ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a US-based artist known for creating large landscape paintings in a surrealistic style. My paintings depict American southwest landscapes with a touch of magical realism. Largely based on the cactus blossoms found in the Chihuahuan desert that stretches from northeastern Mexico to southwestern America, my work is an attempt to create a space for the viewer to catch a glimpse of nature’s eternity.
Traveling through the great southwest, I became familiar with the paintings of Georgia O’Keefe in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was greatly influenced by her work. Born in Munich, Germany, I naturally studied the great European masters and found myself channeling the Zeitgeist of my mentors into my love for the great American desert with its beautiful land of wall to wall sky.
My fascination with desert life has now focused on the cactus plants that thrive there. They are the guardians of life in a world where conditions are harsh and water is scarce. All creatures living there know that to gain the life giving water found within, one must avoid the painful needles. Creating art is the only thing left for me to do in our high tech, digital society where I can still make something of beauty with my imagination, my own two hands and maybe if I’m lucky, my heart.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2024 Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jane Hamilton Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2022 Art Masters, El Paso, Texas
2016 The International Art Museum, El Paso, Texas
2013 The Bass Concert Hall Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Art N Space Gallery, La Union, New Mexico
1995 Art Space 2300, El Paso, Texas
1994 The Daniel Quinn Gallery, Long Island City, New York City
1989 The Emerging Collector Gallery, New York City
1986 Young Art, Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany
1985 The Irish Arts Center, New York City
1984 Galeri 27, International Views, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galeri 27, The El Paso Show, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Union Gallery, U.T.E.P., El Paso, Texas
The Hudson Guild, Theme and Variation Show, New York City
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 Xerophile Show, El Paso Frame Company, El Paso, Texas
2020 Art Windows of El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas
2019 The International Art Museum 2019 Competition, El Paso, Texas
2019 The Spirit of Texas, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2018 The International Art Museum 2018 Competition, El Paso, Texas
2016 20/20 Visionary, The Hal Marcus Gallery, El Paso, Texas
2015 The Crossland Gallery, El Paso, Texas
2015 Art Windows of El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas
2012 Gallery 1331, El Paso, Texas
1983 The El Paso Fine Arts Festival, El Paso, Texas
The Fox Fine Arts Gallery, U.T.E.P. El Paso, Texas
1981 The Julia Black Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1980 The Armory, Wash Art ’80, Washington, D.C.
1979 Chameleon Press Gallery, El Paso, Texas
El Museo del Chamizal, Juaréz, Mexico
1978 La Muestra International de Pintura del Chamizal, Juaréz, Mexico
El Museo del Chamizal, Juaréz, Mexico
1977 The U.T.E.P Centennial Museum, El Paso, Texas
