Every family has that one sibling who somehow ends up with a mythic aura, and in mine, it’s my brother Gerd. At a Christmas gathering a few years ago, someone once again remarked that he looks a bit like Jesus—an observation we’ve all heard multiple times. Shortly before that, the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci had just been auctioned off for a record‑shattering sum to a Saudi prince. The coincidence was too delicious to ignore. Somewhere between the holiday wine and the laughter, the idea was born: if the world could have a $450‑million Salvator Mundi, surely our family could have one too—painted from life, starring Gerd himself. Another coincidence is my brother in his early childhood could not pronounce Monika and called me Mundi.
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2025 Restrospective
As the year comes to a close, I’m reflecting on a period shaped largely by a very personal project — a family portrait created for my parents’ 60th wedding anniversary, bringing together several generations. It was a meaningful and rewarding project and took up most of my painting time in the past year.
I did not focus on marketing in the past year and have resolved to pick that up. My last attempt did not succeed when all 5 original paintings I shipped to a gallery (including the strawberries in the image) were lost in the post.
But I decided to join Saatchi and hope to get some more exposure in the new year. But most importantly, I look forward to a productive 2026 with new ideas and new works.
I look forward to what lies ahead and look forward to sharing a new work soon.
Family dinner in Tuscany
Cena Toscana
This painting is my most ambitious project to date—created as a gift for my parents, Anneliese and Bertl (also in the painting), on their 60th wedding anniversary. Its a very personal piece – capturing a dinner we shared in Tuscany, with all their children and grandchildren gathered around the table. Beyond the faces and the setting, I’ve woven in subtle references to their life story—moments, symbols, and memories that shaped who they are and who we’ve become as a family.
The project was rounded off by a beautiful hand-made frame handcrafted by my husband Jonathan.
Portraiture, for me, is about more than likeness—it’s about storytelling. If you’re looking for art that celebrates your own story, I’d love to help bring it to canvas.
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Eve’s Response: Reclaiming the Divine Narrative
My Feminine Manifesto
Eve’s Response offers is my adaption of Michelangelo’s iconic Creation of Adam and represents my reflection about religion and its relationship with women.
While the original image is of christian origin, I interpret the concept of religion more generally to include all major religions. For they all are similar in their treatment of women.
Above Eve, the heavenly cloud looms—not as sanctuary, but as spectacle. The male god, not confronted with a male Adam, reaches out with a very different intent. Power resides in the gesture, yet so does presumption. What else should a woman expect?
Accompanying him in the divine cloud are the usual Putti, which cannot be missed where innocence needs to be offered up in a religious context.
Also in the cloud you may recognize some of the familiar autocrats of the comtemporary political spectrum (Putin, Trump, Khamenei, Xiping, Taliban). They represent systems past and present, and the ways mighty men have instrumentalised religion to spread their absurd ideas and legitimise their power. An unholy alliance between religion and power … centuries old.
Eve’s presence isn’t a demand for redemption—it’s a reckoning. She does not look for answers from above; she seems to know what’s been offered before.
The hand of salvation, as history has shown, has not always lifted. It has weighed down, assigned blame, dictated roles. Eve’s Response is a moment suspended between myth and memory—a chance to say no, quietly but clearly.
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