COLLAGE: Print, drawing, painting, mixed media and varnish.

My collage work spans from 1990 until 2010, during which time I have had numerous exhibitions in South Africa, Holland, Germany and Switzerland. I am not a “career artist” but have always worked as an artist and have always sold all my work. I have had exhibitions in unusual places: riding stables, cafes, bars, parks (in summer), private homes, galleries and fashion stores. After 2010, I worked full-time for architects as their “colour in architecture” specialist for numerous international projects.

The hiatus lasted 10 years. In 2020, during Covid and the lockdowns in Switzerland, I started to do work that was deeply meaningful to me. I spent days and weeks walking in the forests around Basel, becoming deeply connected and appreciative of nature. When the roar of the traffic and the continuous drone of planes landing and taking off at the Basel airport stopped, it was in that silence in the forest that I finally took notice of the trees and the plants, and I imagined I could see their energy all around me. And it was in this silence that I started to create my drawings of mystical plants. (see “Large formats” and “small format”)