Artist Statement

Reality and illusion - Only a dream?

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of art and science. Those to whom this experience is a stranger, those who can not be rapt and amazed, are as good as dead for their eyes are closed (freely adapted from Albert Einstein, Living philosophies).

With each step, each dream or experience visual impressions emerge and melt into (un)real images as time passes by. The combination of elements, surfaces and colours leads to an object that makes it possible for me to explain myself to the world. Thus I can express what I perceive and what I wish to communicate. The possibility to express myself without limits and to create new worlds inspires my creativity which reveals to me the elusive part of my spirit. This creative ritual is the source of the eternal quest for self-knowledge. Reminiscence of tradition melts in a sophisticated reflection into forms which visualize elements of the past, the future and consciousness of the moment.

Portraits
A portrait does not reproduce the visible. Rather, it makes visible (freely adapted from Paul Klee)

A portrait comes into being when I feel inspired by a face, a look or a character.

The artist’s sensibility and knowledge of the portrayed person are essential in order to be capable of visualizing the person’s personality and characteristic features. In the process of creating a portrait the concept of extraversion and introversion is equally important and determines the portrayed person’s and the artist’s expressing modes.

My paintings call attention to what intrigues me: To discover a world of forms and colours in the phenomena and to make them visible in order to excite dialogue, dissensus or harmony with the observer.