"I was born quite a few decades ago in the northern most part of Germany. My earliest exposure to art was in my young teens when I visited the exhibition of Emil Nolde whose home was very near to my father's ancestral homestead. Nolde's bold motives and colors impressed me already then and I have since added many artists of varying genre and different nationalities to my favorites' list.
After leaving school I went to study at an art college (Muthesius Werkschule) in Kiel / Germany, not totally sure into which category of design I belonged. But before I could find out Prince Charming swept me off my feet and we raised a family instead. When I entered my fifties I found myself very dissatisfied with my life and it took me a while to figure out what was missing. When I finally did I was very sure that I wanted to paint generous paintings and wanted to be totally free on the canvas, no tutoring, no guiding or being told how to put a painting together! I wanted to do as I wanted to do! I knew already how to use a brush and mix colors, about proportions and composition and all the other basics and the rest was trial and error! I enjoyed it immensely and I agonized, still do both most of the time!
Oil paintings have always been my first love and it always will be, but when I was exposed for the first time to Aboriginal Art I was blown away. Which is what inspired my "dotted" paintings and although I now also do Mixed Media I always come back to an "odd dot" picture just for fun and relaxation as dotting along is very meditative and contemplative.
I am hoping that my paintings will express my love for art, color and shape, beauty and nature and people will enjoy it as much as I enjoy the journey."
After leaving school I went to study at an art college (Muthesius Werkschule) in Kiel / Germany, not totally sure into which category of design I belonged. But before I could find out Prince Charming swept me off my feet and we raised a family instead. When I entered my fifties I found myself very dissatisfied with my life and it took me a while to figure out what was missing. When I finally did I was very sure that I wanted to paint generous paintings and wanted to be totally free on the canvas, no tutoring, no guiding or being told how to put a painting together! I wanted to do as I wanted to do! I knew already how to use a brush and mix colors, about proportions and composition and all the other basics and the rest was trial and error! I enjoyed it immensely and I agonized, still do both most of the time!
Oil paintings have always been my first love and it always will be, but when I was exposed for the first time to Aboriginal Art I was blown away. Which is what inspired my "dotted" paintings and although I now also do Mixed Media I always come back to an "odd dot" picture just for fun and relaxation as dotting along is very meditative and contemplative.
I am hoping that my paintings will express my love for art, color and shape, beauty and nature and people will enjoy it as much as I enjoy the journey."
"Dream Forest" 78 x 79cm (Frame 88 x 88cm) Price: R5,450
Living in a rural area and being surrounded by plantations inspired the trees. Just wanted to add flowers on the forest floor - but definitely not real ones! Through color I wanted to express the joy that nature gives and allow the viewer to dream his own dream
"My Sister’s Garden" 63 x 43.5cm (Frame 78x58.5cm) Price: R4,450
Many, many years ago on my visits overseas I took photos of my sister's magnificent garden. She was a very keen gardener and on her passing I wanted to pay tribute to her and the beauty she had created. This is an artist's expression of it.
"Morning Walk" 91 x 75.5 cm Price: R5,450
On my morning walk with my dogs I was enchanted by the play of light and shade in the undergrowth and the trees creating a canopy above it. I tried to translate the light and dark into color, but in a softer palette to express the softness and coolness of the early morning. This is my interpretation.
"Ancient Stones II" 76 x 50cm Price: R5,780
"Leafy Mandala" 91x91cm(Price: R7,920
"Ancient Stones" 67x57cm (Frame 73x83cm) Price: R6,600