His art remains uninfluenced by superficial trends, indeed a special "something" evolves from his knowledge, ability and inner strength.

With his work, he creats a feeling for life dipped in colour, which as colours and enriches other people`s lives, providing of course they acknowledge colour.

During his travels and study of old cultures, especially in India, he came in touch with long forgotten methods of artistic work, for example, old techniques of producing colour ..or of dancing. In conjunction with the knowledge he acquired in churches in Southern Germany, he arrived at a synthesis of the old and the modern. Colour and movement represent the artistic diversity, also the art of living, in his work.

In Manfred Scharpf`s creativity, two means of presenting art prevail; pictures painted in priceless old techniques and nonethless modern themes, which originate in the studio and are expressions of the happening, the performance and the dance. The one forms the inspiration for the other. Scenes from his performances, which also take place at special locations, subsequently appear in the motifs of his works.

In 1990 Manfred Scharpf presented his paintings as a highlight on Brockhaus anniversary event.

A splendid example of the synthisis of movement and colour can be found in the "Exstacy Dance Performance" -- a project for discos and art, instead of drugs.

In his need to touch on all man`s sphere`s of life within his art, the creative force of eroticism plays a special role.

He is not concerned with superficial sexual content. Instead he presents the relationship between erotic forms and their essential principles.

To him, his female models are symbols of fertilitiy and creative strength formed in flesh. His work in the erotic sector is relative to today`s ideal of fashionable beauty.

He produced the "Venus Banquet" in Uherchitse, in the Czech Republic, in which six as-large-as-life women from the region brought life to the painted picture of Venus.

The danced, miracle-play "Passion of Desire", staged in the famous tomb-church in Sedlec, Czech Republic supplies ideas for a number of paintings featuring angles.

The play deals with the struggles of forces, light and dark, good and evil, as permanent driving forces for mankind.

He chose New York for "Heroes and Champions". The aircraft carrier "Intrepid" in New York Harbour presented a sensational, authentic backdrop for his modern heroes theme.

"Heroes and Champions" relate both to physically outstanding performances as well as Man`s selfresponsibility.

American Olympic champions, world champions and war heroes were incorporated in this action.

In May 2000, Manfred Scharpf presented the "Return of the Heart" project. Eigth pictures were completed in collaboration with Slovakian art students.

Two regions in Europe, the geographical centre of the continent in the Slovakian Republic and the old intellectual and spiritual centre on the island of Richenau at Lake Constance were the venues for the project.