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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

Earth, Water and Sky

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Earth, Water and Sky

Mediterranea XIII

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Mediterranea XIII

Clarity XXXVIII

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Clarity XXXVIII

Baltic View

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Baltic View

Clarity XVI

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Clarity XVI

Clear Water

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Clear Water

Genesis II

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Genesis II

Summer Dream

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Summer Dream

Baltic Summer

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Baltic Summer

West Beach Surfs

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West Beach Surfs

Beach Reflections

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Beach Reflections

Blue Horizon

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Blue Horizon

Summer Morning

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Summer Morning

Summer Feeling

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Summer Feeling

Summer Feeling II

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Summer Feeling II

Atlantic Wave

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Atlantic Wave

Dancing Waves

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Dancing Waves

Beach Surfs

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Beach Surfs

Golden Evening Mood II

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Golden Evening Mood II

Clarity XXXII

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Clarity XXXII

Backlight

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Backlight

Stormy Afternoon

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Stormy Afternoon

Walk along West Beach

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Walk along West Beach

German Ocean II

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German Ocean II

Open Water

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Open Water

Baltic Morning

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Baltic Morning

Backlight L

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Backlight L

Mediterranea

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Mediterranea

Clarity XX

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Clarity XX

Summer Wave III

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Summer Wave III

Sky Reflections I

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Sky Reflections I

Atlantic Moonlight

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Atlantic Moonlight

Illuminated Beach Wave II

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Illuminated Beach Wave II

Cloud 9

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Cloud 9

West Beach V

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West Beach V

Baltic Wave

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Baltic Wave

Backlight XLIX

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Backlight XLIX

Backlight IX

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Backlight IX

West Beach VIII

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West Beach VIII

The Perfect Wave

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The Perfect Wave

Baltic Summer

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Baltic Summer

Open Sea

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Open Sea

Backlight XLVIII

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Backlight XLVIII

Baltic Spring

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Baltic Spring

Clarity XV

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Clarity XV

Summer Beach Waves

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Summer Beach Waves

West Beach XIII

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West Beach XIII

Genesis 100x100.jpg

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Genesis 100x100.jpg

Enjoying the elements

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Enjoying the elements

North Sea Waves

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North Sea Waves

Beach Waves

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Beach Waves

Baltic Summer Mood

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Baltic Summer Mood

Mediterranea IX

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Mediterranea IX

West Beach

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West Beach

A new day

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A new day

Mediterranea XII

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Mediterranea XII

The Four Elements

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The Four Elements

Clear Water Reflections

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Clear Water Reflections

Anatomy of a Wave

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Anatomy of a Wave

The Wave

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The Wave

Sound of Clarity

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Sound of Clarity

Katie`s Summer Beach Wave

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Katie`s Summer Beach Wave

Evening Mood

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Evening Mood

Summer Feeling

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Summer Feeling

Backlight XLIV

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Backlight XLIV

Mediterranea V

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Mediterranea V

BackLight I

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BackLight I

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.