Art prints
Of course it is exciting, to see a race car on the track. I enjoy it every single time when I am attending an event – in fact, there is hardly anything more fascinating for me!
And yes, it is already a challenge to transfer the speed and dynamics of these amazing vehicles into a painting.
But there is more in it: people, characters, circumstances, a history – and in the end, there is a story to tell. And this is what I want to illustrate. I want to take a look behind the curtain and show contexts in my paintings.
Therefore, I hardly only paint a car on a circuit - I try to add words, or I create a background which is unusual. Sometimes I combine different important facts from a driver`s career in one motive. All this helps to explain the meaning of my paintings.
Now you know the reason why I wrote a few words to each of the photos on this website – it gives you an idea of how I tick.
Each of the paintings on this part of the website is available as a Fine Art print. They are printed in an absolutely astonishing quality on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art paper (308g/m2) and are available in different sizes. Hahnemühle is the world's most popular art paper for creating true fine art and giclee prints. The material has a soft felt structure with a matt, smooth surface and gives every print three-dimensionality, impressive image depth and perfect detail reproduction. (ISO 9706 compliant in museum quality for maximum aging resistance. 100% cotton.)
If you wish a different size or different paper, please contact me directly by e-Mail.
Art cars
They caught my attention from the very first moment I saw them. The first one I noticed was the Roy Lichtenstein designed BMW 320i from the 1977 24H of Le Mans – what a symphony of colors.
My Art Cars paintings are a combination of the cars that were designed by famous artists and the work, these artists are famous for. For example, I combined Lichtenstein`s 320i with figures from his paintings, to melt everything into one fictional scene that pleased me.
So far, I painted three of them, but my series is likely soon to be extended with Alexander Calders 3.0 CSL from 1975, and the Frank Stella 3.5 CSL turbo from 1976 – stay tuned if you have the same passion for these works of art as I do!
Nordschleife Champions
The Nürburgring Nordschleife is an icon – not only in Germany, but worldwide. It`s length of over twenty something Kilometers and its layout in the challenging Eifel mountains with its unpredictable weather made it to what Sir Jackie Stewart called “the green hell”. Built in 1927 it has remained (more or less) in its original configuration to this day. Lap times in the beginning were over 17 minutes. But with the introduction of the 750Kg Formula in 1934, the 10 Minutes barrier became an attainable goal. It was achieved in 1937 by the young German hero Bernd Rosemeyer in one of the mighty Auto-Unions, also called the Silver Arrows. Lap times came down with time, and it became a custom to look for the next “Minutes barrier” to fall. 9 Minutes in 1961, 8 Minutes in 1969 and 7 Minutes finally in 1975. But after the infamous Lauda accident in 1976, Formula One did not show up anymore in competition on the legendary circuit, and it became uncertain, if another barrier would ever fall.
But Sports- and Touring Cars continued their hunt and it was again a young German who set a benchmark, supposed to last forever: in 1983, Stefan Bellof did a 6.11.13 Minutes in his Porsche 956 in 1983. And when Porsche gave their Le Mans Challenger 919 unlimited power and various other gimmicks, works driver Timo Bernhard even did an unbelievable 5.19.55 in 2018.
These outstanding performances ignited my “Ring-Masters” series.
I will do a painting for each of the heroes which teared down a “Minutes-barrier”, beginning with Rosemeyer in 1937.
Currently available are the two Porsches outlined above with more to come during 2024.
Again, I did not only paint the car, but illustrated also the lap-time, the name of car and driver in the painting. To indicate that these paintings belong to a series, I realized them in the same style and technique.
The question is: Will there be another painting?
Three times a legend!
If you want to depict three racing cars side by side you end up with a rather wide painting.
So I needed a clever solution to stay within normal picture ratios. Standing in front of a Formula car, all the important things are in the center: the driver, the engine, front- and rear wing. So my idea was to cut off the wheels and kind of melt the cockpits together…
In that way, the possibilities are endless: You can show three cars which are most significant for a driver, or the three most successful drivers of a country - all in one painting without it becoming too wide. Add the flag in the background and it becomes a “national matter”. Quick and rough brushstrokes and the drivers names gives it lots of dynamic and speed.
That`s how the “Three Times a Legend” series was born, and obviously, it will be extended with time.
Motorsport Heroes
“Motorsport heroes” is a loose series of paintings of our sports greats. This can be worldwide heroes, but also drivers who are not so much known all over the globe, but own a special place in the hearts of the people of a country.
My ambition here is to take the viewer on a journey, to look behind the scene and understand why these people are heroes to their fans and even for their country: outstanding individuals who not only were extremely successful in the sport they performed, but also were (and some still are) exceptional human beings.
Epoxy Resin paintings
My Epoxy / Resin paintings do not tell stories…
These paintings draft their energy from the random and surreal looking effects, that are created by pouring and blowing the colored resin on the wooden board, which I work on for this technique.
Although I have tried, I never managed to make friends with abstract painting. But this technique gave me the possibility to at least steer a little into this direction…
They are done to depict the cars in the foreground and the background has to stay neutral, with no landscape or race track visible.
On top of the basic resin layers, I paint the cars with normal acrylics with brush, pencils and airbrush.As a result of the multiple layers of Epoxy and the high glossy clear coat finish, they are quite heavy.The technique gives the paintings an impression of depth which makes them stand out from the traditional techniques.
Combined with a highly glossy finish, these paintings are real eye catchers and adorn every room.
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