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I grew up in East Germany during the 1980's, at the height of the Cold War.

 

To escape the grim reality of the monotonous and tightly controlled daily life, I immersed myself from early childhood in the stories and illustrations of books, borrowed from our small, local library.

 

The creative and colourful drawings of the nations beyond the German Democratic Republic captured my imagination and in order to keep the pictures before having to return the books, I started to

re-create the images.

 

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and with that, the communist regime, suppression and a pre-determined life.

 

I was accepted to join the art workshop of renowned East German Graphic Artist Dieter Huth in 1994.

He became my primary mentor; introducing and teaching different mediums such as charcoal, ink, acrylic and oil, focusing on nature and human anatomy studies.

After graduating Art School in Germany in 1998, I moved to London the same year to continue my education in Art.

Besides building a life and commercial career, I continued to focus on my twin passions:

painting and writing.

 

Today, my works center around exploring all sides of nature and humans:

the purity of the physical combined with the complexity of emotions or ancient meanings.

 

I use the vibrancy of all shades and colours, their energy and symbolism as visual vocabulary to reflect the intricate and delicate dance of the physical and emotional spectrum of humans and nature.

My preferred medium is acrylic.

 

Currently, I am working on a series of paintings exploring femininity and my second written and illustrated children's book.