Artwork: PARADISE by Julia Neundorf

About the Artist

It's about capturing real moments and trying to transform that energy into something new. The focus of my art is on direct experience, simplicity and leaving questions open. I'm not really a storyteller - my work is much more of a feeling. There can be a lot of story behind it, but you don't have to know it to understand it. It's just like music. You don't have to know the score of a symphony to enjoy it - you can just enjoy the sounds. In my workshops, too, I always try to convey to the participants how strongly color can affect us and pick up on emotions, bring the unspoken to light and give our inner life a voice again. My main aim is to dispel any doubts that arise as a result of being judged or because of school education: there are no mistakes and I try never to regret a decision that I have made. I always emphasize the meditative aspect by applying paint in many different ways and I am very familiar with many different techniques. It's a continuous, natural flow. So for me, making art is a non-intellectual, body-centered, emotional process. The intellectual part comes afterwards. Color is my primary language, the main composition to each work.