Gottfried Mairwöger made use of abstraction as universal imagery – he implemented the impact of nature, with its cue states, its broad spectrum of colors and its contrast, in his very own manner. Born in February 1951 in Tragwein, Upper Austria, Gottfried Mairwöger began studying under Josef Mikl at the Viennese academy of fine arts in 1971 and later continued his studies under Wolfgang Hollegha. Through nature- and nude-studies, he soon discovered color-field painting, which helped him to quickly make a name for himself in the artworld. Still studying, he was already signed by the renowned Galerie Ulysses. Exhibitions in Europe and the US followed. After painting with scumbling, heavily diluted oil colors, his painting style became more pastose, almost relief-like, in the mid-1980s. In the mid 1990s, his paintings evolved further: scumbling and covering color coatings were applied to the canvas so that they partially overlapped – some parts in a calm flow, others in dynamic gestures. Light became the main topic of Gottfried Mairwöger’s work; he often painted for several months in Mauritius and Sri Lanka, in order to gain new insights and inspirations.