On October 12th, 2008, my life fundamentally changed.
On that day, I experienced God in a way I had never thought possible before.
Although I had come into contact with faith, over the years I had distanced myself from everything spiritual—from God and from belief—
living life my own way.
Yet despite everything, an inner emptiness remained. I had gone through many low points, and my heart was searching.

In a moment of deep despair—when I had almost given up on life—there came a quiet yet powerful cry from my heart:
“God, if you truly exist, then reveal yourself to me.”
And He did reveal Himself.
Not through outward circumstances, but within me—in an encounter that I cannot describe in words.
I felt His love fill my heart—a certainty that God is real. That changed my entire being.

Shortly after this experience, two artworks came into being that hold special meaning for me.
They are paintings that express what I experienced—that there is salvation, that God is alive, and that His love becomes tangible.
One of these paintings is titled “Pointing Toward Salvation”—in it, a lifebuoy is depicted, a symbol of hope,
of God’s outstretched hand.

My very first works date back to 1999, created in Freudenstadt.
They can be found in a separate section on my website—they stand on their own.
But the paintings that emerged after my experience with God are something entirely different for me:
They are the expression of my new life, of my deepest conviction.

I do not paint to evangelize.
What I hope is that something of God’s spirit becomes visible through my art—that people who view the paintings
might, even if only for a moment, feel something of the love that also changed my heart.