Why abstract painting?
Abstraction offers me a creative versatility that knows no bounds. It is not bound to the representational and allows me to create multispectral impressions - a world that is more complex and open than the visible outside world. Even if my works provide only a few clues to reality, this is precisely their appeal: interpretation remains free and each picture tells a different story for each viewer.
For me, abstract art is neither strictly non-representational nor purely figurative. It moves in a fluid spectrum between these poles, and this is precisely where its strength lies: it invites you to leave reality behind and explore the unknown.
Why I paint abstractly
For me, abstract painting is the possibility of making the invisible visible. My art detaches itself from the classical depiction of reality and opens up a space in which inner worlds and thoughts find expression. While figurative painting is bound to external reality, abstraction offers a freedom that goes far beyond documentation. Here I can create what would otherwise remain hidden: Emotions, moods and ideas that go beyond the visible.

Abstract painting in the Nikolaus Kriese studio
I deliberately avoid an exact reproduction of nature or real objects. Instead, I only suggest structures and forms so that the viewer can activate their own imagination. The aim is not to show something concrete, but to create a space that invites the viewer to think and feel.

Abstract Painting Landscape
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Insights into my visual world and philosophy
If you are interested in an abstract painting in oil or acrylic, I offer you much more than just a work of art to look at. Together we can immerse ourselves in a discourse about my approach and the motifs of my works. This exchange gives you deeper access to my pictorial world and opens up new perspectives on abstract art.
Art that invites interpretation
My works are not just pictures - they are open spaces for your imagination. Each painting invites you to see, interpret and discover it again and again. The colors, forms and structures speak on an emotional level that does not follow fixed meanings, but invites dialogue.
The special role of abstraction
For me, abstract art is a field of experimentation for new arrangements of color and form. It has acquired a special function that goes beyond the purely visual: it breaks with conventions and encourages the viewer to explore new ways of seeing and feeling.
Why abstract art?
The pursuit of freedom and possibilities
Why do I seek this experimental approach as an artist? Why is it not enough for me to simply go out into nature and depict it as realistically as possible? The answer lies in the freedom that abstraction offers. While nature provides fixed structures, abstract art allows me to overcome them. I can go beyond the visible and create new worlds that reach beyond the known boundaries.
Experimentation as a creative force
Abstraction enables me to make thoughts, emotions and inner worlds visible. Every painting is an experiment - a search for new forms of expression and for ways to make the invisible visible. It is a creative process that inspires and challenges me again and again.
An invitation to discover
My abstract paintings are an expression of this artistic freedom. They invite you to participate in this search, to see the world through my eyes and to find your own stories in the paintings. Let us immerse ourselves together in the fascinating world of abstract art - full of emotion, interpretation and infinite possibilities.


