
Natalie Fellhauer
I paint in order to listen — not to speak. My abstract works emerge from an intuitive dialogue with the canvas. I follow the moment: color, movement, and form guide my process.
Inspired by the Japanese Ensō, the gesture of perfection within imperfection, the circle holds particular significance in my work. My practice is shaped by an aesthetic of reduction and by trust in the unplanned.
Working with acrylic and oil paint, cold wax, and shellac, I build surfaces through rhythmic movement and layering. The resulting structures carry traces of time and process, forming condensed fields of color and material presence.
My paintings open perceptual spaces in which modes of seeing shift — from interpretation toward a more immediate, sensory encounter.
Studio of the artist Natalie Fellhauer in Berlin, Germany
My seal tells a story about me. I received it from my Japanese calligraphy master, Kazuaki Tanahashi. It was based on the name Shō Gen, which I received during a Buddhist ordination. Shō Gen means: the smile you had before you were born. I use this seal to sign many of my paintings.

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