where are you from, and how old are you if i may ask?
I am from Germany. Was born in July 25 1952 in Gluecksburg at the Baltic Sea.
When did you decided to become an artist?
In 2006
What artists inspire you the most? Pollock, Picasso, Klee, Basquiat, van Gogh and others
What do you love about painting, and what do you hate?
Love the freedom to do everything I want to do and hate…don’t know ;-))
Do you remember When did you made your very first painting?
In my childhood
What mediums do you like to work with, and and why?
Oil Colors because of their brilliance and and Bitumen because of its deepest black
and its viscosity
Are there any members of your family who support you and your art?
My wife maren. Have no other members of a family.
Do you find it easy to exhibit your work in galleries or there are any obstacles hard to overcome?
Not easy. Very difficult. I am too old to be a young crazy and malleable artist. But I got it. Think because of my life experience one can see in my work
Is there a favorite painting you ever made?
Love "Catwoman" and "Dancing Bird"
Are there any other forms of creativity do you like, other than painting?
Yes, I write poems and wrote a crazy book " : Die Chronik vom aufgehenden
Untergang
Do you have a favourite color when you paint?
Love black and red
What would be your ideal studio like?
Large as possible with much light!
Do you ever open your studio to the public... and if not would you consider
doing it at all?
Yes I did. There sometimes come Members of the University and The Community College and sometimes others artists
What inspires you the most, abstract painting, just figurative, or a bit of both?
Bit of both
Do you sell your work online, ebay or galleries only?
No ebay and no online galleries. Sell on demand and EAGL Gallery and Art Fairs
Do you participate on any Artfairs, and is there one that you particularly
like?
I like the Kunstherbst in hamburg. But I do not know many others. Like to go with a gallery to a great art fair!
Do you paint for a living or do you have a job on the side?
For Living with support of my wife.
How would you classify your work?
Not a good craftsman. Intuitve, the paintings come up from the depth of my heart
Do you have an art degree at all, and do you find it useful?
I am happy about to be an autodidact. Nowadays it is possible to paint without the
traditional knowledges..I am a bad craftsman ;-)), may be of having no studied art. But I like it
How long does a painting take from beginning to end?
Sometimes 5 Minutes sometimes a day with pauses . Mostly very fast and
intuitive.
How do you know when a work is finished?
A feeling, a voice inside of me, an impulse. Like the air is out of a balloon
What are your goals for the future?
Live without struggling too much. Painting without having no money stress. Find some more galleries a one famous all over the world. But I am happy with the EAGL gallery in berlin
Do you ever do any commissioned work?
One or two times. Its difficult for me
How would you like to be remembered in a few hundred years?
As a very serious painter…but is there anyone who can remember me?
What advise can you give to beginning artists?
Stay true let life and art flow
I am from Germany. Was born in July 25 1952 in Gluecksburg at the Baltic Sea.
When did you decided to become an artist?
In 2006
What artists inspire you the most? Pollock, Picasso, Klee, Basquiat, van Gogh and others
What do you love about painting, and what do you hate?
Love the freedom to do everything I want to do and hate…don’t know ;-))
Do you remember When did you made your very first painting?
In my childhood
What mediums do you like to work with, and and why?
Oil Colors because of their brilliance and and Bitumen because of its deepest black
and its viscosity
Are there any members of your family who support you and your art?
My wife maren. Have no other members of a family.
Do you find it easy to exhibit your work in galleries or there are any obstacles hard to overcome?
Not easy. Very difficult. I am too old to be a young crazy and malleable artist. But I got it. Think because of my life experience one can see in my work
Is there a favorite painting you ever made?
Love "Catwoman" and "Dancing Bird"
Are there any other forms of creativity do you like, other than painting?
Yes, I write poems and wrote a crazy book " : Die Chronik vom aufgehenden
Untergang
Do you have a favourite color when you paint?
Love black and red
What would be your ideal studio like?
Large as possible with much light!
Do you ever open your studio to the public... and if not would you consider
doing it at all?
Yes I did. There sometimes come Members of the University and The Community College and sometimes others artists
What inspires you the most, abstract painting, just figurative, or a bit of both?
Bit of both
Do you sell your work online, ebay or galleries only?
No ebay and no online galleries. Sell on demand and EAGL Gallery and Art Fairs
Do you participate on any Artfairs, and is there one that you particularly
like?
I like the Kunstherbst in hamburg. But I do not know many others. Like to go with a gallery to a great art fair!
Do you paint for a living or do you have a job on the side?
For Living with support of my wife.
How would you classify your work?
Not a good craftsman. Intuitve, the paintings come up from the depth of my heart
Do you have an art degree at all, and do you find it useful?
I am happy about to be an autodidact. Nowadays it is possible to paint without the
traditional knowledges..I am a bad craftsman ;-)), may be of having no studied art. But I like it
How long does a painting take from beginning to end?
Sometimes 5 Minutes sometimes a day with pauses . Mostly very fast and
intuitive.
How do you know when a work is finished?
A feeling, a voice inside of me, an impulse. Like the air is out of a balloon
What are your goals for the future?
Live without struggling too much. Painting without having no money stress. Find some more galleries a one famous all over the world. But I am happy with the EAGL gallery in berlin
Do you ever do any commissioned work?
One or two times. Its difficult for me
How would you like to be remembered in a few hundred years?
As a very serious painter…but is there anyone who can remember me?
What advise can you give to beginning artists?
Stay true let life and art flow
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