In case you may have noticed, nature is a significant source of inspiration for my art and life.
Some years ago, I created an art manifesto to describe how the living world is a taproot for my creativity. It grew to include aspirations for my paintings, designs, and writings.
During the last couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time walking on a beach with towering bluffs in my neighborhood.
An invitation is an autobiographical portrait using objects.
Recreating colors used in a painting by a master artist is a fulfilling way to learn to mix original color palettes. I used a work by Alexej Jawlensky to explore this process.
The abstract landscape painting Rising Ground is inspired by my admiration of abstract painting, nature and Chinese blue and white pottery.
Nature always seems to spark my imagination. Earlier today, I visited a meadow in a nearby park for inspiration for a painting. I went looking for patterns and shapes, something elemental.
Years ago, I was fascinated with an archeologist and restorer of Etruscan antiquities at the Glyptothek Museum in Germany. Since he lived in Munich and I was in Berlin, we corresponded frequently with contemporary versions of hieroglyphics.
When I make art, I take a journey with my imagination. I often seek inspiration in the natural world, looking for delicate traces of beauty, mood and atmosphere that create associations within my inner world.