Aloof Painting

Being an artist helps me connect with the world, classify experiences, arrive - An act of searching and an act of understanding. With watercolor and ink, charcoal, graphite, pastel, and acrylics, I explore the boundaries and transitions. My artistic origins lie in figurative painting. However, it is and was never about illustrating the visible to me. I want to go into depth. I have found that the more I abstract, the more concretely I am able to represent what I want to express. Both my figurative and abstract paintings benefit from this apparent contradiction. I paint to discover, simplify and understand what is important, true, or relevant. What lies beneath is the enduring theme of my work. My artistic gaze is focused primarily on the most vulnerable spot. This is probably common to all my paintings, regardless of the subject. This spot I want to cherish, flatter, protect - or also highlight. I am moved by personal, emotional - but also social and societal issues. Transience, defenselessness, the struggle for identity and dignity, the loss or destruction of the alive are, among other things, the topics that impose themselves on me, that demand my voice - and my voice is the color. My entire approach is characterized by immediacy. I work intuitively, letting myself be guided. In my abstract works even more than in figurative paintings. I experiment with different materials, apply the paint layer by layer in glazes. Therefore, the light can penetrate the different layers and is reflected from the depth. The light thus becomes part of the work of art.