The world is colorful. The world is diverse. This planet would not exist without diversity. And regardless of whether we are talking about the environment, nature, plants, fungi, animals or humans, we are not clones. […]
Canvas
Hypercube
Inspired by a SyFy movie “Cube 2: HYPERCUBE” as well as the cubes drawn by an artist friend of mine, Noire LaZard, I created this painting.Painting the cubes in complementary colors had something meditative on […]
རླུང་རྟ་
The title in Tibetan characters means “wind horse”, in transcription “rlung rta”. In German and English, people like to talk about Tibetan or Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags. But wind horses are something else. They are […]
Asanga and the Dog
During the Seven-year Systematic Study of Buddhism (1991-1998) at the Tibetan Center in Hamburg with Geshe Thubten Ngawang, I heard the story of the Buddhist teacher Asanga for the first time. Asanga meditated for 12 […]
The Colorful Dharma Birds
Inspired by a reading of a text that Konen had read at the 4th IQBC, an image arose in my mind that was meant to be on the canvas, see iqbc.org/schedule-2024/.I had inherited Meyers Konversationslexikon from […]
Metal Universe
This picture was a challenge.The idea was to create something new from old screws that were no longer usable following the renovation of a terrace. Simply throwing them away was not an option.The result was […]
Impressions from Tatooine: What happened to Chewie?
As a SyFy and therefore also a Star Wars fan, collecting Star Wars figures, I occasionally received figures as gifts from the students and cards were exchanged. I grew up with Star Wars and even […]
Moving Triangles
Inspired by a fellow artist, Noire LaZard, I created another abstract painting in various red and green-turquoise triangles of different sizes. The idea that the triangles move through different dimensions like spaceships was inspired by […]
Boobs, Waves, Blockages, Walls
Sometimes the water is as soft and delicate as female boobs and bathing in the waves is relaxing and stimulating, like a hug, an arousing pleasure. But on the other hand, the water has a […]
Floating
This work was inspired by a friend, also an artist – Noire LaZard – and her drawings of cubes that give the viewer the impression of floating through various dimensions. I worked with canvas, acrylic […]
Buddha through the Ages
I was inspired to create this painting following an idea for a talk on the Hellenistic influence on Buddhist art by Elizabeth. Elizabeth is one of the IQBC volunteers and guest facilitator of the 26th […]