As a counterpoint to reality, my artistic work is completely free of rules, regulations and routine. The freedom of my work is both a challenge and a motivation for me to create something new and unique. This urge to create is also the reason why I paint abstractly. After a few years of classic representational painting, my work gradually became more abstract. I found that working without templates and specifications was much more engaging for me - experimenting and trying out, exploring the canvas, material und composition. In the meantime, I have been working exclusively abstractly in an informal way for well over a decade. Even today, when I start a new work, I am still inspired by the thought that absolutely anything is possible on this canvas!

The starting point for a new work is usually undetermined thematically but arises from a mood. Moods, desires or ideas are nothing more than reactions to the world I live in and what I experience. Giving in to it, reacting and acting spontaneously is my form of processing. Often a painting itself, a certain detail in a painting or even a color mixture is the starting point for one of the following paintings.

My process is all about the painting itself, its expression, its shape, the feelings it evokes. 

It's a mixture of fast, intuitive and spontaneous painting and considered steps. Colors, surfaces, lines, brushstrokes and material gradually condense into an overall composition. I particularly like working on large formats because I can get involved with my whole body - you could also call it a dance with or on the canvas. The energy that arises during this creative process can be seen and felt in the finished work; the application of paint, the brushwork and pictorial rhythm. My works are powerful, have an energetic charisma and almost tangible dynamics.

Daniela Schweinsberg, Frankfurt, Germany