The Faces around the World series deals with the diversity of different cultures, ethnicities, age structures, genders – in short, with the exciting differences that make up the world’s population.
It always begins with a small black and white photograph from the Internet of an unknown, but fascinating, foreign personality. This is interpreted in color and translated into a large-format portrait. In this process, my primary focus is on working out what is special about the person, what attracts me to them.
The next step is to create the sculptures of the heads. Again it starts with the black and white photo. The distance to the individual personalities gives way to an ever-increasing closeness, a kind of exploration of the physiognomy. The sculpture stands alone in color and expression, never the less there is a strong connection to the portrait.

The resulting triad is rounded off by an accompanying object that picks up on culture, profession or, for example, the nature typical of the country. Each object always contains a piece of wood. The wood symbolizes what unites us. This material can be found all over the world, even as driftwood in the Arctic sea.
Each work of art stands alone.
However, they unfold their greatest power in the triad of portrait, sculpture and object.
My aim with the Faces around the World series is, on the one hand, to deal with the differences in an appreciative way, to explore them and, on the other hand, to touch the viewer and to arouse interest in the differences, in the culture and in the people.

African woman, acryl on canvas, 120x180cms

sculpture African woman, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object African woman, acryl on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object African woman
arrangement African woman
Vietnamese man, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture Vietnamese man, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object Vietnamese man, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object Vietnamese man
arrangement Vietnamese man
Norwegian man, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms, s o l d

sculpture Norwegian man, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object Norwegian man, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object Norwegian man
arrangement Norwegian man
Indian man, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture Indian man, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object Indian man, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object Indian man
arrangement Indian man
Indian woman, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture Indian woman, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object Indian woman, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object Indian woman
arrangement Indian woman
Inuit woman, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture Inuit woman, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object Inuit woman, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object Inuit woman
arrangement Inuit woman
Peruan kid, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture Peruan kid, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

American man, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms

sculpture American man, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms

object American man, mixed material on driftwood, approx. 90x20cms
sculpture and object American man
arrangement American man
Irish man, acryl on canvas, 120x160cms, s o l d
sculpture Irish man, mixed material, approx. 40x30cms, s o l d
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