When in memory, in reverie, the generations of my family appear as time does not move in a line but in a circle.. My mother was initially a textile designer in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s and eventually began painting botanical watercolors. A flower is beautiful, and my mother appreciated the natural beauty of this world but also because my father was a distributor of fresh cut flowers. He worked in this business since his late teens while growing up in Bavaria, the South of Germany. The presence of fresh flowers, scents throughout the house, often lilies or tulips which actually don’t have a strong smell, wafted in the air around us and accompanied each cycle of life. When my parents passed away in 2023(mother) and 2024(father), I began to paint flowers intuitively to connect with them- like holding a seance.

Psychoanalysis, understanding intergenerational patterns in both myself and in the people with whom I conduct psychotherapy, and the dynamics of the unseen that are unconsciously passed down all influence my work and thinking. This is a series of Ghost Flowers, beginning in 2024, connecting with the generations I never knew, connecting with my mother and father after their illness and passing, and capturing the dynamism of these beautiful natural forms.