I have always drawn and painted.

At an early age I was frightened and captivated by a Hieronymus Bosch painting, “The Garden of Lights”. Perhaps this is why I paint in the surrealist tradition.

In my youth I considered becoming an architect, but as a visual artist there are completely different possibilities for architectural creations.

Through lots of exact illustrations of insects, fish, mussels, plants, trees, etc. I have gained some insight into the amazing structures, shapes and colors of nature. This is a great source of inspiration.

I work with gouache colors in a classic technique. Gouache is a kind of opaque and luminous watercolor related to the tempera used in the Renaissance. While utilizing the opacity of gouache, I can also paint with the color in many thin translucent (lasing) layers.

My paintings often depict alternative imaginary scenarios that I try to reproduce as accurately as possible. The subjects in my paintings are usually not depicted in the way you think reality looks or is constructed. Conversely, I say “what if” reality can be, or basically is, like the image? Maybe it can change the experience and view of reality. Maybe the world is not as simple as you think?  Anything is possible in painting.