Already at school I was very fascinated to take a step further in art education. Not just praticing on one perspective, but to try two or three or to work on offshoots of a task. Getting to know the different materials pencil, charcoal, chalk, acrylic or oil has strongly influenced this first phase. Based on a photorealistic approach and the claim to perfectly reproduce what is seen and to capture perspectives down to the smallest details.

During my business education I visited the art class of the Cologne-based artist Regine Burré in evening lessons. This was the step beyond photorealism: it became experimental. Use of various additional materials such as sand, tissue paper or putty allowed, together with a strong gestural approach of painting, the focus on the overall composition. But also completely new techniques I could take up in my fund and test out. What should be figuratively achieved in the end? Or is the way already the goal? I further deepened these experiences in my own studies.