Beginning
Even as a child I was fascinated by nature. I asked myself: "How does the ant see its environment" and "does it find what it sees beautiful"? I hoped to get the answer to these questions by studying biology. But even after my doctorate in behavioural genetics and evolution, I could not answer my original questions.
Next Step
I began to look at nature more closely, differently. Suddenly I was able to recognise forms and structures that were hidden behind the beauty: trees are vertical, light falls in at an angle. Trees are dark, light is bright. Quite trivial, actually, but it turns out that with practice the reduction to essential forms becomes more and more successful. Every walk outside, every look out of the window opens up new worlds.
Sharing
Sharing what I experience is the reason for my painting. I want to show what a photograph cannot. After acrylic and oil, I ended up with encaustic.
In this technique, the pigments are embedded in wax. The light reaches them from all sides and makes them shine. Wax can also form three-dimensional structures and thus further enhance the vividness.
Exhibitions
waal (2007 g)
dachau "wasserturm" (2008 g)
landsberg "saeulenhalle" (2008 g)
denklingen "kunst in meinem garten" (2009 g)
landsberg "sparkasse" ( 2010, 2014 e)
sommerakademie landsberg (2009, 2010, 2012 g)
denklingen "kunst in meinem garten" (2014g)
lange Kunstnacht landsberg (2014)
sparkasse diessen (2015 e)
juliet donkare shop augsburg (2017e)
art innsbruck (2018 g)
art box project new york (2018 digital)
ulm Kunstschimmer (2018 g)
art innsbruck (2019 g)
art expo, "pier 90" New York (2019 digital)
galeria merlino "posh" und diverse andere ausstellungen (2019 g)
art box project zuerich (2019 digital)
berlin mitte (2019)
cannes und art shopping paris (galeria merlino) (2019)
art innsbruck (2020 g)
rom (flyer art gallery) (2020 g)
"save the world" kapfenberg (art factory graz)(2021 g)
stein am rhein (Kunstkaufhaus)(2021 g)
"gegenSätze" I (Kunstkaufhaus)(2021 g)
"Meisterwerke der kunst" (art factory graz)(2021 g)
