Saskia Thurm

By day, I run a company. My work life is structure, decisions and responsibility - painting is where I get to let go of all three.

My paintings are built in three steps that run through everything I make: atmospheric color grounds that grow in thin, translucent washes. Calligraphic lines that give the composition direction. And splatter accents that break the controlled structure at just the right moment. This back-and-forth between control and chance is the core of my work - calm in the ground, movement on the surface.

I work with acrylic and ink on canvas, in layers, often over several weeks. Some paintings resolve after five layers; others need ten. And I work in series: Energy in deep blues and turquoise, Bloom in magenta and violet, and a series inspired by the pace and geometry of padel - a game I play myself.