The globe tree chandelier has been standing in the Jonakirche in Düsseldorf-Lohausen since the beginning of October. It offers space for the Easter candle inside and space for 68 tea lights at its lines of latitude. Despite its size and considerable weight, it can easily be moved around the room by a single person. Its base is equipped with two heavy-duty castors and a Teflon glider.

In conversation with the art historian Dr. Carolin Krüger-Bahr I explain my various groups of works and tell how I came to art and what drives me. The 15-minute film also shows works from the last few years and can now also be seen on my YouTube channel.

On July 5th, the exhibition “Kunst verbindet” (“Art Connects”) by the association “Kunstverein Iserlohn e. V.” opened in the Sparkasse Iserlohn. The works by artists from Iserlohn’s sister cities in Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands as well as members of the Kunstverein Iserlohn will be on display until the end of September. I am participating with my acrylic painting “Betende Schwestern in der Kapelle von Castelmola” (“Praying Sisters in the Chapel of Castelmola”).

I can now design and build a two-meter-high globe tree as a candlestick for the Jonakirche in Düsseldorf. After Iserlohn-Letmathe, Viersen and Aachen, this is my fourth chandelier for sacred spaces of this size. This unique piece will also be adapted to the rooms and will incorporate materials and design elements from the other furnishings.

The Cafe Pottblümchen in Hagen is located directly in the Museum Quarter. Filming for my artist portrait took place in the nice location on May 27th. Holger Neumann from the gentura agency filmed the art historian Dr. Carolin Krüger-Bahr and me talking about my work and my exhibitions.

2.70 meters long, 1 meter wide and assembled from 1145 components: These are the technical data of my PHOENIX sculpture. The 72 wing elements raise and lower five times per minute. Not like the wings of a bird, but in the form of a continuous wave movement. An allusion to the ancient myth of an eternal cycle of decay and rebirth, an eternal ups and downs on the timeline.

I am pleased that my small sculpture was juried at the 12th International Biennale of Miniature Art in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The small sculptures may not exceed 10 cm in height, length and width. My little gold-colored but storm-torn flag “The End of Glory” is now on display there in the cultural center.

On September 20th, I presented my design for a work of art on the new roundabout in Iserlohn-Letmathe to representatives from politics and society. The slim pylon, 15 m high, carries an inclined disk that shows the network of streets in a reduced size. The work of art takes up an archetypal, basic design principle of carousels and is also reminiscent of the Kiliankirmes in Letmathe, which had its origins here and can look back on a 565-year history.

In exactly six months my exhibition „In Bewegung! (On the Move!)” will open. That’s why I published a first trailer on July 14th. This trailer only shows my small dance pictures in ink on paper. However, the exhibition in the Parktheater Iserlohn will show several groups of works, including my first kinetic sculptures.

Concrete art is not abstract because it does not abstract real objects. It is based on mathematical patterns that arise purely in the mind. “Frozen Waves” is my first object of this kind, a digitally generated network of hexagons that is moved. The work will be part of my solo exhibition „In Bewegung!“ („On the move!“), which will be on view at the Parktheater Iserlohn in 2024.

In my short film “I love my PETs” I deal with the topic of recyclable materials and recycling. The video is a homage to the various possibilities of recycling PET bottles up to upcycling as the main actor in my film. With its ambiguity, the title alludes to my fascination with this widespread product. The trailer gives a first impression.

For more than eleven years, the foil lettering on my Bible signpost had suffered from the sun. Now the texts are renewed, this time varnished. The six panels point the way to towns that play a special role in the Evangelical parish of Letmathe and in the Bible.

Hope of salvation is my first work exclusively available at UNPAINTED. The eight motifs are available as high-quality HD metal prints in two sizes each.

During my student days I had designed jewellery. I made and sold my own costume jewellery. Now I’ve taken up the topic again. This complements my other work and gives me a lot of pleasure.

“Edition # 2” is now available in all galleries that show and offer my work. On 28 pages I give an overview of all my work groups, starting with the shadow paintings, portraits, acrylic paintings, qr art, trash art and design up to art for the public space.

Since February 5th, my QR art relief “Electrons” has been decorating the entrance area of ​​the Brinkschulte Medien GmbH & Co. KG publishing house in the Kaiserhaus in Arnsberg. The TOP magazine Sauerland presents the work of art on a double page.

On the occasion of the dismantling of the track bridge in Iserlohn-Letmathe, the Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger reminds of my bridge house concepts from the years 1999 and 2015. A still attractive idea full of flair and with numerous economic and ecological advantages.

From September 20th to October 11th, I’m showing 28 portraits in a solo exhibition in the HAGENRING-Galerie. Acrylic paintings take up the majority of this, but the exhibition also includes a work in oil and two experimental works with glass and acrylic glass balls.

The assembly of the two book display cases in the Friedenskirche in Letmathe has been completed. The basic bodies, which are made of solid oak wood, are oriented in their design to the wall panelling and the furniture of the neighbouring rooms. In the showcases are an edition of Luther’s after-dinner speeches from 1568 and a Bible from 1683. The books are protected behind glass and form a valuable eye-catcher to the right and left of the exit.

Since May 16, the Galerie am Stern in Essen-Rüttenscheid, very close to the Folkwang Museum, has been showing a larger selection of my portraits. In addition to painted unique pieces in the format 90 x 90 cm, smaller hand-signed prints in limited editions in 40 x 40 cm are on display.

The new ambo in the Kreuzkirche in Viersen has been in use since February 28th. I designed the steel-glass construction based on the globe candleholder from 2012. The Ambo has a continuously dimmable LED reading light and a microphone holder, the incline of the reading desk is adjustable and small rollers at the end of the stand make it easier to move it.

The Arcadeon in Hagen, a multi-award-winning hotel, showed my shadow paintings and portraits from December 2nd to 9th in the spacious foyer and in the gallery on the upper floor and in the lounge areas. The exhibition was timed to coincide with the general assembly and the last club evening of the MC-Südwestfalen. One of the shadow paintings found a lucky winner in the Marketing Club raffle.

That was a lot of work. The installation took a good 18 hours, and the truck-mounted crane was on site from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. The installation took place partly in complete darkness. Luckily the weather played along: It stayed dry and calm. The Letmathe city pillar has been in its place on the Westspange in Iserlohn-Letmathe since November 15th.

I was inserted further stones from the European Meeting of November 2018 into the “fish relief with peace stones” on the west wall of the Friedenskirche in Iserlohn-Letmathe. The second row is now formed by finds from Almelo (NL), Biel (CH), Chorzów (PL), Glauchau (D), Hall (A), Novocherkassk (RU), Nyíregyháza (HU) and Târgu Mureș (RO).

In the design competition for a memorial for the ‘Wasserburg victims’ of National Socialism on Heisererplatz in Wasserburg am Inn, my design came in fourth out of 95 competition entries. The models of the five finalists from the two-stage competition will be presented to the citizens of Wasserburg in an exhibition. The first place went to Dagmar Korintenberg and Wolf Kipper from Stuttgart.