"In the course of my artistic existence"
...as a small boy, I already ran around with the camerabag of my father,
even though I did not know anything about Photgraphy.
As soon as I overcame this gap in knowledge it became my artistic
course to investigate.
The necessity of regulated work for some time interrupted my investigation.
I worked almost 30 years in the computer technology. The longer I was active
in this profession, the bigger my wish to break out. Therefore I began to
paint whenever time allowed. I painted my first watercolour.
In my occupation as well as with the painting i fought cm by cm to achieve.
In order to be able to obtain quick results, that could withstand my critical
eye I attended my first seminar with Prof. Freundlinger.
I invested increasingly more leisure time into my art.
Above all during the almost four-year-old activity for MAGMA kreativforum,
the at that time artist union in the Siemens CORP. Austria, I layed the
cornerstone through the organisation from seminars in Piešťany for further
engagement in Slowakia.
Naturally I did not remain with Aquarell. I explored other technologies
like among others pastell, akryl and oilpainting.
My artistic "coming of age" was undoubtedly my Oilpainting
"The Allegory of the two ways", from Mattheus 5-7 (1.5mx2m)
[see also my documentation The Matthäus Project (in german only)], which could be
presented after more than 100 studiohours and many pencil and colour sketches
in a small studio celebration.
A further technology, the Monotypie (a procedure between pressure technology and
painting), so fascinated me that I selected this technology for the 2nd time
for a display. The series "red-green-blue" 2001 wiht motives of Goettlesbrunn
and 2004 the "Slowak Impressions", motives from the region of Liptov.
It is important to me that while I occupied myself with what was already
there, I am not afraid to enter new Territories. I try new techniques
(like the computer technology), new materials and colours to observe whether
they are useful to achieve my goals.
