame, without mount: 550,-- EUR

Title: The Heart of God, acrylics on paper, 59x42 cm = SOLD

Title: Good Friday 2007, acrylics on board, 54x22,5 cm = not mounted

Price: Framed: 280,-- EUR;

Without frame, without mount: 200,-- EUR

Title: Easter 2007, acrylics on paper, 59x42 cm = not mounted

Price: Framed: 580,-- EUR;

Without frame, without mount: 400,-- EUR

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