Georg has a passion for craft and he makes this apparent in his work. The printed matter he showed me revealed its method of production – there were deliberately pronounced print traps and intentional registration irregularities. Much of his work displayed scratches and splotches that made visible the hand of the artist.

The love Georg has for craft extends so far that he often produces his own film for use in offset and silkscreen print production. This rather complicated process sees Georg draw separate film artwork for each colour. In a further challenge the film for offset print production requires the artwork to be produced in reverse. Incredible!

Georg has produced a body of work that expresses his multiple influences. These diverse sources of inspiration combine to create a delicate amalgam of illustrative content and technique.

His work for a recent book project illustrating a tale written by Gertrude Stein was a perfect example of this deftly handled eclecticism – bold hand lettering floating above fine pointillist textures, scratchy textural brush work sitting alongside solid blocks of colour and quirky cartoon characters meeting with figures of emotional expressiveness. Georg had skillfully unified this work, bringing seemingly disparate elements together to form an eloquent whole.