About the Artist
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Having spent my childhood in Switzerland I left for Florence, Italy in January 2006 to study drawing and painting under Maestro Micheal John Angel and Jered Woznicki at the Angel Academy of Art. In December 2009 I graduated and left Florence, filled with deep gratitude and the basics of drawing & painting under my belt. The real study can begin now!
In March ’10 I moved to Austin, Texas as an Instructor for The Art Department (TAD) where I am a student and simultaneously teach drawing foundations. Classes being held online allows me to move around so I left Austin and have lived in San Francisco, New York, Florence, Finland and Switzerland during these past months. It is an amazing journey that I am enjoying fully!
INFLUENCES
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A vast variety of artists inspire and influence my working and thinking. Among them are many of the “Old Masters” of painting, but also musicians, writers, photographers, actors, dancers, etc. To name a few:
Velázquez, Bonnat, Vermeer, Millais, Rubens, Bouguereau, Prud’hon, Mucha .
Some of the contemporary artists that are meaningful to me are included in the “Inspiration” link-list to the right of this page.
Online Communities such as conceptart.org and DAF (German) have been tremendous influences and sources of motivation and knowledge.
The writings of Andrew Loomis, Robert Beverly Hale, Harold Speed and Josh Waitzkin among others, have proven to be very stimulating & instructive.
LEARNING HOW TO DRAW
The more I learn to use my eyes the more beauty I can see in this wicked & wonderful world we live in.
To me, truth, beauty and love all belong together inseparably and merging with them again and again through creating is what keeps my fire burning.
Becoming good at drawing demands practice. In it’s essence it is the same as music, the martial arts, mathematics… Learning any art involves the mind just as much as the hand. Honest introspection is as important as the actual process of drawing & painting. Also, we need to have a dream, a vision.
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing,
no wind is favorable.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca
My vision is to pass on inspiration.