About the Artist

I only want to paint things that touch the soul and paint what I feel beyond what is apparently visible.  Not surprisingly, impressionists, especially Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Max Liebermann, have long been my favorite painters. Their use of color, light and shadow, as well as the fact that their beautiful paintings broke with what was then considered high quality art, inspired me to try something similar in our times. As a result, my art tends to be impressionistic with a bend towards realism. I prefer to use colors that capture the feeling and spirit of a scene, colors that touch the soul, not just capture what the eye sees. I use mostly oils and pastels, but also like to use gouache, especially when painting outside. Most of my motives are landscapes and cityscapes I’ve experienced on both sides of the Atlantic but I also do figurative work.

Most months of the year I live in Arlington, Virginia; the rest of the year I spend in Hamburg, Germany or travelling. I have a studio in both the US and Germany. I have painted from an early age, but began painting in earnest only until my late 50's. After a successful career as lawyer, researcher and international justice reform expert that took me around the globe, I decided a more balanced, creative approach to life was needed. Since than I have painted with several well-known American and European artists, such as Diane Tesler, Robert Liberace, Jan Bustin (B), Nial Adams (GB), Glen Kessler, Seth Haverkamp, Adrienne Wyman, Jill Banks and Patrick Kirwin. I also completed a certificate course in International Art History at the Smithsonian Institutes, am competing in plein air and other art competitions and work with different galleries in the wider Washington DC area. My work has been exhibited in galleries in Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, and Florida, as well as in Germany and Switzerland and can be found in private collections internationally.