“River Wild” Contemporary Painting by Maria Steinbauer

This painting illustrated the thoughts that take place in a human mind. The piece was made contemporarily – the capacity to take you deep, with the flow of the life, in the world of peace and harmony
80 x 80 cm

About the artist:

Dr. Maria Steinbauer, a specialist in psychiatry and neurology, has had a successful career in the field of mental health. She has worked as a senior physician at the Psychiatric University Klinik Graz, where she managed a general psychiatric ward with a focus on inpatient psychotherapy. In 1987, she developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic unit in the women’s psychiatric ward, integrating a psychotherapeutic concept at the psychiatric level. Dr. Steinbauer has observed and described psychiatric clinical pictures and therapy processes, and has also conducted therapy courses in the concept of Integrative Painting Therapy. She has published numerous works, given lectures both domestically and internationally, and exhibited her own artwork. In 1997, she received a license to teach psychiatry and has since continued her private psychotherapeutic practice. Dr. Steinbauer has also been involved in humanitarian missions, providing psychiatric and psychotherapeutic support in crisis situations such as the Kosovo crisis, the Thailand tsunami disaster, and the Beslan tragedy in Russia.