Leo Rumerstorfer

Leo Rumerstorfer: missing any traditional art education, he began to paint copies of the classical masters on the street in the pedestrian zones of central European cities. Later he was inspired by the collaboration with the German gothic–band “Umbra et Imago,” especially making album–covers for them and painting on stage in some of their live–shows. Now he creates paintings in acrylics and colored pen–drawings, still in his own style. He has had exhibitions in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. “I’m always interested in the cryptic, the hidden behind the obvious, the layers under the surface. Again and again it’s encrypted in my paintings, some may find it, and some may not. That’s part of the game.”