Anyone who takes art seriously rarely has it easy. Neither with himself, nor with his own art. The claim not to create favors or never to offer shallow entertainment sounds easier than it is to realize artistically. And when the artistic incentive to not want to follow the traditional paths, but to formulate one’s own artistic potential with all available power and above all in very different genres, far away from already known paths, then it can become interesting and exciting. For the artistic statement, the reflection of one’s own vision, must not only convince through quality of craftsmanship; but, Helga Kreuzritter; Aufregung; 2008, Watercolor, 30 cm x 40 cm © Helga Kreuzritter almost more important, the statement of the overall work, its inner cohesion – the relationship between detail and overall view – it should have a coherence that is self-contained and points to the future. Because art is by far not arbitrarily interpretable.