“I paint these pictures because I love these landscapes and houses. Roaming through Switzerland on small tracks is a relief to the eye and the soul.”

I find my subjects during long rambles and journeys across the Swiss countryside.
I take detailed photographs of these houses, which then serve as a basis for my paintings. I do not paint my pictures in the open air, but in a quiet working place in familiar surroundings at home.
More often that not I can visualise the finished painting, including sometimes in seasons other than those shown in the photographs. My aim is then to accurately produce the pictures in my mind. This is a long, drawn-out process requiring a great deal of craftsmanship.

Work process:

  Complete recording of the subject

  Sketching of the picture using a pencil on grounded Pavatex

  First ground with oil paint

  Finished painting

The surroundings of the farmhouses sometimes undergo slight changes. The
seasons and all of the details, such as animals and people, originate from my respective emotions.”

I use diluted oil paints and fine hairbrushes to paint my pictures. The oil paints enable me to blend the different shades of colour, but the disadvantage of this technique is the poor coverage of the diluted paints, which means that a picture has to be painted in several layers.