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A new Morning

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A new Morning

Breathing

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Breathing

Clearin Up

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Clearin Up

Mediterranea IX

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Mediterranea IX

Mediterranea XIII

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Mediterranea XIII

Spring Awakening

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Spring Awakening

Summer Evening Mood

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Summer Evening Mood

Summer Wave III

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Summer Wave III

Clarity XVI

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Clarity XVI

Illuminated Beach Wave II

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Illuminated Beach Wave II

Baltic Morning

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Baltic Morning

North Sea Waves

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North Sea Waves

The Perfect Wave

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The Perfect Wave

Backlight XLIX

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Backlight XLIX

Clarity XX

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Clarity XX

Clear Water

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Clear Water

Dancing Waves

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Dancing Waves

Mediterranea IX

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Mediterranea IX

Summer Feeling

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Summer Feeling

Mediterranea

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Mediterranea

Summer Morning

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Summer Morning

Blue Horizon

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Blue Horizon

Beach Waves

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Beach Waves

West Beach VIII

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West Beach VIII

Clarity XXXII

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Clarity XXXII

Atlantic Moonlight

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Atlantic Moonlight

Genesis 100x100.jpg

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Genesis 100x100.jpg

Baltic Summer

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Baltic Summer

Katie`s Summer Beach Wave

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Katie`s Summer Beach Wave

Sky Reflections I

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Sky Reflections I

The Four Elements

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The Four Elements

West Beach Surfs

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West Beach Surfs

Clarity XV

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Clarity XV

Open Sea

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Open Sea

Genesis II

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Genesis II

A new day

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A new day

Mediterranea XIII

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Mediterranea XIII

The Wave

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The Wave

Anatomy of a Wave

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Anatomy of a Wave

Backlight XLIV

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Backlight XLIV

Open Water

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Open Water

Sound of Clarity

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Sound of Clarity

Mediterranea V

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Mediterranea V

Beach Surfs

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Beach Surfs

Clear Water Reflections

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Clear Water Reflections

German Ocean II

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German Ocean II

West Beach

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West Beach

West Beach V

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West Beach V

Stormy Afternoon

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Stormy Afternoon

Summer Feeling

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Summer Feeling

Evening Mood

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Evening Mood

Clarity XXXVIII

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Clarity XXXVIII

Cloud 9

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Cloud 9

Baltic Wave

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Baltic Wave

Summer Feeling II

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Summer Feeling II

Backlight

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Backlight

Beach Reflections

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Beach Reflections

West Beach XIII

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West Beach XIII

Atlantic Wave

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Atlantic Wave

Baltic Summer Mood

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Baltic Summer Mood

BackLight I

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BackLight I

Baltic View

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Baltic View

Earth, Water and Sky

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Earth, Water and Sky

Backlight XLVIII

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Backlight XLVIII

Golden Evening Mood II

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Golden Evening Mood II

Baltic Summer

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Baltic Summer

Baltic Spring

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Baltic Spring

Enjoying the elements

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Enjoying the elements

Backlight L

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Backlight L

Walk along West Beach

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Walk along West Beach

Mediterranea XII

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Mediterranea XII

Summer Dream

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Summer Dream

Summer Wave III

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Summer Wave III

Backlight IX

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Backlight IX

Summer Beach Waves

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Summer Beach Waves

Artist`s Statement:

//classics

All artworks of the cycle of paintings “Classics” have one feature in common with the landscape and seascape painting of the old masters: here we often find either all three elements of the classic layout like sky, sea and beach or only sky and sea. This makes them classic in view of the layout, but the choosen formats are different from the classic proportions: squares, vertical formats, large scale formats. The large scales are mostly stretched on thick wooden bars so that they need no framing to match perfectly into modern interior designs.

Also in former centuries and up to now, paintings predominantly have been a statement of the art buyer or collector. But especially the traditional marine paintings had another intention of being what they are: marine paintings have been the only means to show historical events in pictures, when photography was not yet invented, like sea battles e.g. showing the power of a nation or just being narrative. The sea therewith has been an element of minor meaning in those paintings. Even in the impressing paintings of Caspar David Friedrich or Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky the sea has been mostly the scenery or setting and humans, their vessels, their destiny or whatever he used the sea for, has been the predominant message of those paintings.
The most characteristic feature of my cycle of paintings “Classics” is, that I uncompromisingly renounce other elements in my paintings that might remind the recipient of the existence of mankind and its destructive work on nature and the sea. Pure unspoiled representation of the element water with or without sky and land, being close in a special way to reality, sometimes even photorealistic, but still preserving the essential secrets of the oceans, its mystery – this is the essence of my Classics. In conjunction with the light from the sky, the refraction of light through breaking waves causing a large variety of halftones seen through my eyes, the feeling of freedom of endless horizons my artworks are also expression of my awe of creation and forces of nature connected with my deepest wish that more and more humans become aware of how elementary important it is, to do all we can to preserve and heal nature for the future generations of mankind and all species.
All artworks of this cycle of paintings are also created with glazing technic – the path to the finished artwork is a long process, from the drawing to the last highlight that I apply, it is all a creation of my hands and my inspiration, based on a long development of my observation, studies of the structures of the water surface, changing with the winds and light, colors in the morning or evening, in summer time or winter, the Atlantic, the North and Baltic Sea, Mediterranean sea or Pacific ocean, also the Persian Gulf have been my objects of endless observation. The fascination of deep awareness in observing with open eyes captures me until today. There is nothing digital, no photography or preprinted image on my canvases, just pure painting in the traditional way with a contemporary awareness and expression.