1961 born in Darmstadt/Germanygrown up in Mannheim/Germanystations in London and Shanghailiving at the Ammersee since 1986artistic training since 2002studio in Breitbrunn/AmmerseeArtistic Training:art studio Susanne Hauenstein, AndechsKonfuzius Institute, MunichHong Hong Art Institute, ShanghaiKunstakademie AllgäuKunstschule Akthof, MünchenKunstakademie Eigenart, Bad HeilbrunnAkademie der Bildenden...
Read More1961 born in Darmstadt/Germany
grown up in Mannheim/Germany
stations in London and Shanghai
living at the Ammersee since 1986
artistic training since 2002
studio in Breitbrunn/Ammersee
Artistic Training:
art studio Susanne Hauenstein, Andechs
Konfuzius Institute, Munich
Hong Hong Art Institute, Shanghai
Kunstakademie Allgäu
Kunstschule Akthof, München
Kunstakademie Eigenart, Bad Heilbrunn
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Bad Reichenhall
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Kolbermoor
Art Lecturers a.o.:
Lora Murphy, Barbara Pacholik, Regine von Chossy, Leander Kresse, Friedrich Dickgiesser, Prof. Markus Lüpertz, Marshall Jones
About my work:
In my art I am stretched between two disciplines, abstract
and figurative paintings.
The greater part of my work is figurative. I paint
heads, not portraits; that is to say I try to catch a glimpse of a human soul
as expressed in a model’s face, without relying on the norms and strictures of
portraiture. My heads capture what is alive in a model behind appearance.
The counterpart to my figurative works are my abstract paintings. I enjoy the development of a piece unfold from start to finish.
I began my career as an abstract painter and continue to work in abstract forms even after I began to explore the possibilities of the human face. In some ways, the abstract pieces are studies for my portraits, on the integration of subject and background and how to free oneself from one's own reference. I look to Matisse as the greatest master of this back-and-forth of portraiture and pure abstraction.
