Trained as an interior architect, Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher brings with her a deeply rooted understanding of space, proportion, and balance. This knowledge operates in the background—not as a concept, but as an attitude. Even within an apparently free gesture, a structural clarity remains perceptible. “I’ve learned to listen—in space, in the painting. And at some point, there’s that moment when everything shifts and suddenly works.” It is precisely at this point that her painting begins: between control and letting go, between setting and reacting.

After an initial exchange, a collector writes to her: “I waited for your message like a child waiting for a bedtime story.” What becomes evident here is more than mere enthusiasm—it is an immediate resonance. The works of Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher do not create distance. They are present. They challenge without imposing themselves. “I don’t want to make decorative paintings. I want something to happen. I want you to feel that something is in motion.” This openness continues in the exchange itself—a dialogue that is not closed, but keeps evolving.

In her studio, a wide range of materials come together: acrylic, watercolor, oil, charcoal, chalk, graphite. In recent years, watercolor in particular has taken on a new significance. “What interests me is that I can’t hide anything. Every step remains visible.” What is traditionally considered delicate and controlled becomes, in her hands, a direct and powerful medium. Large formats, intense colors, rapid layers—here, too, it is not about technique, but about attitude.

Impressions from the studio and various exhibitions featuring works by Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher © konsum163

Starting from fields of color, her compositions evolve like organic systems. Surfaces expand, overlap, collide, and reconnect. Lines do not emerge as drawing, but as reaction. There is no hierarchy between the elements—everything is equal, everything is in motion. This painting does not think in motifs, but in states. It does not describe a world—it creates one.

“I don’t settle easily,” says Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher. “I search for new layers, for new traces.” This search is not a goal, but a driving force. Her paintings do not stop because they are finished, but because nothing more is missing. It is precisely here that their precision lies—not as the result of planning, but as the consequence of a process that takes itself seriously.

The studio house, set within a quiet landscape, is both a place of retreat and a field of experimentation. Among books, works, and materials, an atmosphere emerges that combines concentration with openness. Yet the calm of the place stands in contrast to the intensity of the painting. “I need both—the stillness and the movement.” Perhaps it is precisely this tension that sustains her work.

In the end, it is not about style or recognizability. It is about an attitude—the willingness to engage in a process that knows no certainties. “Painting is freedom for me. And I want to find out how far I can go.”

ArtistBook of Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher

The artist book by Brigitte Oberlik-Burtscher offers a comprehensive impression of the artist and her work. super.bcomprises 104 pages and is available online at any time.