M A L A N D A
"Were did you study" was the first question many of the Art Gallery owners asked, when I wanted to exhibit my paintings there 30 years ago. I always answered: "In museums, in Nature, with Artist Friends and other Authentic People, by suffering and joy - mainly I do study Life - and Academies, ArtSchools, Universities I will not go to - because itīs not on my way."
Now I am 50 years old, I live as a freelance Designer quite well and successfully from my many different inventions, ideas, designs and marketing concepts. Together with my beautyful wife and our 3 daughters we live in a small village near Freiburg/Germany. This is the lovliest area in the most southern part of Germany half an hour from the French Border and one Hour from the Swiss Alpes away. Nearby is the famous Black Forest area and the Rhine River Valley connects to the North Sea.
Painting is something I took up again (after a pause of almost 20 years) as something where I can let my passion go freely and without too much hope and fear. I have a huge collection of different styles and topics - I never wanted to be fixated on any single one - however I follow the very old patterns of Archetypes, Luminosity, Sacred World and Playful Intuition - and maybe - I will become a Real Painter again.
Photography is an extension of the eyes - it caputres the way one looks and conserves the way one sees. Looking and seeing is quite different. Many photos I take as a basis for photomanipulation, photo based Artwork ar as puzzlepieces for collages. I almost exclusively work with G5 Apple Macintosh, Graphic Tablett and Photoshop (or Painter 8.0). Sometimes I miss the smell of Oil-paint and the feeling of aquarell paper - but the printed result looks quite the same - digital or analog.
