I make my favorite exhibits anonymously in the elevator of my New York apartment building. In the night, I secretly unscrew the cover of the inspection window and slip in one of my small works. In the following days I enjoy myself like a thief, albeit one in reverse of the norm, as I ride the elevator listening to the comments of my neighbors. Another reason I love this exhibit space is the vertical motion of the car.

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In art, I prefer spiritual and magical things. Since I've been living in foreign countries, my interest in German Romanticism has grown. Romanticism grows from desire for the eternal. Oppositions, the intelligent light with the tendency to passion and the dark side.

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Romanticism knows the idyll, but also the irrational, the dark, and the dangerous. Such contrasts play an important roll in my work. Neutrality and the Middle have never interested me.

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The number of times I've moved, or, better said, abandoned previous domiciles, I can't and don't want to count any longer. My mother is very upset over my wanderings, and I would gladly give her the works of Oxford University professor Robert Burton to read. He has spent a long time proving that the nomadic life and travel have a healing effect on melancholy.

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My colleague and friend, Harri Schemm, visited me in New York and off-handedly criticized the content of my pictures. He thought they were too heavy and intimidating. But I love to paint frightening images.

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Twin obsession: Working and living in Manhattan and Southwestern France

Currently, I am at work on a series called, "There are not many days left for sleeping"

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Favorite word: dilapidated (heruntergekommen)