Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany
born in Ludwigshafen Rhine/Germany lives near Karlsruhe/Rhineland-Palatine/Germany My artistic the...
About the artist
Joined In 2018
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About the artist
Joined In 2018
(7 Followers)
born in Ludwigshafen Rhine/Germany
lives near Karlsruhe/Rhineland-Palatine/Germany
My artistic theme is and has always been nature. It fascinates me as an artist by its originality, and also by its diversity. As for the artists of the Romantic period, the nature surrounding me stands for the all-embracing being, gives me comfort and strength. Already during my studies of art I was enthusiastic about the viniculture in my home country. I wanted to portray the strict geometry with which the vines traverse the landscape. This is how I came to the linoleum printing technique, which is still my preferred printing technique today. In search of motifs, I often roam for hours through the forests of my homeland, collecting impressions, structures and special features. Then I return to my studio "charged" with impressions and process and vary them.
The development of my theme - whether it is a print or painting - is characterized by the question of the level of abstraction versus space-creating methods. How many perspective lines are necessary to communicate an impression of space? Where is it sufficient to have one in front and one behind the other? And where do I have to intervene creatively to guide the eye. Which elements must t...
Degree in Fine Arts on University Koblenz-Landau (Germany) with Professors Günther Berlejung, Volker Krebs and Werner Brand.
2019 Soloexhibition "panta rhei" Pleisweiler/Palatine
2018 Participation at the Exhibition "Match" Landau, Germany in Galerie Hiestand
2017 Participation at the Exhibition "Kunst im Abgeordnetenbüro" in "Mainzer Landtag" (State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate)
(Purchase of one of my works by the government of Rhineland-Palatine)
2017 Nominated for the Haueisen-Price (Albert Haueisen-Preis)
1989-2016 yearly soloexhibitions around Germany
1. exhibition 1989 "Der Kuss" (the kiss) in Deidesheim/Germany