After a long and fulfilled career, it was only late in life that I found the opportunity to devote myself to the subject with which I had been theoretically concerned for so long: painting. Initially I began gaining practical experience in painting classes, but I soon felt the need for independence and to find my own personal visual language.
I was at first interested in the rendering of various materials such as glass, wood, textiles, porcelain and metals. In my work I try to capture their diversity of colours, as well as the tactile experience. In this way I allow the beauty of everyday things to take centre stage, to free them of banality, to in a way elevate them in the painting. For this reason, the still life is my preferred subject.
As the colours and light of the Mediterranean have always exerted a great fascination on me, I was irresistibly drawn to the South of France, where, for the most part, I have lived and worked since 2004.

While here, I expanded my scope to include landscapes and portraits. But every now and again a tomato, a fig, or simply the folds in a white sheet inspire me to hold their image in a painting...

1995 - 2004     Member of the Neuss Artists' Circle and participation in their annual exhibitions
1997 - 1998     Solo exhibition at the Hotel Costa d'r, Mallorca
1999               Participation in an exhibition at the Sparkasse Neuss
2000 - 2001     Participation in the annual exhibition “Alte Post – Art from Nuess
2000               Art Exchange Neuss
2001               Group exhibition at the Galerie am Hubertusplatz, Willich
2004               Art Exchange Neuss
2004               Galerie Paschos, Grimaud/France
2005               Galerie Offelder, Neuss
2006               Solo exhibition at the Galerie Artemisia, Nice/France
2007               Solo exhibition at the Galerie Artemisia, Nice/France
2007               Glob’Art, Biot/France
2008               Galerie De Fombelle, Nice/France