#17-1080 13” x 13” Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel. "It is hard work and great art to make Life not so serious," -John Irving. Play with dots, cheerful colors, delightful composition, invitation to a playful look at the world.
#17-1062 13” x 13” Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel The past is the foundation of our present. The circle represents the reoccurence of events which happened in history already. For example the rise of the wealthy and powerful and the push-back of citizens left behind.
#17-1035 12” x 12” Acrylic paint and varnish on cradled wood panel. This painting mimics a piece of graffiti. Why not put some nice messages like XOXO on a graffiti-wall?
#1701085 12" x 12" Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel A nod to artist B. Traylor’s unique creatures. Big and small living side by side in tolerance and harmony.
#18-1094 9” x 12” Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel
A lone rider on a blue horse, lit by a blue moon. Hardship and loneliness as observed by self-taught former slave Bill Traylor in Alabama. The antique feel of the background refers to his time around 1920. Multimedia and acrylic paint on wood panel. Sealed with UV varnish and wax.
#17-1088 24” x 24” Acrylic paint and varnish on cradled wood panel After transitions of any kind going through phases of rejecting it, negotiating and accepting.
#17-1086 24” x 24” Change brings fertile ground in the process of transitions . Old things fade away. The change of environment opens opportunities for new growth.
The realization that we only have THE MOMENT. Thoughts, wishes, desires all live in the mind and not in reality. All we have it the beautiful present moment.
#15-1040 12" x 12" x 1-3/4" Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel. When I painted this the year 9124 popped into my head. My Dad was 4 years old my mom would have been born 1 year later. I imagined some political foreboding to what was to be happening 20 years later in Germany
$ 375 Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019
#16-100 36" x 36" triptych Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel Come play with me! Get rid of the strain for a while and enjoy the moment . Time to play with friends.
$ 2700 Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019
#17-1066 12"x12"x1/4" Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel. Exploration of a certain feel during the 1930's through texture and colors. Application of hand made gilded wallpaper as representation of the illusion of glamour while circus work was and is hard labor to bring entertainment to equally hard working people, delighting them with magic, tricks and skills.
$ 450 Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019
#1-1025 12” x 12” Back to living a simpler life. Less disitractions, focus on small happy moments, a meal with friends, good weather, nature, a vintage surface to touch.
$ 375 (Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019)
#17-1019 21” x 21” Multi media and varnish on cradled wood panel. Exploration of time passages. We are shaped by our experiences while creating our lives. Nothing is ever lost. Grateful for the beautiful tapestry of our lives.
$ 2200 Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019
#15-1048 12” x 12” Multi media and varnish on wood panel and custom floating frame. Childhood stories and happy childhood Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019
#18-1001 12” x 12” Multi media and gloss varnish on cradled wood panel. Beautiful vessels filled with life. A vintage tree image was transferred in the layer below the goblet shapes. Trees represent life and quiet, dignified growth for me. The elegant goblets hold life and abundance for us.
$ 450 (Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019)
#18-1097 7.5" x 27.25" Rough and simple repetitive motive as found in tribal art. Its simplicity and restrained color palette evokes a way of living reduced to the bare essentials. Tribal art is defined by simple yet expressive shapes, strong contrast, uncomplicated composition. For 2000 years tribes have been adorning homes, fabrics and tools this way. Multi media on wood slab, several layers of varnish and wax
#18002 9” x 22” Multimedia and varnish on custom made cradled wood panel. " The good old times" - vintage vibes created with collage, color and texture.
$ 680 (Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019)
#18-1000 12” x 24” Multimedia and varnish on custom made cradled wood panel. " The good old times" - vintage vibes created with collage, color and texture.
$ 880 (Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019)
#19-2029 (VIF) 60" x 36" x 2" Multimedia and varnish on custom made cradled wood panel. The realization that we only have THE MOMENT. Thoughts, wishes, desires all live in the mind and not in reality. All we have it the beautiful present moment.
$ 4400 (Shown at Gallery South Saratoga until May 5th, 2019)
#P - 0001 8” x 11” Collage on water color paper sealed with Gesso as under lament. Pieces of per from my high school latin-german dictionary, from my father's thesis for his M.D. title, from one of my son's letters and more found papers.
#P-0002 14” x 18” Various materials and Gesso on water color paper , custom matted and framed in archival materials. Exploration of textures in variations of white
#P-0005 14” x 16” Mixed media on water color paper , custom matted and framed in archival materials. I went to high school in downtown Munich not ar from the ENGLISH GARDEN, a very pig park. This image is a memory about hanging out with friends at the "Monopterus" which this greek temple was called.