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."
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 "Abstract Organics" 91x91cm R8,150
Reduced R4,060 |
 "Mountains & Valleys" 91x91cm R8,100
Reduced R4,060 |
 "Autumn Blossoms" 61x60cm
R5,100
Reduced R2,540 |
 "Flowers" 60x47cm R4,100
Reduced R2,030 |
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 "The White Wall" 54x55cm R5,500
Reduced R2,610 |
 "Tanglewood" 59x78cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Tropics" 102x76cm Price: R18,700
Reduced R10,400 |
 "The Glade" 52x79cm Price: R6,720
Reduced R3,650 |
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 "Once upon a blue moon"
90x90cm R11,950
Reduced R6,525 |
 "When light is low" 75x75cm R7,200
Reduced R3,915 |
 "White Flower Vase" 60x60cm R5,750
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Philemon" 66x58cm R4,400
Reduced R2,175 |
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 "Lollipop Trees" 36x50cm R2,900
Reduced R1,450 |
 "Tree of Life" 60x61cm Price: R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Redwood" (oil on canvas) 65x70cm R6,400
Reduced R3,190 |
 "Ophir"75x75cm R7,200
Reduced R3,915 |
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 "The way I see it..." 91.5 x 91.5cm R11,950
Reduced R6,525 |
 "River Bend"60x61cm R7,260
Reduced R3,190 |
 "Nucleus" 61x61cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Olive Mandala" 61x61cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
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 "Just happy - no reason" 61x55cm R4,750
Reduced R2,320 |
 "Rondo" 59x44cm R3,500
Reduced R1,740 |
 "Moonlight & Trees I" 71x60cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Moonlight & Trees III" 71x61 R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
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 "The Field" 61x91cm R7,000
Reduced R3,480 |
 "Summer Forest" 69x59cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Mountain Village" 60x61cm R5,200
Reduced R2,540 |
 "Sunset" 60x60cm R4,700
Reduced R2,320 |
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 "Beneath the Surface" 80x61cm R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Jungle" 80x61 R5,800
Reduced R2,900 |
 "Other Worlds 2" 76x61cm R11,950
Reduced R5,510 |
 "Other Worlds 3" 65.5x65cm R11,950
Reduced R5,510 |
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 "Starry Night" 81x61cm R7,400
Reduced R3,190 |
 "Blue always wins" 80x80cm R7,900
Reduced R3,480 |
 "Radiance" 60.5 x 60.5cm Price: R6,930
Reduced R3,190 |
 "Dream Forest" 78 x 79cm R6,600
Reduced R3,190 |
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 "New Dimensions" 69x57cm R5,650
Reduced R2,760 |
 "Morning Walk" 91 x 75.5 cm Price: R6,600
Reduced R3,480 |
 "Ancient Stones II" 76 x 50cm R7,350
Reduced R3,190 |
 "Leafy Mandala" 91x91cm R8,850
Reduced R4,350 |