"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather it makes us see."

(Paul Klee)

My Passion

Painting seems to be my passion since I was a little boy. As far as I remember I started from animals, went on to landscape and aeroplanes.

Being a practical person, studying product design seemed the perfect idea, since it combined technical skills with creative talents and those of illustrating ideas.

My career as a transportation designer took me to Honda, BMW, Mazda, Opel and to Volkswagen.

After ending my career in design I moved to Scotland and I now live and work on the Isle of Islay.

Since then the style of my sketches, drawings and paintings changed to a much more impressionistic one - and I want to go further.....

Inspiration

Inspiration is all around you on Islay. The landscape (and the weather...) is incredibly diverse. Every walk leaves me inspired for another painting. Saying this, this is actually the case wherever I go. One just has to look.....!

In my eyes a painting needs to leave enough room for imagination. The less a painting shows, the more one can see in it!