1948     Born in Thun
1965     Attended the School of Applied Arts and trained as a decorator in Berne
1968     Work in Geneva as a decorator
1969     Practical training in a printing works (photolithography)
1970     Further training as a draughtswoman in an architects' office
1972     Design of 3 walls in the entrance halls of the
            "Les Ailes" housing co-operative in Geneva
1973     Language school in England
1973     First contact with the traditional painting of Eastern Switzerland,
            looking over the shoulder of a Toggenburg painter
1974     Interior designer in shop construction
1975     Exhibition judged by a jury in Galerie 58 in Berne: won 3rd prize
1975     Invitation by the Swiss Trade Promotion Office to the International
            Exhibition of Gent, Belgium. Exhibition and painting on-site in Switzerland's official pavilion.
1976     Painting became my principal occupation. Publication of first calendar in 1976
1978     Discovery of Switzerland’s farmhouse culture.


Many of Switzerland's farmhouses have now been recorded in detail. Unfortunately, some of them have also already been demolished.