It was interesting to discover that a very realistically painted
subject catches far more attention than a photo of the same thing.
This is actually
a bit unfair, because a good photo shot very often requires a lot of patience
and photographic know-how.
Originally,
photography evolved from the foundatiuon and principles of painting. Today,
most supperrealistic paintings could not be realized without prior photographic
work.
In the eighties and nineties important magazines like
Stern, Spiegel
and Geo, comissioned me to
create paintings for their coverpages because of my ability to depict
the impossible "superrealistically".
With the
rapid development of computers and programs it is now possible to compose
and develop subjects much faster on the screen.
