Boomerang Book Project :: Mannheim

"So I actually am really glad that someone would would create something like Boomerang Art Book Project and get it known through the internet as it did. That is how I found out about it. I have become more and more aware of the internets importance on the daily life of an artist especially a contemporary artist like me."

"In meinem aktuellen Zyklus beschäftige ich mich mit dem oft hürdenreichen Weg der Frau hin zu einem positiven Selbstverständnis. Der Beginn dieses Prozesses findet sich natürlich auch im jeweils ureigenen Verhältnis zur Mutter. Dazu mein Werk 'die gute mutter und ihre töchter'"

"I believe in the importance of the reflective space provided by painting. I relish the slow time in both the making and the reading of the work. These paintings are a distilled chaos riddled with small incidences of uneasy hilarity, which creates a rigorous abstraction that is simultaneously evocative and elusive."

"Meine Kompositionen entwickle ich aus dem Prozess des Zeichnens, es entstehen flächige Strukturen die sich ineinander verweben. Ziel des Zeichenprozesses ist es komplexe Bezüge zwischen den Einzelelementen der Zeichnung herzustellen. Manche der Zeichnungen benutze ich dann als Grundlage für meine Malerei."

"I used see this type of helicopter regularly around Mannheim, as there is a US Army air field close by. I recently saw it in an ad, boasting its importance as a vital piece of equipment that can ferry materials under any conditions. Its applications were coded. Simple: its a rescuer or a killer."

"This is one of those vacation drawings that you just cant help doing. I had no idea that a plein-air study would be so rewarding, I wish I had taken the time to do a few more. Location: beach in Basque Country."