'No Gods nor Masters' is an official The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt artwork made in collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED, and shows Geralt of Rivia entering a forest clearing full of creatures from the world of the Witcher, while Ciri floats in the center with the Wild Hunt in pursuit.
The painting is by known Dutch painter Chris Berens, best known for his otherworldly rendering of subjects. Heavily influenced by Dutch masters like Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Jheronimus Bosch, as well as academic artists like Ingres or Bouguereau, his art has an amazing surrealistic and mesmerising quality that is still quintessentially modern.
The painting 'No Gods Nor Masters' measures 86 x 60 cm / 34 x 24 inch and is sold via art gallery Cook and Becker. (www.cookandbecker.com). Also on sale are limited edition museum-grade art print reproductions in the same size, as well as a smaller size. All prints come with an artist-signed certificate of authenticity, but prints ordered before Sep 16, 2021 will be hand-signed by the artist as well.
Cook and Becker's Maarten Brands. "Chris Berens succeeded in transferring the core game experience of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt to canvas, and added his iconic style and working method to the mix, creating an art piece that is unique in both content and execution."
About Chris Berens
Berens famously learned his trade by painting over copies of classical art, which helped him establish a painting technique very much his own: after selecting a composition, he tags on smaller paintings, pours on paints and varnish, and then cuts away from the canvas what isn't needed. The resulting imagery has clear signs of the work put into it (visible as scar-like tears and scratches), and yet every scene seems to float, as Berens' technique gives his work a distinctly opaque quality.
In an interview with Chris Berens, the Dutch master (1976) explains his love for The Witcher thus: "To me, the Witcher is very much about the connection we have to nature and the respect nature commands. Whenever a village is plagued by an otherworldly creature, they count on a Witcher to solve their problem for a few coins. Importantly, they fear him and respect him for this, in equal parts, for his ability to cross into this other realm is something well out of their reach."
'No Gods nor Masters' is available to purchase here: https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/3060/no-gods-nor-masters-the-witcher-3-chris-berens.html
The painting is by known Dutch painter Chris Berens, best known for his otherworldly rendering of subjects. Heavily influenced by Dutch masters like Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Jheronimus Bosch, as well as academic artists like Ingres or Bouguereau, his art has an amazing surrealistic and mesmerising quality that is still quintessentially modern.
The painting 'No Gods Nor Masters' measures 86 x 60 cm / 34 x 24 inch and is sold via art gallery Cook and Becker. (www.cookandbecker.com). Also on sale are limited edition museum-grade art print reproductions in the same size, as well as a smaller size. All prints come with an artist-signed certificate of authenticity, but prints ordered before Sep 16, 2021 will be hand-signed by the artist as well.
Cook and Becker's Maarten Brands. "Chris Berens succeeded in transferring the core game experience of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt to canvas, and added his iconic style and working method to the mix, creating an art piece that is unique in both content and execution."
About Chris Berens
Berens famously learned his trade by painting over copies of classical art, which helped him establish a painting technique very much his own: after selecting a composition, he tags on smaller paintings, pours on paints and varnish, and then cuts away from the canvas what isn't needed. The resulting imagery has clear signs of the work put into it (visible as scar-like tears and scratches), and yet every scene seems to float, as Berens' technique gives his work a distinctly opaque quality.
In an interview with Chris Berens, the Dutch master (1976) explains his love for The Witcher thus: "To me, the Witcher is very much about the connection we have to nature and the respect nature commands. Whenever a village is plagued by an otherworldly creature, they count on a Witcher to solve their problem for a few coins. Importantly, they fear him and respect him for this, in equal parts, for his ability to cross into this other realm is something well out of their reach."
'No Gods nor Masters' is available to purchase here: https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/3060/no-gods-nor-masters-the-witcher-3-chris-berens.html