Calligraphies

When the stars in the sky turn into letters. Gold and silver ink on birch wood. Stolberg 2019 (Sternen Himmel)

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,Daughter from Elysium,We enter drunk with fire,Heavenly, your sanctuary!Your spells bind again,What fashion strictly divided.All people become brothers,Where your gentle wing dwells. Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria) Oil and ink on birch wood(Ode an die Freude – Friedrich Schiller)

Our Father Our Father who art in heaven,Hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Thy will be done,On earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,As we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom and the powerAnd the glory for ever and ever.Amen. […]

“If all the trees on Earth were writing tubes, if the sea were the ink and the Seven Seas, the words of God would never be exhausted, for God is powerfully wise.” Sura 31 Lokman; From the Koran translation by Friedrich Rückert Oil and ink on birch wood(Die Unendlichkeit)

The great reformer Martin Luther before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 Translated by Dr Abd el-Halim Ragab, Bamberg) India ink, ink and watercolours on paper(“Hier stehe ich und kann nicht anders! Gott helfe mir, Amen!”)

A saying of the Prophet Mohammed Ink on red Kahari paper(Ohne Zweifel Gott ist schön und liebt die Schönheit)

Oil and ink on birch wood Stolberg 2017 (Die Nacht der Begegnung)

For poverty is a great splendour from within Rainer Maria Rilke Ink and India ink on paper(Denn Armut ist ein großer Glanz aus Inne)

“And God said, Let there be light. And there was light”. Genesis – The Creation of the Earth Oil and ink on birch wood Aachen 2012 (Es werde Licht)

Creeds of the Children of Abraham Oil, ink and India ink on birch wood Stolberg 2017 (Schrift Brücken)