The magnolia tree spell. On mixing artist worlds.

In between the solo exhibition in Japan and the Swiss art book fair summer season, I sliced some more cardboard for the next set of paintings in the “The bookbinder’s world” series. For various reasons I couldn’t paint as regularly as I’d wish in this period of time, meaning this new composition progressed in very small steps. Making “The Magnolia Tree Spell” painting the longest brewing in this series so far.

Started when magnolia trees were just hitting their peak, only to be finished as we ride the second heatwave of 2025 in Zurich. I feel as if someone or something ran away with time since I walked the grounds of the Landesmuseum by that magnolia tree in mid April. An invisible entity stealing away with the missing pieces of my cardboard ink puzzle. Who dares such mischief?