Friday, March 21, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Wrathchild (Japan)

\___2006
\___acrylic colors on screen printing board
\___70 x 100 cm
This painting was partly inspired by the live version of the Iron Maiden song Wrathchild that was recorded in 1981 and released on the Maiden Japan album. Faster and even more intensive than the studio version the track, as well as the rest of the album, displays an enthusiasm on the behalf of the musicians that seems genuine and honest. Playing the song while looking at the picture adds an additional dimension to it.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Piranha (Paul Baloff)
An attempt at explaining the work: The painting above Piranha (Paul Baloff) is one of the pictures that could be called "heavy metal inspired art" in lack of a better term. It is dedicated, as the title implies, to the late Paul Baloff. The question is if it is possible to catch the essence of someone you have never - or in this case only once, briefly - met in person.
The answer in my opinion is yes. Artists and especially performers like musicians, speak through their work. So portraying someone on the basis of their work is therefore justified. The Exodus album Bonded by Blood was a milestone in the then radically new and exciting field of thrash metal, the album itself conserves a period of time that I, for various reasons, hold very dear.






























