- What inspired you to start drawing ? I STARTED DRAWING AT THE AGE OF 6 AND NEVER STOPPED DRAWING EVEN WHEN I HAD IMPORTANT EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IN THE INDUSTRY. MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM THE POSSIBILITIES TO COMBINE WHAT I ACTUALLY SEE, WHAT I INTERPRET INTO IT, AND THE POSSIBILITIES TO COMBINE MORE THAN ONE IMAGE INTO ONE DRAWING, OR TO ADD IMAGES, WHICH I KEPT ON MY MIND. PHOTOGRAPHY CAN DO NONE OF THIS.
2. Are you always in your drawings ? NO, BUT QUITE FREQUENTLY. SMALL AND HIDDEN, LIKE ALFRED HITCHCOCK IN HIS MOVIES.
3. Your drawings are very detailed, how long does it take you to draw each one ? VERY LITTLE TIME. BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING ABOUT ONE DAY OR EVEN LESS. COLOURED DRAWINGS ABOUT ONE DAY IN ADDITION.
4. Are you trying to give some messages through your drawings ? NO, GENERALLY MY EIPOP DRAWINGS HAVE NO POLITICAL BACKGROUND. NO POLITICAL, MORAL OR OTHER MESSAGES ARE INTENDED. THE ONLY MESSAGE ONE MAY WANT TO INTERPRET INTO THEM IS THAT THERE IS A LOT TO BE SEEN IN OUR LIFE BUT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE REALLY SEE IT. THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR MY FANTASTIC DRAWINGS, WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY MY SUB-CONSCIOUSNESS AND EMOTIONS AND WANT TO PROVOKE THE VIEWERS’ REACTIONS.
5. Where did you get the drawing style from ? I NEVER LEARNT DRAWING. MY FAMILY WANTED ME TO STUDY ARTS BUT I RESISTED AS I FELT THAT I WOULD NEVER BE AS GOOD AS SOME SUCCESSFUL ARTIST AT THAT PERIOD. SO, I CREATED MY OWN STYLE . IT DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS.
6. Did you draw only happy / fun experiences or bad experiences, too? BOTH. I SHOW MY LIFE IN MY DRAWINGS AND LIFE IS FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS.
7. Did you make up stories in your mind or do you only draw what you saw / experienced yourself ? MY EIPOPs ARE A KIND OF DIARY. ALL SCENES REALLY HAPPENED AND NOTHING WAS MADE UP OR INVENTED.
8. Your Limericks are very funny, they are reflecting actual stories that happened ? LIKE THE EIPOP DRAWINGS, ALL OF THEM REFLECT A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.THEY ARE FUNNY FOR THREE REASONS: FIRST, I LIKE TO LAUGH. SECOND, THE SITUATION I AM COVERING REQUIRES SOME IRONY AND SOMETIMES SARCASM. AND THIRD, I WANT TO PROVE THAT NOT ALL GERMANS LACK HUMOUR.
9. What would be the three words you would use to describe your EIPOPs and Limericks ? ENJOY – COLOUR – LIFE.