In her most recent works, Theresa Möller shows a fascinating journey through the formative landscape she experienced over three years in Canada. It is above all the endlessness of the landscapes that captivates Möller. The endlessness begins just a few kilometres from her front door and seems unbounded by civilization. The endlessness that was her home for three years. Möller lived and worked in Montreal and experienced a completely new climate and vegetation zone, the effects of which also found their way into her work. The exhibition title “Boreal” is therefore almost like a souvenir. Long, harsh winters create living conditions that are unwelcome to humans. Uncontrolled boreal forest fires rage, releasing clouds of smoke that obscure the sun for weeks. Even in her studio, she feels exposed to nature in its extremes, as it is absorbed through all her senses. At the same time, these very fires create fertile soil and new living space: this cyclicality and the constant interplay between destruction and renewal. The power of nature is omnipresent, threatening and impressive simultaneously. It is precisely these emotions and sensory experiences that transform Möller’s work. The subject and color scheme contrasts barren, harsh impressions with vibrant colors and dynamic compositions.

The once lush jungles and dense foliage give way to barren trees, lakes and vast nude landscapes. Möller opens up an extreme spatial distance within the canvas. Some areas of color blur into one another, flicker and vibrate. Her subjects are applied to the canvas with gestures, precisely and decisively, horizontally and vertically in several layers of paint. The subtlety of the symbolic elements invites exposure. Yet Möller’s use of color remains characteristic: lively, decisive and clear.

She creates surreality in mauve pink, bright, vivid lime green, strong cobalt blue, and bright orange. Möller’s most recent works undoubtedly carry the essence of where she lives but are by no means localized in their relevance. Her paintings reveal a threatening and fascinating world, and they summarize the power and beauty of nature. They remind us that man is a guest and must come to terms with nature, develop strategies to live with it and stop trying to dominate it.