Personal insights

This year I turned 50. Fifty! The number feels perfect. I look back: I think about experiences, encounters, and moments that touched my heart. At the same time, I look ahead: What will remain? What do I really want to leave behind in this world? For me, the answer was clear: it lies (above all) in my art — and in passing it on. In this article, I write about ...

Sometimes people ask me why I paint mandalas of all things. And why I use the dot painting technique. Even though it requires so much patience. Here are five reasons why. ...

When I start a mandala, I have no idea what the finished piece will look like. I decide on the colour palette, sometimes a shape, and then I put the first dot on the board. From there, everything develops step by step. I observe what emerges, what fits, what feels right. The structure of the mandala builds itself up without me planning it in advance. And that is ...

Mandala painting is more than creative expression – it is a state of mind. As soon as a pattern begins to repeat itself, something changes within me: I become calmer, my head clears and my focus shifts entirely to the here and now. Without thinking too much, I follow the rhythm point by point – and often find more inner peace than in a whole day full of to-dos. ...

For me, mandala painting is not only a creative process, but also a school of mindfulness. While much of today's world is spinning faster and faster and efficiency often takes precedence over everything else, creating a mandala is a conscious decision to slow down. Step by step, something big emerges – but never in a hurry.

Mandala painting follows a clear, almost meditative structure: you start in the middle and work your way outwards, layer by layer. This creative process has taken on a deeper meaning for me – it's like embarking on a little journey each time, which begins inside and unfolds outwards.

perfect?’ But they are not perfect – at least not in the sense of absolute symmetry or millimetre-precise spacing. What makes them appear harmonious is not the perfection of each individual dot or strokes, but the overall picture created by the ...