The beauty of Life

This mural was painted in the town of Oberammergau in the very south of Bavaria. The idea was to paint something close to the traditional Lueftlmalerei but with a more sincere theme. The wolf is often used as a negative symbol (the Big Bad Wolf) but the greatest friend of humans, dogs, are also descendants of the wolf. The wolf-shaped shadow refers to this and as such the “innocent” boy can both be bad and good. The text on the wall reads: “The entire attraction and beauty of life consists of light and shadow” (Der ganze Reiz und die Schoenheit des Lebens setzen sich aus Licht und Schatten zusammen).