NEON Series

The NEON Series explores presence through color. Neon represents emotion, energy, and the courage to take up space. Each painting is transformed by a distinct neon layer, revealing a new face and shifting the work’s intensity. The surface becomes more active, more direct, more alive. Neon changes the energy of the painting – and of the viewer.

The faces Katharina paints in this series are not just faces – they are encounters that have deeply shaped who she is. Deeply personal, unforgettable meetings that left a permanent mark in her life. Each one loud, intense, and full of a presence she could never ignore. These are the people and moments that changed her. That is why her work carries a NEON layer – because they were always loud, always vivid, and they hold a very particular intensity in Katharina’s life that quiet colors could never express.