Image carrier too tame: Frauenschuh's Symphony Studies (3/3)

Studies on symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven

For several days now I have been working intensively in the studio. I am not only looking for motifs, but also for suitable image carriers that, so to speak, withstand the spirit of Beethoven's music. His symphonies are not static structures; they grow, they struggle, they break conventions. So why should my image carrier remain tamely at right angles?

My landscapes are not specific places. They are more like states. Perhaps similar to Beethoven's musical landscapes: spiritual territories where nature, man, and idea merge.

As I work the color into the wood, I think that my search for the right image carrier is similar to Beethoven's search for a new musical form. He too did not simply fill existing vessels, but changed the vessels themselves.