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During this Corona crisis, our lives have been turned upside down. Many artists and freelancers have found themselves caught in the economic tumult. I have thankfully been using the extra time and space to create more art. Hopefully these can bring you joy in your home today.
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In partnership with #artistsupportpledge, I am including a collection of small works for sale. If you have always wanted to buy some art, now is an excellent opportunity. I will regularly post new items here for the next few weeks of quarantine. Enjoy!
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How the Artist Support Pledge concept works: For every 1000€ sold until May 30th, I pledge to purchase 200€ work from another artist. A great way to support the arts community right now. Thank you @matthewburrowsstudio for this initiative. Thank you @ohmyprintsfor the room.
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Email me if you are interested! And please share with your friends on Facebook, Instagram or  emails and texting.  Affordable shipping is available worldwide.
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"MAN MUSS DAFÜR 'NEN GRUND HABEN" 
Mixed media on paper, Image 4
42 x 60 cm // 16.5 x 24 in
125€ // $135
"GATHERING" 
Mixed media on word panel, Image 3
20 x 20 cm // 7.8 x 7.8 in
85€ // $90
"AFTER THE SORROW" 
Mixed media on paper, Image 2
43 x 31 cm // 17 x 12 in
125€ // $135
"HATCHLING"⠀
Mixed media on paper, Image 1
43 x 31 cm // 17 x 12 in⠀
 125€ // $135
SOLD
W O R K   P O R T F O L I O S
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P U R P O S E  ,  P R O C E S S  ,  T H E M E S  ,  F U N C T I O N S  :
​W A N D E R L U S T  ,  N A R R A T I V E  ,   M E M O R Y  ,  N O S T A L G I A  ,  L O N G I N G 
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In each of us is a seed of wanderlust: a longing for a home to which we have not yet found the way. "These things – the beauty, the memory of our own past – ... are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not yet heard, news from a country we have never yet visited." 1
 
My work is narrative, and the viewer is invited into the story: I hope that each painting will become like a favorite book, which can be viewed and enjoyed repeatedly, each time revealing new details. I want viewers to catch a glimpse of a new place; to travel somewhere they've never been; to feel the light, ​smell the air, and feel connected, ​as if they were there themselves.​
 
I want the viewer to experience a new memory, to pine for this “secret we cannot hide and cannot tell, though we desire to do
​both. We cannot tell it because it is a desire for something that has never actually appeared in our experience. We cannot hide it because our experience is constantly suggesting it, and we betray ourselves like lovers at the mention of a name. Our commonest expedient is to call it beauty and behave as if that had settled the matter." 1 
 
Exploring these themes of wanderlust, narrative, memory, nostalgia and longing has lead to different series of works. These series sometimes highlight one topic, although most cross over, reflect and repeat. The process of my painting (call and response) is an integral part of the finished pieces. On the About page are several expanded texts to help in understanding the purposes, processes, themes and functions of my work.
 
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1) C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
I N S T A G R A M  /  N E W E S T   W O R K
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