In the informal painting Die Kalte Nacht wird diese Stadte raumen, 2003, the viewpoint is submerged within a composition of imagined lush vegetation. The work is an ode to the German artist Gerhard Neumaier's love of paint, echoed in the lyrical swathes of his forms. His works celebrate spontaneity, movement, and the sensory pleasure of mark-making, exploring the expressive possibilities of colour and shape. Neumaier studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany.