My 2027 course will once again focus on light – and where there is light, there is also darkness. In recent years, external lighting and inner light have emerged as deeply existential elements in this world. Bringing light into our paintings and spreading it further will be the focus of the next course. How do we work with a light background, and how do we make the colours glow? Do we always start from the light, or can we also make a dark image glow?
I would like to awaken in you the idea of service – the service one renders by bringing light into the darkness. This not only leaves the unpleasant with fewer places to hide, but also helps people to recognise such things more clearly for what they really are. Light is what almost every living being longs for. Even plants turn towards the sun to receive more light. Light blesses, heals and comforts. And we are speaking of both physical and inner light. The path of light is vast and encompasses colours and beauty of almost every kind. Light is also the spark of life within every person, which heals, sustains and motivates us to yearn for ever more light and to seek it at every step of our journey here. A lightness of heart, a lightness of mind, a lightness of being – these are the joy and comfort that make a person’s journey easier at every turn. We need darkness more for sleep and rest.

I would like everyone to briefly share what ‘light’ means to them at the start of the course. As before, lessons will be conducted individually through one-to-one consultations. The class at the Academy forms the basis of the group work and determines the flow of the week. I expect all students to contribute in their own individual way. As usual, there will be a brief debriefing on Friday. In view of the odour nuisance, I would ask you to refrain from using oil paints. Rosa Loy

To apply, please send us a short statement on your artistic self-understanding, your expectations of the masterclass, a brief biography and six examples of your previous work in digital form (as a PDF file of no more than 10 MB) by email to: info@kunstakademie-reichenhall.de Places will be allocated on the basis of suitability as soon as applications are received.