Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

David Hume

I have always been excited by sculptures as for me they are like three-dimensional pictures. It was at Wildkogel in Austria, 2000 meters above sea, that I tried sculpture for the first time. From the first grinding, at the first touch, I felt an irresistable urge. Stone has never let me go since!

All my sculptures are crafted in a time-consuming and often strenuous manner and I quite consciously refrain from using machinery. Without any set plan, I make my first approach to the stone. Anything is possible! Tracing the specific materiality of the stone with my hands, my dialogue with it, are important prerequisites for the emergence of the later sculpture. Only by having this conversation with the stone the necessary engagement _____________

is set in motion. I begin to overcome the original shape of the stone entirely from my senses. It resembles an unveiling process in which I give it new significance with clear abstract shapes. Although already present beforehand, it remains inside the stone until its hidden inner core becomes visible. I often work on it for weeks or even months, but in the end the stone signalizes to me that it is ready. It has become a sculpture.

Only after finishing - varnished, sealed with natural oils - the true beauty of the colours and the structure of the stone is revealed. For me this is more than a great reward for my aching muscles and the hard work of the past. And I gratefully accept the gift of mother nature in her wonderful uniqueness.