I was born and raised in Germany and came to live in the United States in 1987. When I was ten years old, I painted from memory, a journal in 24 small colorful pictures of us children on a two weeks long school field trip. I remember posing in front of a mirror to get the right image of a girl picking blueberries in the forest. Not much has changed since then. I love painting and drawing the world around me, the people, their houses, gardens, fields, and towns. For my figurative work, I often rely on posing models, unless I work completely from memory. To paint a landscape in plein air alters my state of being. I get overwhelmed by the constantly changing light and colors in the scenery around me.

Besides painting in oils, pastel or watercolor, drawing in various media, etching and printmaking, I also do 3-dimensional work. I braid vinyl straps and wire into sculptures, which can be placed in the house or garden. With my life size, almost abstract sculptures, I want to surprise the viewers, to confront and inspire them to form their own individual   association with the image in front of them. The interplay of changing reflections on the partially shiny material, the light penetration through gaps and the openings and breezes moving free flowing straps allow my sculptures to take on their on lively expressions. Only recently I recognize increasingly my North European background in my art work.