Abstract - I - 2024 Painting

Since her 1 1/2-year stay in Ireland 1972/73, she has been involved in painting. Initially started as a self-taught artist, she has constantly evolved through self-study, as well as through exchange and work with well known and lesser known artists. 1977-1982 lecturer in oil painting at the VHS Ochtrup. From 2000 to 2009 studies for Elders, at the "Universität for Elders" in Osnabrück, art, art history and art education with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Girke. The theoretical part takes place with the summer seminar for pictorial and Natural History studies in the Botanical Garden Osnabrück, each with its practical conclusion. She continues to participate in the summer seminar until today. In the year 2002 the Artist Forum Münsterland e.v. was founded, where it has been a member since then. From 2005 to 2016, she was a member of the producer community and co-owner of the Galerie "RheineKunst" formerly "EIGEN-ART" in Rheine. Unfortunately, at the end of 2015 the community had to close the gallery for private and organizational reasons. But it still exists as a studio community "RheineKunst ". 2015 to 2017 Member of the Kunstkreis Spektrum 88 e.V. (Kulturpreisträger der Stadt Rheine) Since 2018 Member of the "gallery Alte Schule Salzbergen"