The painting titled „Versteck" (Hideout) by contemporary German painter Michael Tkatschow from 2025. This is an original, handmade, unique piece, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, without a frame. Michael Tkatschow is a German artist and art lecturer at the Stade Art School. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Department of Design and Illustration. The artist works in various techniques (primarily acrylic painting and mixed media) and combines abstract and surreal forms and textures with figurative classical painting and symbolism in his distinctive visual language. The painting "Versteck" is part of a series on the theme "ENTFREMDUNG"(alienation). In the paintings in this series, the artist creates a mystical and surreal atmosphere in which the main motif seems to dissolve into the background. The artist's works can be found in private collections and companies in Germany, France, Spain, and even Australia and Japan. Ideal for collectors interested in unusual contemporary German art.