Who am I really by Max Steinwald

About "Who am I really"

by Max Steinwald

About the artwork

A mural as decorative art for stylish interior design.

She called herself "Luna". Every evening she stood in the spotlight of the small stage and made the audience laugh, while questions circled inside her. What lies beyond the masquerade, beyond the applause? After the performance, she sat quietly in her dressing room, looked at an old globe and imagined what it would be like to disappear - not as an escape, but as a search. To a place where she no longer had to play a role. Her thoughts travelled further than her feet ever did.

"Who am I really" captures a moment of deep introspection: a woman with clown make-up sits absorbed in herself against a bright yellow background. Next to her - a globe, like a symbol of a world that she is travelling through in her mind. Her pose is elegant and calm, but the striped stockings and make-up tell of the stage, roles and the question: Who am I really?

The work combines figurative painting with expressive colour impressions. The bright yellow background creates an energetic tension with the woman's melancholy pose. The clown make-up refers to the stage, the role and the mask - an existential question in bright light. The stripes on the stockings function as formal lines that suggest movement and captivity at the same time. The globe, crude and colourful, stands as a symbol of vastness, longing and the confrontation with a world outside the self.

This work speaks of the longing for authenticity and the dream of overcoming boundaries - visible or invisible. The expressive painting style, combined with contrasting colours and symbolic elements, makes this painting an intense eye-catcher with depth.

A picture for people who are looking for answers in silence - or who want to recognise the unspeakable in colour.

Expressionism, Woman, Thoughtfulness, Clown make-up, Yellow, Globe, Stockings, Black and white, Modern, Emotion, Longing, World, Search for meaning, Theatre, Abstraction

Created by Max Steinwald with support from AI.