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Jan-Eloff Von Ziegler
We Bleed In The Same Place, 2025
Oil on Canvas
Height 91 cm x Width 91 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $1,200
This painting began with a simple thought for all the ways we try to separate ourselves, Judge ourselves etc. Yet throughout this process i have learned one thing... we all tend to break in the same places.
The faces here are different, but they are not strangers to one another. They overlap without merging, held together by a shared centre of a single heart, fractured but present. It is not meant to represent one person’s pain, but something more universal: the quiet understanding that vulnerability does not discriminate.
The linework is deliberate and continuous, tracing connection rather than division. Each face carries its own expression, yet all are bound to the same inner wound. Beneath them, the abstract expressionist background holds tension, movement, and emotional residue with deep layers built up and worked through, much like the experiences that shape us.
This work is about empathy more than suffering It acknowledges difference, but insists on shared humanity. The point where we hurt, the place we bleed from, is often the same and regardless of who we are, where we come from, or how we present ourselves to the world.
If this piece resonates, I feel it is not because it tells a story but because it recognises one you already know.
Artist’s Note:
This work continues my exploration of emotional identity, vulnerability, and the shared spaces where human experience quietly overlaps. To me this piece and it's poem hold a lot of weight and meaning and helped me grow and heal.
Artist Bio: Jan-Eloff von Ziegler is a Brisbane-based contemporary artist whose practice centres on abstract expressionism and minimalist figurative line work. His work explores emotional tension, inner landscapes, and the quiet psychological states that exist beneath outward composure.
Through layered gesture, restrained mark-making, and deliberate use of colour and negative space, von Ziegler creates works that prioritise atmosphere over narrative. His paintings often occupy a space between abstraction and figuration, allowing forms to emerge subtly rather than assert themselves, inviting prolonged viewing and emotional reflection.
A distinctive aspect of his practice is the integration of original poetry alongside each completed artwork. Every painting is accompanied by a poem written in direct response to the finished piece, extending the emotional language of the work beyond the visual. These poems do not function as explanations, but as parallel expressions — offering an additional, intimate entry point into the psychological terrain of the painting.
Von Ziegler’s work is deeply informed by themes of longing, grief, desire, recovery, and personal transformation. Rather than depicting literal scenes or stories, his paintings act as emotional vessels, reflecting states of unrest, stillness before change, and moments of internal pressure and release. His practice is grounded in authenticity and vulnerability, with a focus on creating work that resonates quietly but persistently.
Working primarily in oil and mixed media on canvas, von Ziegler continues to develop a cohesive body of work that balances intensity with restraint. His paintings appeal to collectors and viewers drawn to emotionally charged, contemporary works that reward contemplation and connection.
He lives and works in Brisbane, Australia.
Dimensions:
91 cm x 91 cm