SETTLED/UNSETTLED
2025 - 2026
“My minimalist landscapes reflect more than my enduring love of and need for being in nature. As a two times immigrant - half my lifetime ago from Germany to Scotland, then on to Aotearoa New Zealand - I explore in my paintings my experiences of longing and belonging, and how landscapes and associated occurrences are simultaneously engraved into and altered by memory. The resulting “mindscapes” or “memoryscapes” in muted, earthy colours invite the viewer to retreat into them, offering a space of stillness and rediscovery of places once familiar, yet with a quiet appreciation of the transience of everything.”
LARGE WORKS
“In the large works I utilise hessian as my canvas, a material I am drawn to due to the three-dimensionality of its texture that remains revealed and thus becomes an integral part of the paintings. It influences greatly the distribution of the paint, pushing me to alternate between controlling and letting go, an apt reflection of the process of deliberate emigration. I work with brushes, cloths and bamboo sticks.”
Organic. 600x1200mm. Acrylic on hessian laid on board.
Glimpse of the sea. 600x1200mm. Acrylic on hessian laid on board.
Quoting John Malkovich. 500x1500x600mm. Gold crown, acrylic on hessian on driftwood. 2025.
SMALL WORKS
Islands. 150x200mm. Acrylic on genuine gesso on board.
Through the haze of memories. 150x200mm. Acrylic on genuine gesso on board.
Molten. 150x200mm. Acrylic on board.
Golden hour. 150x200mm. Acrylic on board.
In the distance. 150x200mm. Acrylic on board.
Morning at the marina. 150x200mm. Acrylic on genuine gesso on board.
How vast is the land. 150x200mm. Acrylic on board.