Born in west Germany in 1973, and moved east to study painting at Leipzig’s Academy of visual arts in 1995, receiving his Masters in 2003. he began to study under David Hockney. he co food the LIGA gallery led by artists in Berlin.

his paintings morph reality and imagination, abstract and figurative, he explores deserted three dimensional spaces. he constructs these spaces with paint to build up a room often disregarding the rules of typical perspective. This perspective is inspired by Hockney, altering what is expected by the viewer, placing focal points slightly off. It involves the viewer into the painting, feeling party of the open inviting space.

I was particularly intrigued by this piece ‘Corner’ 2005, it feels eerie mysterious. the dark colours in the centre draw you in , it feels like you are about to turn a corner anticipating what’s about to come. Thick paint creates intense depth with coulees like dried blood peeling off the edges.

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Many of his paintings provide an atmosphere apprehension like there is something we don’t know, perhaps more to the story. A dark corner, shadows under the dest, ambient lighting it feels like a stage before performance; something is yet to come.