Is there life on Mars ... someone we can eat on Mars?

Fusionist painting - combining realism and abstract - was introdused in Norway by H.E. Saele in the early 1970s. The style was first regarded as messy by art dealers and gallerists who said they preferred "old fashion modernism". "You can't paint both realistic and abstract on the very same canvas!" That was some of the comments then, back in the '70s and '80s. 
Birger Joachimsen, Oslo Art Gallery

H.E. Saele working on a fusionist artwork called:

"Is there life on Mars ... someone we can eat on Mars?"

Norwegian Art

T-bone

Sculpture by Hans Egil Saele, 1980, painted clay

Similar sculpture stolen from Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1984

Ancient Modern

Aquarell in the Babylon-series, 90x60cm. Paper: Saunders&Waterford

A Saele saying: The last "ism" is of course, Fusionism.

Watercolors in the Babylon-series

    

Babylon Green, 

watercolors on Magnani  paper, 70x50cm., 2017

Babylon Green, 

watercolors on Magnani paper, 70x50cm., 2017

Babylon Red, 

watercolors on Magnani paper, 70x50cm., 2017

Chipmark Needle, New York

Acrylic and pastels on paper, 150x100cm., 2011. 
First time exhibited september 11. 2012, Oslo Art Gallery, Norway
The painting inspired a series of watercolors called the Babylon-series

Every Imagination Seeks Its Realization

H. E. Saele, saying:

Every imagination seeks its realization

Hans Egil Saele in 1985

Hans Egil Saele, 1985, working in Oslo with a series of lithographies

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The Carafe

Oil on panel, 1980ies

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