German abstract artist Mareike Böhmer painting on a canvas indoors, surrounded by art supplies and paint containers.

While many of my abstract artworks were created on the computer at the beginning of my creative career, today they are all based on acrylic paintings that I put on paper or canvas.

In painting, I love the creative process itself. Diving into another world, playing with colors, textures and materials. It is also a constant process of trying things out, failing and being amazed.

Painting on larger canvases in particular, which I have only been doing (again) for two years, has led me to a new phase of creative discovery. I notice again and again that here too I am often captivated by the minimalist and organic compositions that use just a few colors.

Photos by Kira Duwenhorst

Abstract artist Mareike Böhmer painting on a canvas with a brush in her studio.
Mareike Böhmer, an abstract artist, holding a paint palette with used paintbrushes and blue, white, and black paint.