Biography
Sicily cannot be painted in pastel shades, Sicily is pure color, full of light, intense, it is extreme contrast, beautiful and profoundly ugly in the same time, exciting and never boring.
Caltabellotta, my main subject with its small streets and corners, its incredible position on 900m height so close to the sea, its olive groves, orange trees, its flowers in spring and its steppes in summer, with its simple people, but wise philosophers, people , closely intertwined with their small piece of old ground, represent for me the essence of Sicily.
My pictures are omage to these people and to Caltabellotta, this village that you only can love or hate, and my love is expressed already in the choice of material. I use everything that nature and surroundings offer: sawdust from our carpentry, sea sand, shells, stones, flowers, fruit stands, jute, sisal, bread paper, and even hair, olive kernels, palm fiber etc. that are creating often more sculptures.
Another material that I love to use is my computer to paint and create graphics.
Born in 1958 in Offenburg, Germany, since 1992 I am living with my family in Sicily, in Caltabellotta, the little village on the south coast of the island. After a 17-year break, I recently have started to work and an extremely labor-intensive phase began, which continues today.
