About the Homage to Egon Schiele

After seeing Klimt and Schiele originals for the very first time - it was at
the National Gallery at the Belevedere Castle in Vienna, Austria - I was so deeply
impressed and moved by what I had just experienced, that I knew it was not enough to tell somebody of my encounter but that I had to actually work with it
myself.

Later that day, like being out of present time, almost franticly I've formulated the concept of my homage to Egon Schiele. I knew exactly what I wanted to do and how exactly I would go about it.

It was the very first time in this life that I've experienced the excitement and total fulfillment a creative idea can generate.

Still fourteen years went by until I was able to put this concept into reality.

Something was missing in my original idea. After fourteen years, I discovered that it was the WHY, the basic purpose. This opened the creative floodgates.

Helmut Koller