About My Images
Whether it's free artistic work or commissioned illustration, despite the diversity of my pictures, there is a distinctive style that runs like a thread through my entire work and so has become like my handwriting. It is nourished by my belief in the world as such, for which I must constantly fight and reinvent myself.
My time in Africa has encouraged me to paint large-format animal pictures on canvas. The exhibitions “Afrikas Farben” (Colours of Africa) in Hanover, Germany, and Salzgitter Ringelheim were held under the motto "Hauptsache bunt!" (Let it be colourful!) Acrylic painting was just right for my paintings at that time, but my standards have changed. During a two-year training phase, I acquired the art of portrait painting in oil. Some of my works combining images and text can be found under the menu item "Words".
In addition to canvas, I also enjoy painting walls and furniture. Would you want to know more, please contact me!
African Coloures
“It's raining outside, and when you enter and look at the pictures, the sun comes up.” A guestbook entry at the vernissage in October 2009. So lautete ein Gästebucheintrag auf der Vernissage im Oktober 2009. Read more
Studies and Scetches
Live and learn! Read more
From a Different View
As an artist I cultivate my own perception. By profession I am closer to the world of dreams. (Quotation from the local Salzgitter Zeitung, 01.06.2015) Read more
Petra’s Pics
„Funny how scribbling turns into a picture.” – comment of one of my students. Read more
Fudukazi’s Magic
The story is part of the African oral heritage. My wife, the renowned storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, and myself put this folk tale on paper. It then became a little film. Read more
The Singing Chameleon
The paintings were exhibited at the Goethe-Centre in Windhoek, at the Namibian National Gallery and at the Goethe-Institute of Johannesburg, including music by Pops Mohamed and Bheki Khosa. Read more
Carmina Burana
… is a medieval text collection about the gayness of life, gluttony, lust, gambling and drinking. Parts of it were turned into choral music by Carl Orff in 1935. I have illustrated it with modern images. Read more
Hamlet
My favourite drama by Shakespeare is “Macbeth”. Nevertheless “Hamlet” became an inspiration for a cycle of 17 imagaes. A quote from a viewer at the vernissage in Berlin: “A difficult matter implemented with ease!”“ Read more