EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL
Pablo Picasso
Born 1951 in Munich I soon longed to leave the regulated prosperity of Germany behind and see what else this thing called “Life” could be. The opportunity arose when my future husband, an equally unruly spirit, decided to immigrate to New Zealand in 1974. From there I came to Canada in 1976, worked as waitress, dispatcher for a small air service, tourist guide, florist, horticulturist … and tried self sufficiency together with my husband clearing land and building a homestead near Telegraph Creek, BC. There we lived for 15 years with interruptions needed to earn enough cash to afford the luxury of life in the bush.
I moved to Whitehorse in 1991 to escape this precarious hold on existence, became a florist, and continued a life of hiking, climbing, skiing and generally trying to be outside as much as possible.
In 2000 I relocated to Italy where I lived for 3 years before returning to Canada in 2003. I still do everything: I am still working and designing gardens and grow as much of our own food as possible.
As of April 2020, the latest exciting pastime has been volunteering at the Naramata Permaculture Community Garden in British Columbia. There we have endless opportunities to grow more food, not only for us but also for others who might not have the luxury of their own green space.
In August 2022 I was pulled up by my European roots and made the big, complicated move from 47 years living in Canada to Italy. Now I live in a small village surrounded by lakes and mountains in the Northern part of this wonderful country.
In my painting I try to find the colour, chaos and humour of the life I have had so far.