Genesis

Margret Schiestl

The Heart of Tiroler Adlerin

Margret Schiestl studied paedagogy in Vienna and afterwards influenced young people by accompanying, tutoring and fostering them as a teacher for years. This revealed more and more of her artistic talent and the wish to be creative.
In the land of the Tyrolean eagle it was not easy to find reminiscence of a woman’s creative activity and achievements. Because there was no feminine counterpart to it …
The artist Margret Schiestl pushed her previous art into the background to offer a creative answer to the Tyrolean eagle …

With open arms like pinions. Clenched hands, coronated with proud breasts, pumps, a powerful expression and a sharp and stinging tongue…

It was a sketch, a scribble, the logo of an eagless, on the way to an inspiring art workshop. Strong, focused, looking far over the horizons, self-evident … By no means a feminist manifesto! In fact, Tiroler Adlerin expresses female power, creativity and intuition. Symbolic for strength, pride, self-confidence and courage. She confesses to be female, feminine and attached to her origins.