Photorealism- Phantasy- custom design

The Airbrush becomes more and more the magic tool of creative people.

It was in the final years of the Seventies when my artistic life was facing a fundamental change. After considering a while, I decided to purchase an airbrush. In those times it was still something very avantardistic. The magic thing was called the super 63-A Aerograph made by DeVilbiss together with an extremely quiet compressor. The advantage of this tool compared to the old fashioned airbrushes, is the extra regulation of the flow of the paint liquid and the airpreassure. Besides it was handy like a pen. ( The assortment of airbrushes is very numerous - various producers like Iwata, Pascher, Hansa, Harder and Steenbeck are partly easier to handle.)
Soon I was experiencing, the particular hard to handle - and the moody character of this instrument. It took me several years to get used to it.

A view hints to the technic: The airbrush is not a magic stick!
It is not possible to create paintings on paper or on canvas in short time, its also not a ticket into the paradise of creativity. Never the less of modern opportunities, like photocopy machines, photocameras and projectors, are artistic abilities absolutely necessary.
Developed for photoretouching, nowadays airbrush is playing an essential role in the graphic arts. This technic is particular helpful for vehicle surface design because on metal, with the normal brush, you see every stroke. Colour graduations are easier to achieve with the airbrush. Particular for work on metal and body-painting is this technic amazingly quick.

But the airbrush is only a gadget with particular characteristics. Before you start your job, its necessary to have a precise planning of it! Unthourougly simple images, a la "palms on the beach" cheaply and unfinished appearing like you see it often by socalled " airbrush artists" -its like "Fastfood painting" and you shall leave this to the young wild sprayers.
I particular use the airbrush for vehicle surface, decorations (custom painting) and as a supporting for acrylic painting on canvas. The difference to the custompainting is, that I am working without selfadhesive masking perhaps only with non sticking paper masks.

On contract I may create more attractive appearances to motorbikes, cars, boats, helmets, snowboards etc. Every work is unique and particular. Images from pictures and other inspirations you may take into the design. Vehicle surface paintings will be executed in acrylic paints and finaliced with a transparent protecting layer.

On canvas I mainly create surrealistic, spontaneous works -often in the socalled "freehandtechnic". But I also paint portraits of classical cars and motorbikes often in connection with North American Natives motives. Smaller format painting motives (often portraits) I do on card- or woodboards. The cardboard saves you in not doing prepararation works like adding a ground layer and sandpaperpolishing. The airbrush of course you also can use for wall paintings and with adjusting paints also for works on glass surface. But always in context with brushes and crayons.

In the art gallery you see some samples of it.