ACRYLIC ON PAPER. 160 x 100 cm

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 then in that silence in the forest that I finally took notice of the trees and the plants. 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. At first, I used what I had at home, as all the art shops were closed: A roll of paper and some old acrylic paints.