such as a human figure, a portrait, a tree, and so on. Such images need not be true to life. So a tree does not have
to be green, or even upright, but it must clearly represent or be recognizable as a tree.
From imagination this suburb town, seen from above has a tendency toward a semi-abstract look but form and colour rather representational. Oil on canvas , 66 cm x 78 cm / 1964
Spelling it out – the title made it less suspenseful.
Town of St. Andre de Cubzac, France, seen as it was in the 19th Century. Hometown of my late wife, Jeanine. The background with its vineyards and water tower is still the same. Modeling past and oil on Masonite / 60 cm x 90 cm / 1964
Winter is another word for this image. Oil on canvas / 76 cm x 101 cm / 1962 Sold
Although formally related to Cubism, it is of representational character. This painting stems from a time before travelling to Canada. The background hints faintly at the left of an easel that remains behind and to the right the Ocean I would soon cross. Oil on laminated Cardboard 48.cm x 34.cm / 1953
This is my last more detailed representational painting for the next twenty years. Oil on canvas board / 45cm x 40cm / 1958
At a Northern Ontario Exhibition in Timmins, they awarded me with three first prizes and sent the portrait of Ann Neely to Toronto’s National Exhibition. Both Portraits of the Neely’s remained with the family. Oil on canvas board / 60 cm x 40 cm / 1954
At a Northern Ontario Exhibition in Timmins, they awarded me with three first prizes and sent the portrait of Ms. Anne Neely to Toronto’s National Exhibition. The Portrait remained with the family at Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Oil on canvas board / 50 cm x 40 cm / 1954
The painting although called representational, the arrangement of this Still-life is symbolic if not surreal. Oil on canvas board / 30 cm x 35 cm / 1954
Married two years, first painting of my gracious wife. Oil on canvas board / 40 cm x 26 cm / 1959
Spatial painting, expressed with effective colours and depth, still representational in my development. Jeanine is reflecting on something while sitting. Oil on canvas board / 40 cm x 30 cm / 1959
My contribution to mothers, without symbolizing the sainthood in religious terms. Oil on heavy card board / 70 cm x 49 cm
A slightly romantic setting of distant past. Mod. Paste & Oil on Masonite / 69.8 cm x 49.5 cm / Sold
Our dreams like seen in a looking-glass that emerge every so often from dark, uncertain places. Oil on Canvas board / 76 cm x 63 cm / 1959
From the series “Laundry”, the drying of clothes on a line as it used to be. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 89 cm / 1966
Figurative: From the series “Laundry” , hanging clothes in the city on top of an apartment building. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 81 cm / 1966
Although, because of the influence in my studies, my forms were leaning toward cubism, this Still-life is a testimony of understanding and loving painterly, impressionistic qualities with a dimensional appearance. Oil on laminated card board / 48 cm x 34 cm / 1953
A friend of mine who agreed to sit for me so I could draw her. Pencil on Paper / approx. 32 cm x 26 cm / 1956 / work remained with the family
In this figurative painting I attempted to honour the arts, as music and poetry that has come from the past down to us. Oil on Masonite / 65 cm x 48 cm / 1957
Our son, Daniel, not yet two years old, was my model. Pleasant souvenir. Oil on Canvas / 71cm x 40 cm / 1959 / gift to family Walker
Coming home from work, a welcome reception from my family. The warm glow of domestic peace. Oil on Canvas / 71 cm x 81 cm / 1964 / Sold.
I believe Paul Cézanne is looking over my shoulder, and what an honour! Oil on Canvas / 81 cm x 91 cm / 1964 / Sold
Items from the past that we seldom see. Oil on Canvas / 76 cm x 86 cm / 1964
Back to the Impressionists for one more self-evident aesthetic view. Oil on canvas / 61 cm x 76 cm / 2004 / Sold
Ink-drawing. A treelike object sprouts from an artificial source. Black Ink-drawing on paper / 1979
Landscape of rough mountains, only in my mind. Pencil drawing / 20 cm x 25 cm / 1989
The monarch butterfly’s incredible long flight across many miles, with their own inborn compass. Oil on Canvas / 66 cm x 81 cm / 1996 / Sold
Crocuses end of March in Toronto. First sign of spring. Acrylic on Canvas / 38 cm x 43 cm / 1999
A festive day for our Granddaughter, (Portrait of Evelyn) that her Grandfather tried to capture. Acrylic on Canvas / 71 cm x 56 cm / 2002 / Gift to her
Light is blinding the model. Oil on Canvas / 51cm x 40 cm / 1990 / Gift to her parents
My imaginary Cosmos farther away than the real one, and not anymore in existence as we see it. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 91 cm / 2004
Spectacular rock formation. Acrylic on Canvas board / 40.6cm x 50.8 cm / 2002 / sold
Romantic view with a castle down the river toward the sea. Oil on Canvas / 71 cm x 91 cm / 1988
First version of this subject: connection with the Universe. Oil on Canvas / 56 cm x 71 cm / 1987 / painting is in France
Earth, clouds, sky, space, orbits to the source of energy at centre. Oil on Canvas / 76 cm x 101 cm / 1993
Study and view above clouds. Oil on Canvas / 56 cm x 71 cm / 1997
Cloud study at sunset. Oil on Canvas board / 30.4 cm x 40.6 cm / 1997
Peculiar uprising of mountain ranges in an otherwise flat landscape. Oil on Canvas / 53 cm x 66 cm / 1985
Peculiar uprising of mountain ranges in an otherwise flat landscape. Oil on Canvas board / 35.5 cm x 45.7 cm / 1984/ gift to friend in Switzerland
The rough but beautiful Canadian north. Oil on Canvas / 106.6 x 81.2 cm / 1996 / Sold
In other words, the orange-red glow of autumn. Acrylic on Canvas / 71.1 x 55.8 cm / 2002
Events in the Universe, mood-like, transitional in the making. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 50.8 cm / 1989 Gifted.
After not painting for seven years I took up again a representational style. Oil on Cardboard / 60.9 x 40.6 cm / 1978 / this work went to Sophie Jucker / Swiss
Perfect Park for picnics at the lake in Scarborough. At this time peaceful, void of people. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2002
Landscape at night illuminated. Oil on Wood Panel / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1995 / Painting went to family Jorgenson
Rough shoreline, warm blue waters and sky in the Bahamas. Oil on Canvas / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1987 / to Gabriella / Graz
Difficult to put this painting into a style category. I chose representational because it is the view of a forest seen from above. Acrylic, Canvas, mixed Med. / 45.7 x 55.8 cm / 2002
At Angkor Wat, once again, my fascination of ancient empires as in “Lost Civilisation” at Cambodia of Khmer people, who were followers of Buddhism and ancestor-spirit worship. The monumental architecture with inserted sculptured portraits is most distinctive. Acrylic on Canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2000
Our son, Allan, teacher; in his spare time sportive, bird-watcher. Oil on canvas board / 40.6 x 30.4 cm / 2011 Gifted.
At sunset in the mountains. Air brush on paper / 38 cm x 48 cm / 1989
Imaginary mountain landscape after an earlier drawing. Acrylic, mixed media on canvas / 75 cm x 101 cm / 2005
Woods in fall colors rise over a lake under dark sky. Oil on wood panel / 30 cm x 40 cm / 2003
My last Self-portrait. Oil on Canvas / 30.4 x 45.7 cm / 2006
Undersea activity, noticed from my own dimension. Oil on canvas / 81 cm x 71 cm / 1998
Crashing turbulent waves against the shore, mountains in distance. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 1994 / Gift to Ulli B., Graz
The animal family. Pen drawing on light blue paper / approx. 24 cm x 30 cm / 1979
Historical view. The foreground has since changed drastically. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 50.8 cm / 1988
This is as far as I would go with Realism. Still painterly. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 91.4 cm / 2004 / not for sale.
Grandiose view of old Salzburg with the fortified Castle in the background. Below the Cathedral at left a stage is erected. They perform since the 1920’s every summer the play “Jedermann” by Hofmannsthal. (Everyman) Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 66.0 cm / 1987 / sold
The other title of this work could be called “Jedermann #2”. His demise when death is at his side, while all his deceptive friends have left him. However, the expansion in this view incorporates, imaginary, Mozart who is observing all the attention of this Salzburg Festival that he never had in his hometown. Oil on Canvas / 81.2 x […]
“Salmon Cove” in Newfoundland, a commission by Sandra and Larry Peters. The location is one of their favorite memories. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 106.6 cm / 1998 / sold
Showing that glorious, colourful time of the year that was for an outing Jeanine’s favourite season.
Unusual arrangement of a still-life. Oil on canvas / 61 cm x 51 cm / 1992
True to the title – it is a romantic view with sunset over a sea with cliffs and a stranded ship. Oil on Canvas / 66.0 x 55.8 cm / 1989
At the city of Saintes – France, the remnant of a Roman Arena. Oil on Canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1983 / France
The Canadian Rockies in the west. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 1985
Landscape seen from birds-eye view. Representational in a broad sense. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 91.4 cm / 2005
An imaginary European landscape and a river lacking water. Otherwise, giving the impression of an 19th century style painting. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 1995
Painted from an image taken through a telescope. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 50.8 cm / 2001 / not for sale
This painting is a copy of the original Remnant Unidentified # 1. My science fiction interpretation. What, if we ever could visit a planet whose population has died out… Or vice versa, after mankind on earth has long disappeared, if a space traveller would land? Oil on Canvas / 81.2 x 106.6 cm / 1995
Meaning of this image is explained in “Remnant Unidentified #2, 1995”. Oil on Canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1985
This landscape I saw only in my mind. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 71.1 cm / 1986
A number of my paintings may appear abstract but are in fact representational. Seen from a birds-eye view; a wide-ranging landscape. Acrylic on Canvas / 55.8 x 60.9 cm /2000
Beautiful scenery seen on my travel in Spain. However, in this painting of Collioure, St. Vincent Beach, the town is void of any human population. Notice in front of the boats two giant figure imprints in the sand and a large beach ball beside. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 81.2 cm / 1986
Showing the contradiction between the healthy poppies and the smoking cigarette in the ashtray. Oil on Canvas board / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1992
Study of a primitive, battered but friendly seashore. Oil on wood panel / 41 cm x 51 cm / 1991 / Gifted
Famous Golf course and beautiful shaped landscape. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 81.2 cm / 2000
This painting was commissioned in 1970 by the German Historical Society, showing German farming Immigrants building for Governor Simcoe Toronto’s Yonge Street to commemorate the 200th anniversary. As a historical, representational theme, this work was like a visual essay, that required much research. In the execution, I had to rely on my formal (classic) training, which I did not practice […]
Spaceship on the moon with the blue earth. From my “Moon” series. Not surprisingly a painting inspired by the Lunar Landings. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic / air brush on canvas / 76.2 x 91.4 cm / 1969
The hypothetical assumption of someone visiting a planet where life evaporated. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ air brush on canvas / 101.6 x 121.9 cm / 1969
From the Series THE ELEMENT: CREATION. Modeling Paste, Acrylic w. air brush over canvas / 1969
The bridge destroyed is to everything our life depends on the worst loss of man. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ Air brush on canvas / 104.1 x 83.8 cm / 1969
Drawing, executed in my first year Master class. In a faintly related form of cubism, it attempts to emulate a two-dimensional view of the object, without considering light and shadow. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
Drawing, a Study was done in Masterclass, Graz, Aut. Trying to capture the essential of the subject. Pencil drawing in paper / 1951
Well proportioned drawing of a graceful woman from my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts at Vienna. Pencil on paper / 1952 /
The contour of this female drawing has added accents to emphasize its form. (Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna). Pencil on paper /1952
The emphasis in this study is more on the facial expression of the woman than body. (Vienna Academy) Pencil drawing on paper / 1952
Portrait, the profile of my nephew, Helmut. Pencil on paper / 1949
Portrait of a young friend of mine, Sophie Hieger / Jucker, interested in the arts. Brown pencil on paper / 1952
A portrait of my mother on her sixtieth birthday. Some early drawings have occasionally heavy lines that separate forms instead using lighter and darker tones. Brown pencil on paper / 1950
View is through the mirror reversed. Consequently it seems that I am drawing with my left hand while holding my Sketch block, which I am not. Pencil on paper / 1951
For a change, inspired by A. Dürer, here is my Version of natures’ delicate growth. This is a print from a “cold needle etching” / 1948
Study of a female model with watercolor. Watercolour on paper / 1951
Composition with figures showing the arrest of Christ as told in the New Testament. Pen ink drawing / 1950 /
View of my hometown Eisenerz with Oswaldi church from the 12th Century. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
Town of Eisenerz below in the valley. Mount Seemauer in the distance. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
Dramatic scene when, according to the Fable, Mephisto appears in the Studio of Dr. Faust to make his proposition. He will fulfill all his earthly wishes if Dr. Faust agrees to sign a document with his own blood, stating to hand over his soul to Mephisto. Pen sepia ink drawing on paper / 1950
Blacksmith shop in the valley of the iron mining town Eisenerz. The clock tower is seen in the distance to the left. It would as early as in the year 1590 be put to use for the community : when to rise, go to the mine, give townspeople the time and call for emergency. Pencil on paper […]
Figure composition of a natural disaster in a city with crowded streets. Black Ink pen drawing and wash / 1949
An old reoccurring theme. We depart daily from many things. This scene is set in a romantic pose, however as a painting in the middle of the 20th century it is rather modern. It was my Diploma work, done at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. The Board of Education, Vienna, purchased the painting in 1958 and I […]
This is the study from a cast copy relief, sculptured by Donatello. Pencil on paper /1950
The subject of this residence, so remote as fairy tales, is in the twilight unrecognizable but filled with warm surrounding. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 1964 / sold
My design proposal (draft) for my Diploma work at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, as outlined on the original painting, “Departure #2”. Note the composition of form and colours that suggest separation. Oil on Cardboard / 64.7 x 48.2 cm / 1953
Blooming Geranium in summer. Watercolour study on paper / 1950
Flower Still-life with Blue Vase and one apple. Not significant but it is an airy painting. Watercolour on paper / 46 cm x 36 cm / 1951
The blinding light after being kept in darkness. Applies also to no physical rescue and change but here through images expressed metaphorically. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 40.6 cm / 1960 / Sold
The warm colours of this venue in a chamber music setting reflects the possible pleasant sound. Oil on Canvas / 81.2 x 66.0 cm / 1961
When I drew this portrait of my wife, Jeanine between 1965 and 1970, I worked mainly on Semi- and Abstract images and several different techniques. However, my wife’s feature inspired me to draw a portrait in a conventional style. Brown pencil drawing on off-white paper / 27 cm x 17 cm / 1965 – 1970
Among the many Semi-Abstract and Abstract painting surfaces a Representational joyful image in colour and form, balanced image. Oil on Canvas / 66.0 x 45.7 cm / 1961
This landscape is in its character only a simulation of Northern Ontario, and entirely freely composed. Acrylic on canvas board / 30 cm x 40 cm / 1997 / France
Dan, worked as a photographer, has brought also the second version of this website to light. Oil on canvas board / 30 cm x 40 cm / 2011 Gifted.
Our grandchildren in 1996. Oil on canvas board / 40 cm x 30 cm / 1996 / Gifted
Although a winter scene, this remote landscape gives a warm feeling, inviting one in the light of a sunset. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 91,4 cm / 1992
This is an imaginary summer time landscape in the countryside with farming, no village, no town in sight. In the right cornfield there the once mysterious circles visible. Oil on canvas / 83.8 x 137.1 cm / 1995
The treatment of tree and colours in this imaginary landscape reminded me of Watteau. Oil on canvas / 66.0 x 55.8 cm / 1989
A postcard view of an isolated and pleasing landscape with rocky hills and water. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 55.8 cm / 1986
Water accumulating at the bottom of a mountain forcing a spectacular route and creating a sight that tourists enjoy. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 45.7 cm / 1984 / Gifted
The CBC produced a documentary in 1994 about the Canadian painter James W. Morrice who lived, travelled, and painted in Europe for thirty years until his death in 1924. As a scenic artist, the production management asked me to reproduce this painting for the shoot. Oil on wood panel / 40cm x 50 cm / […]
A view from our travels in France, that leads through the central region with rivers, rocks and ice caves. Oil on canvas board / 55.8 x 45.7 cm / 1983 / Austria
One of the dozens of drawings I did, after having produced mostly abstract art for eight years. At this point, those drawings are a new beginning for the next twenty years of my visual art. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2005
Our grandson is four years old when his world unfolds with colourful toys, trains and a teddy bear. Portrait, Oil on wood panel / 40.4 x 30.4 cm / 2008 /Gifted
Trevor is befriending a frog in his first biology lesson. Portrait, Pencil on paper / 35.5 x 28 cm / 2010
Although the conflicts in the world have tapered off, all threats at the end of the cold war are still hovering over the superpowers between USA and Russia. The soldier underwater and diseased who offered his life by symbolically keeping missiles and weapons intact. With the lighted fuse toward a burning bomb, the consequence (already demonstrated in […]
My wife posing amidst the rose garden she nurtured for many years. I could not resist immortalizing, so to speak, this memorable span of time. Oil on canvas / 66.0 x 81.2 cm / 1995
That year, my wife, Jeanine, and I commemorated 50 years since we met in the Austrian mountain village of Turrach. We celebrated with champagne and roses that I put to canvas. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 91.4 cm / 2006
A view from our travels in France, that leads through the central region with rivers, rocks and ice caves. Oil on canvas board / 55.8 x 45.7 cm / 1983 / Austria
One of the dozens of drawings I did, after having produced mostly abstract art for eight years. At this point, those drawings are a new beginning for the next twenty years of my visual art. Pen drawing on grey paper with white wash/ 1979
To commemorate the devastating tsunami at Thailand in 2004, with another wave approaching. Symbolically only one person between the rubble is visible in front. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2005
Piano, Violin and Cello have a rest during the concert hall Intermission. They contemplate opinions of which the audience is not aware. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 2003
One of the many cozy lakes in summer time nestled between mountains in the province of Salzburg, Austria. From there, one can see at the horizon the mountain peak of Styrian’s Mountain, Dachstein, 3000 metres high with its glacier. Oil on canvas / 53.3 x 66.0 cm / 1984 / at Graz
Lake in the province of Salzburg, Austria. In the far distance, we see the mountain peak of Dachstein, 3000 metres high with its glacier. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 71.1 cm / 1985 / at Allan R.
Study of a large wave in the sea. At a time when nature displays its might. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2cm / 1995 / Gifted
In this painting, the waves approaching the shore are mainly emphasized. Oil on canvas / 45.7 x 55.8 cm / 1986 / Gifted
My concept in showing Air, Water, Earth and Fire, making up the elements that helped shape us and surround us. Oil on canvas / 91.4 x 121.9 cm / 2003
Aside from a suggestive presentation of the Orchestra with a variety of instruments, there is no recognizable image of the concert hall. I replaced the actuality of the hall by waves of sounds, envisioned with colours and patterns that fill the space with melodious music. Oil on canvas / 81.2 x 96.5 cm / 1997
At the time I worked on this portrait, Susan cherished classic architecture and culture. Therefore, I thought it appropriate to place her as in a previous period, when one posed in a castle’s chamber, surrounded by books, and a mysterious, independent cat. Through the window is a formal garden that enriches a Chateau. Oil on […]
The last portrait I had painted was a full twenty years before. It was high time to paint our daughter, even if it is a bit by the way. The next one in the following year will make up for it. Oil on canvas board / 50.8 x 45.5 cm / 1990 / Gifted
Rows of flowers, bushes, trees to give shade in the heat. At the far end Jeanine watering, keeping order, while the painter tries to capture this timely moment. Oil on canvas / 81.2 x 96.5 cm / 1997
Visiting family in the city of Saintes, France – this was the view from a window, showing the outskirts of the city in May. Oil on canvas board / 40.6 x 55.8 cm / 1990
For someone like myself, growing up in a valley between mountains, the Subsea in the Bahamas was a new experience that enriched my palette. Oil on wood panel / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1993
After being a few days in Hospital, those are the notes by which a painter remembers his stay. Drawing, pencil on paper / 1989
A back lane in the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland showing the Atlantic Ocean and colourful houses. This route was familiar to our son Allan who finished his studies at the University. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 1996 / sold
A tower for sightseeing, but most of all an old relic that was essential for centuries to serve seafarers approaching Newfoundland. Oil on canvas board / 45.7 x 60.9 cm / 1987 / sold
Since the first century before Christ and afterwards, the desert with its rock caves was a retreat for people who pondered over the mystery of life; who studied religious scriptures, recorded what was not in the interest to historians and came to rebellious conclusions. Overall, the void of the desert, without worldly distraction, stimulated by […]
The sky makes this otherwise typical village in France so special. Oil on canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1985 / at B.C.
Loving Mozart’s music, the unfinished portrait by the painter Lange appealed to me. There is in my mind a very natural, reflective moment in Mozart’s personality that I attempted to copy. One can assume, while posing, he was filling the time by composing. Oil on canvas board / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1988
Our granddaughter Evelyn, seven years old, is showing her early interest and dedication toward visual art. Acrylic on canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 2001
Travelling narrow roads between a river and rocky mountains in the central region of France. Oil on canvas board / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1983 / family Casse, Bordeaux
A very old historic town, northwest of Toulouse, not visible from the highway. It housed during the twelfth century knights on their way to the Holy Land. At present rather deserted, with some agriculture, and from the distance painterly but close up decaying and surreal art exhibits. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 60.9 cm […]
The same remote French town, build on a slope as many Italian towns, painted three years ago is seen here from a different angle. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 60.9 cm / 1990
Earth, before the impact of an asteroid, and perhaps the end for most life. Oil on canvas / 76.2 x 96.5 cm / 1998
A famous view with the iron mine Erzberg and the red-brown iron ore in the distance. This work is my first painting again after a seven-year intermission, and gifted to my father at this location, the town of Eisenerz, Austria. Before his death, he gave the painting in 1989 to one of my friends in […]
A different take of an imaginary field with bushes and forest. Acrylic on canvas / 55.8 x 91.4 cm / 2003
Another cultivated landscape that came to my attention, so pastoral and different from Canadian or American lake views. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 80. 2 cm / 1993
Following golf on television, this view came to my attention. I never envisioned painting a golf course, but this layout with the mountains as a contrast in the background changed my mind. Acrylic on canvas / 71.1 x 81.2 cm / 2000
My wife gave me most of my life the means and opportunity to follow my artistic path and inspired my creative side until 2007. This portrait, although painted two years later, done to console myself but more so out of gratitude. Oil on canvas / 45.5 x 35.5 cm / 2009
To some extent an old style Self-portrait with pallet + brush, yet with a living room setting and a window facing the garden. A strange choice was to have my wife behind me in a picture on the wall, as if it was someone not anymore around. Indeed, like a premonition, a year later she […]
Natives spoke of a late, warm fall we call now Indian summer. Otherwise, just an imaginary landscape in Autumn. Oil on canvas / 66.0 x 55.8 cm / 1989
Another version of imaginary ice mountains that glimmer from sunshine in the blue sky. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 1983 / Gifted
My fascination about Icebergs with their peculiar changing shapes in the North Sea inspired me to paint my own. Oil on canvas board / 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 1983 / Gifted
It will burst into pieces before hitting the earth, and give us a spectacular firework. Oil on canvas / 81.2 x 91.4 cm / 1998
Study. Even in nature, a gathering seems comforting to us. Ink drawing on Paper / 1979
Somewhere in a remote northern forest on a misty day. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2 cm / 2007
Remembering in France the little town after the river, over a bridge in darkness but artificial light in a romantic Setting. Oil on Masonite / 59.6 x 90.1 cm / 1983
After laying off painting for ten years and producing over that time rather abstract work, this is my second painting in which I begin a representational phase. With no intention ever to exhibit (because in the avant-garde world it would be retro), I was free to paint as I liked. For that, I chose the valley near […]
A recreation of one of the many Galaxies that over a telescope have come to us. And what a firework with an amazing blue-sky ions of light-years away! Acrylic on canvas / 76.2 x 60.9 cm / 2004 .
A huge, ghostly and snakelike towering formation of stars and nebulae in our Universe. Acrylic on canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2002
Seeing video of large ice masses break off from the Antarctic inspired me to paint this scene. Acrylic on canvas / 76.2 x 96.5 cm / 1999
Here is my impression of snow and ice that has not changed until recently since millenniums north of sixty along the meridian arc. Oil on canvas / 60.9 x 76.2cm / 1995
First version of the merciless, secluded landscape along the sixty meridian arc. Oil on canvas / 40.6 x 55.8 cm / 1991
The old bridge with the town of Villeneuve in the background. Oil on canvas / 60.0 x 83.3 cm / 1959
Iron Ore Mountain, 1465 metres, at Eisenerz, Austria, my hometown where I was born. The red-brown shades of colours against the blue sky have attracted many painters to capture that contrast. Oil on Masonite / 76.2 x83.8 cm / 1965
A special time in the 1960’s of space exploration, observing those rockets blast off; suspenseful if the intended hardware or human, his mission, will succeed. It lead to fierce competition between the USA and Russia to conquer this new frontier. They created mistrust that escalated the Cold War. At the same time, because of enormous […]
This is my late brother Leo Roitner’s third airplane that he built from a kit in 2000 in Surrey, BC. He flew it with his friend Jerry, over Canada to Toronto in 2005. For a small craft it was a big undertaking. On their return they paid first a visit to an airshow in the US. Through early interest in […]
Portrait of my son’s wife Vickie Roitner (Walsh) 1990 oil on canvas – gifted
no comment – oil on canvas
no comment oil on canvas – 1984
Painting Medium – Representational: Use of traditional turpentine, nontoxic paint thinner, linseed oil, varnishes and oil paint, applied with a variety of paint brushes on canvas, mounted on wooden stretchers, sized with Gesso primer. Other surfaces were canvas board, heavy cardboard, Masonite and wood panels, placed on an easel. Acrylic paint also used for airbrush technique colour blending.