Martin W. Ohlerich

Art was never part of a plan.

For many years I worked with technology, processes and creative projects — music, writing, entrepreneurship and the question of how ideas become reality.

Painting came later. First as an experiment. Then as a counterbalance. Eventually as something that stayed.

My works emerge without a reference and without a predetermined goal. The starting point is often a colour, a texture, or a spontaneous decision. From there, control and chance alternate. Layers are built up, painted over, uncovered again or deliberately destroyed. The path to the painting matters just as much as the finished result.

I work abstractly because I am not interested in what a painting shows. I am interested in what a painting triggers.

Each work is a trace of a process — open to your own thoughts, memories and interpretations.