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Essays & Thoughts

On materials, technique and the nature of the artistic process

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You Think You Need …

Assumptions that feel like basic rules — and what actually holds things up once you look closely.

27 July 2026 Working Process-Oriented – But What Do I Orient Myself By?
Without a finished image in mind, orientation is easy to lose. On direction without a destination — and the tools a process actually needs.
10 July 2026 The Material Responds
For a long time I thought I had to master the material. Today I ask: what is it ready for? This question changes everything.
7 July 2026 Not making it beautiful. Making an encounter.
Two ways of making: one follows an idea, the other responds to what is showing itself right now. And what comes of it.
2 July 2026 When is a Painting Finished?
Behind this simple question lie two entirely different worldviews — and an answer that reaches far beyond art.
26 June 2026 The Grammar of Materials
Seven techniques, one spectrum: how binding media from encaustic to digital have shaped the relationship between control and surrender across art history.
26 June 2026 Application is not Property
Why your watercolour looks like tempera — and how to work with your material instead of against it.