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My purpose is to photograph the world around me, and to paint the world inside me with exciting works of art that are beautiful to live with.
My paintings originate high in the mountains in the Swiss regional nature park of the Binn Valley. Throughout the seasons the surrounding glaciers, rocks, wildwaters serve as a backdrop.
In the beginning there is almost always a thought, a feeling or an image. Instead of copying it on canvas, when lucky, I can switch into a dreamlike state, removed from reality, and my approach becomes free and gestural. Sometimes the result is a work of beauty, and I may feel reminded of my initial thoughts.
Recent exhibitions include: "The Spirit in Art", Ferrara (2007); Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art (2007); Galeria Centro Storico Florence (2008); Galeria de Marchi, Bologna (2008); Visionary Artists for Tibet, Zurich (2008); Galerie Billing, Baar, Switzerland (Dec/Jan 2008/9); "Traces of Memory", Ferrara (2008); Affordable Arts Fair New York (2009); Kunst in Binn (ongoing since 1-2009); "Imaginary Journeys" Ferrara (2009); Galleria de' Marchi, Bologna (2010); Golf de Lavaux, Lake Geneva (2010), etc.
My works are in private collections in the USA, Canada, S. Africa, Australia, and several European countries.
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