There is  a detailed report on Phantastisch! about the opening. Therefore I will confine myself here to my personal impressions, which were simply amazing – a great event, great art, lots of nice conversations with fellow artists and party ’til the morning (it was incredibly funny there in the rain with Daniela, Leo Plaw and Michael Maschka under the canopy before Old Town Hall … ). I want to say again that it’s great, how very Viechtach stands behind the fantastic art.

On saturday we all met for an artists brunch at the Isis-Bar with Reinhard und Karin. I would recommend not to miss a breakfast at the Isis to everybody who stays in Viechtach. It is simply … fantastic! I have never been so lovingly served up yogurt with fruit as here, everything down to the smallest detail was perfect! We had interesting discussions, Christian Klepsch told much of his life, which I found very exciting.

After warm passings Peter and I visited the “Gläserne Scheune” which impressed us deeply. The same holds true for Reinhard’s parents – many thanks for the nice conversation! Back at the Isis, we marveled at the “Gewölbe der Geheimnisse” with Reinhards beautiful glass tarot cards before we met Reinhard for a very nice and extensive talk while having delicious cake and tea. Both the “Gläserne Scheune” and the “Gewölbe der Geheimnisse” should not be missing in any Viechtach visit!

It was a really great weekend and I’m looking forward to seeing again at the 1st Biennale of Fantastic Art in Viechtach in September!

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The first important event was undoubtedly discovering a painting technique which enables me to allow my paintings to appear as intuitively as possible. At the moment this approach fulfills me very much and I am already stretched how it will change with the years. Who might always have sent me this brain wave – thank you very much!
Another climax was the invitation for a group exhibition which was anyway a special experience as the first exhibition in my artistic life.
Very important was also the day when I became a member of the Visionary Art Network by invitation from Otto Rapp. It is wonderful to be now in closer contact with a lot of artists whose work I admire. I feel very good in the family of dreamers and I´m looking forward to meet some of them anytime.

Happy new year to all of you!

Yesterday I visited the exhibitioin “Dante´s Divine Comedy” in Viechtach. It was really awesome to see all those great works at close range. Thanks to the Visionary Artists Network I have become very familiar to many of the artists names, so sometimes it felt a bit like a family reunion. Conclusion: By all means worth a trip!!!

English version from Otto Rapp´s Blog

The opening at the Markterwirt was very nice, there was live music and after the opening remarks the get-together with interesting conversations continued till the late night. The selection of artists by John Wieser and a jury shows a multifaceted and wide range of art on the subject “nature”.