Michael Unterluggauer

Native of Lienz/Austria, 1953.




The East Tyrolean artist Michael Unterluggauer creates pictures for the mind and the eye, choosing emotional intelligence the highest form of talent as his principle of life so to speak.
He paints the positive in order to remind us of the existence of the negative, in some works even appealing to us.
His paintings are introspective, impulses for question and answer and, in spite of the frequently non-graphic depiction, unambiguously legible and understandable messages.
Studies with several artists.

My enjoyment of and passion for art increase with every year that passes. Even after 30 years the East Tyrolean artist Michael Unterluggauer has lost none of his drive. On the contrary, the dedicated teacher invests more time in his artistic work than ever before. Its just beginning to get interesting now, is his conviction. You can concentrate on the content of your pictures only when you have perfect command of the technique, he philosophizes. And while he is on the subject: A picture isnt really finished until the viewer has thought it to its conclusion.
Oils, acrylic paints , water colours, red chalk, charcoal the artist has tried various techniques in the past, but now he uses mainly an acrylic combination technique. And that is how he came to develop his own distinctive style. However, this perfect blend of technique and content is possible only in a so-called flowing state. Absolute concentration and yet complete relaxation. Thats the ideal state in which to compose a picture, he is convinced.
The painter from East Tyrol retires to his studio every day to apply himself to his flowing state.
But the works didnt always just flow from his brush. An artist has his ups and downs, of course. There were times when I reall...