Figures
Of the beauty of the ephemeral
It is no coincidence that I also remain true to my preference for the multi-layered use of materials in the figure paintings: only a pictorial structure of this density makes it possible to create a spatial depth and substance that is not only an aesthetic carrier, but also a synonym for life itself: Like the annual rings of a tree, it expands from year to year.
To the picture galleries
Not sensory pleasure, but the anticipation of it
While the outer shell shows increasingly clear traces of aging, it gains – for those who look behind the facade – mysterious, deep, very own beauty. The female and male figures depicted in the works often show themselves unveiled in the broadest sense: in these works I am concerned with ‘nudity’ in the sense of the unadulterated, beyond embellishing, (teasing) charming veiling and above all beyond the flawlessness that is striven for on all sides. My interest is a beauty of the human body, which is undoubtedly subject to transience.