Colour and Shapes

My path to art came in a round about way. An unconventional art teacher at school, a painting circle during GDR times with Otto Knöpfer, a failed application to study painting at art school.

Then for many years I have worked in my trained profession as translator and later as web designer.

Some years ago a re-start at the printing workshop with Alexander Hartmann, Leipzig artist. Oil painting, life drawing. Then courses with Irish artist Pauline Agnew and the US-American artists Melinda Cootsona and Caren Ginsberg.

My art ranges between semi-abstract and abstract painting. Inspiration comes from landscapes, experiences and emotions as well as from artwork which I like and made a deep impression on me. I also enjoy figurative painting.

I am a seeker on my path towards finding my very own expression.

Vita

  • born in Arnstadt, Germany
  • since 1984 based in Leipzig
  • Leipzig University English and Portuguese
  • 2002 – 2022 freelance web designer
  • focus on painting and drawing since 2015
  • 2015 – 2017 oil painting and life drawing courses with Alexander Hartmann, Leipzig artist
  • 2018/2019 courses and workshops with Petra Watzlawik, Leipzig artist
  • further courses since then with Pauline Agnew – Irish artist and with Melinda Cootsona and Caren Ginsberg – US-American artists

Exhibitions

  • 2024 Nacht der Kunst, Leipzig
  • 2021  Nacht der Kunst, Leipzig
  • 2021 (February – August) exhibition in the chapel of the Helios hospital Meiningen
  • 2019 Nacht der Kunst, Leipzig