Information
During my more than thirty year career as an architect and after the completion of numerous courses in drawing, graphic arts and airbrush, I have steadily perfected my handling of proportions, colours and materials. Upon starting on a new picture, I try to focus my ideas. My hand, however, is guided by improvisation, additions, corrections and surprises occuring with mixing position. I not only have the time to think about my work and its possible impact, but also to generally reflect on issues concerning art. I presently perceive myself as working in a confused and chaotic scene dominated by sensation seeking artist who ignore all that has to do with aesthetics but try to attract attention by way of provocative and brutal works instead.
With each work I have a personal and critical relationship. Each has an individual aura that, depending on a given context, lighting conditions and personal mood, is either clearly discernible or difficult to define. I refrain from including any mystic, pseudo-philosophical or depth-psychological ingredients – but leave it up to the viewer to read them into my work. However, regardless of wheter one believes in it or not, the colours, forms and characters in my work carry symbolic meaning: blue, for instance, is the colour of the divine, of fidelity, purity; red ist he colour of fire, love, warmth and green the colour of hope and renewal – at first glance all positive qualities. And yet, also negative symbolic content is attributed to every colour: in German „to be blue“ means to be drunk; red indicates destruction, war and hate; green stands for poison. Food for thought may thus be conveyed subtly rather than by force.
Despite cherishing a varied artistic expression, the nature of my work lies in a clearly discernible personal style. In my compositions, I usually dispense with the traditional focal point. Subjects and motifs point beyond the borders of the painting and intend to encourage the viewer to imagine their continuation outside the frame. I hope that my love of music, jazz in particular, is reflected in the almost audible compositional rhythm, in the dynamics of my works. Handwritten texts, foreign characters, calligraphy and stamps indicate my admiration for other cultures and contribute to the pictorial message.
In July 2005, on the occasion of an exposition in the cultural center of the community where I live, I published a brochure with texts in 10 languages.
Technique
Most of the pictures shown in this homepage are made like this:
An Acryl-Medium with white pigments is applied to a 2mm cardboard. After that, using a personally developed technique, up to 15 colours will be sprayed on to produce the background of the picture. Places to be left blanc are coated with a special adhesive film. Painting: with Gouache-colours ("Lascaux"), Airbrushing: with liquid watercolours ("Ecoline"). Collages as an exception only.
