In the first period of her professional work as a painter, Temnitschka's interest concentrated on the human body. Later on, she developed symbolic ideas and in the years following 1992 she went on to forms of abstraction. In the center of her work stands the human being. All its psychic conditions and all its moods are projected to the pictures' surface. In some of the paintings the written word plays an important role, yet these words are difficult to read.
Intensive light breaks through the dark surface, giving the paintings a touch of hope.
Some of her paintings have been purchased by the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Arts.