In this story, two people meet. Two men, one on each side of a two-page spread, face each other with increasingly more (prestigious, militaristic) accessories : top hat and cane vs. uniform and flag, horse vs. dragon, etc. With the disguises come fear and with fear comes weapons to defend themselves against one another. Their passion to excel ultimately brings the story and the rivalry to and end. The Winner is constructed with utter simplicity and yet maintaining depth of thought, with its small simple characters set against a large white page cannot help but emphasize the needlessness of text. A run through of escalation and then what?

【KJELL RINGI】

　　Kjell Ringi has spread his unique world of art globally, but primarily across the U.S. and Europe. His works consist mostly of paintings, as well as graphics, official posters, art books, films, sculptures and designed monumental objects.
　　Today, we are inundated with novel forms of pictorial representation. To stand out, one needs to display a personal touch-a hallmark of Kjell Ringi's. He does not follow trends nor does he remind us of other painters. Rather, he creates totally unique works of art with a personal style all his own. He says: "I work constantly to be able to create my own world-for me, it's 100% or nothing at all."
　　All Ringi's works are detailed and colorful and have to be seen in real life. A couple of gallery sites represented show excerpts of his different techniques. Some pictures have been enlarged in order to display them in greater detail. However, the medium of the Internet do not do them justice.
　　For Ringi's comprehensive career, see his "BIOGRAPHY".
Below are samples of a new experimental collection in acrylic and mixed medium. The three paintings displayed are encased in glass or plastic boxes to create a vision of depth and detail on two different levels. See "GALLERIES" for more.