Warum machst du Kunst?
Making art is a necessity for me and gives meaning to my life. I have always been attracted by art and music

Wie lange malen Sie schon?
Twenty-five years ago, I started with oil painting and finally switched to watercolor, my favorite art medium. I’ve always loved drawing, however, since I was very young.

Haben Sie eine formale künstlerische Ausbildung genossen?
No, I’m self-taught.

Sind Sie ein professioneller Künstler oder ein Hobbykünstler?
For a few years now I have been working in art as a second job, holding watercolour courses and workshops both in person and online.

Wer und/oder was dient Ihnen als Inspiration?
Much of my inspiration comes from cinema and music. I also love going to exhibitions and constantly keeping up to date with the art world.

Welche Musik hörst du beim Malen?
I’m also passionate about music and a I’m a record collector. When I paint, I listen to a lot of music, and I enjoy many genres, including jazz, hard rock and heavy metal, progressive rock, punk and new wave, and even classical music.

Hattest du einen Mentor?
NEIN

Malst du jeden Tag?
Not always but almost, even if sometimes I don’t have time I always try to paint even a small thing.

Malst du ein Bild nach dem anderen oder arbeitest du an mehreren gleichzeitig?
It depends, sometimes I painted several subjects with similar colors and painted them at the same time.

Erstellen Sie zuerst ein Konzept?
Yes, I do it quite often. I like to plan each piece of work by studying the color rendering for my subject. Other times, I do urban sketching outdoors in a notebook and then develop my subject on a large-format sheet of paper in the studio.

Malen Sie lieber im Atelier oder im Freien?
Beide

Wie viele Kernfarben verwenden Sie?
I have a lot of Daniel Smith paints. And I’ve organized them into different palettes of different sizes, depending on whether I’m painting outdoors or in the studio. I can start with one or two colors for a monochromatic style, up to a maximum of five or six for the works I usually paint. I generally have about 16 to 20 essential colors in my palettes.

Tuben, Pfannen oder Stäbe?
Tubes 15ml

Verwenden Sie Maskierungsflüssigkeit?
I’ve used masking fluid in the past, and occasionally I do for specific jobs. But I tend to prefer leaving the paper white, avoiding wetting it in certain areas.

Woran erkennen Sie, dass Ihr Werk fertig ist?
I know my work is finished when I manage to achieve the atmosphere I have in mind and, above all, when every other detail instead of adding information takes away freshness, spontaneity and atmosphere from my work.