leaf II Painting

Since 1996 I have been making work that fits within a theme of my choosing. Love, hope, paradise and nature were successively depicted. I shape each theme into a project. For me, the theme is not a straightjacket but more of a framework. The final tangible result of this search process is a series of paintings, gouaches, watercolors, photographs, photo collages and sometimes etchings. I am a visual artist who paints in the romantic tradition. I try to give the ordinary a deeper meaning, the everyday a mysterious appearance, the known the value of the unknown and the finite the appearance of the infinite. Romanticizing is a way for me to make things strange yet familiar and attractive.