"Art does not reproduce the visible ‐ art makes things visible." (Paul Klee)

This series deals with making subconscious processes visible. To borrow a phrase from Paul Klee's analogy of the artist as a tree, I transmit images from the depths, just as the roots convey nutrients upwards into the trunk and finally the treetop. I begin by literally feeling my way forward across the paper, using both hands and with eyes closed; by means of pastel chalk inner pictures materialise. These can be calm and meditative als well as impulsively expressive. They authentically reflect my state of mind without being consciously influenced.

The quick pastel sketches provide the point of departure for painting in watercolour. Shapes and lines are delineated, expressive strokes taken up on and emphasised, colours are intensified and differentiated, spatial effects come about almost inadvertently. The gestural pastel sketch is completely transformed.