Biography

The beauty of the underwater world caught me right away on my first scuba dive many years ago. I would stay as long as my air in the tank lasted in front of a little rock to admire the variety of life within a couple of square feet. I had started to study biology at the University of Frankfurt / Germany and I knew that this beautiful marine environment would be the focus for the rest of my life. A cooperation between the Senckenberg Museum Institute for Marine Biology in Frankfurt and The University of Florence / Italy allowed me to work on my thesis in the Mediterranean Sea.

Many years, scuba dives and sketches later, I started to capture the beauty of the underwater world on canvas.

Since I was privileged to discover the amazing colours, reflections and the play of the sunlight in the water, I have been trying to transform my passion into art work of which everyone may enjoy.

My work sometimes is an abstract view of fish and sometimes I get caught up in details. I enjoy using various media mostly acrylics, but also trying to add new techniques and materials to develop my ideas.

After immigrating to Canada in 2003, I’m enjoying living in Oakville with my family.