Thanks to dynamic, expressive brushstrokes of electrifying colour (here, especially the shades of red), Middendorf turned rock music into a visual experience. Similar dynamism and tension in the depiction of the motif, this time of the painter in front of the easel, characterises the drawing entitled Maler (translated as Painter) rendered in pencil and his favourite red. It shows an ascetic and, despite that, no less dynamic portrait of a young painter whose energy and invention literally burst from his eyes in front of the easel.