Born in 1982 in Königstein, Germany I moved to Belgium in 1988 where I started attending drawing and painting classes. I studied Fine Arts and Painting at Sint-Lukas College of Art in Brussels under Fik van Gestel and Philippe Van Snick, graduating in 2005 with a masters degree.

Over the years I developed a strict method of painting based primarily on the traditional practice of icon painting in tempera. The paint itself consists of water, pigment and yolk of egg. It is mixed using exact calculations and applied in dozens of layers according to a predefined system. Egg tempera is a versatile medium yielding bright colors and a beautiful, solemn look.

Painting and drawing to me are a contemplative routine of slow, precise labour. The methods applied require repetitive motions and gestures that form a daily ritual. Most of the paintings here take multiple years to complete, and might as well have magical healing powers. However, I am as much interested in the end result as in the process of refining of my skills, development of techniques and creation and maintenance of disciplined habits. I consider each finished painting or drawing to be a remnant, a vault, an empty shell that once housed a happy creature but has since been abandoned. My personal interests and influences lie primarily in punk, dada, pop-art, art brut and old masters.

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