Abstract and expressive – the works of the colour virtuoso Annette Werndl (b. 1956 in Deggendorf, Bavaria) are internationally appreciated and exhibited. The monograph assembles her works from the past years which were inspired mainly by sojourns in the United States and specially New York, and by the development of the music of the time (jazz, blues and pop).

Annette Werndl was encouraged from an early age to pursue her talent as a painter and to work with oil paints on canvas. However, it was only after a number of years working as an interior designer that she decided to become an independent artist. She studied painting at various art academies and was a member of the master classes of Jerry Zeniuk and Herman Nitsch. Through her extensive travels and sojourns in faraway places she has developed her own pictorial language.