The series of my artworks presented here is a reflection on the different ways people deal with and overcome adverse situations or handle daily life. I have been particularly intrigued by people’s continuous quest for a higher power, providing orientation and guidance, expressing itself in different ways for different people – often based on culture and history.

Classical comic book ‘superheroes’, e.g. Superman, Spiderman: Adventurous action-heroes, originally created out of desire to confront and solve problems. Is there a subconscious empowerment that explains the continuing attraction of comic books/movies?

For others, their ‘superhero’ may be embodied in a spiritual relationship, faith and prayer in a search for help and answers. The Hispanic culture of the Mission in San Francisco was my inspiration for the collages of holy pictures.

Another type of ‘superhero’: An ideal, a superficial one - women obsessed with the perfect look, influenced by manipulating media. ‘If I look like that cover-girl on the magazine, my life will be perfect’. This ‘superhero’ misleads, giving way to superficial and non-substantial experiences.

'Super-symbols’ - one is located right here in San Francisco. Inspired with the multiple attraction of the Golden Gate Bridge- magnification of personal expectations, hopes and dreams for the future, granting some kind of believe and strength. ‘Super-symbols’ as backgrounds in comic books may multiply the effect of the superhero himself. Superman ‘on duty’ in San Francisco, and Spiderman in New York City - a coincidence?

I base-coated most of the canvases in blue as found in old holy icons and covered them with an arrangement of diverse manipulated materials in the collage technique with additional highlights of paint, varnish, shellac, and glimmer. The displayed artifacts based on women's magazines have been overlaid using the marker-technique, manipulating the original message.

For the collages I used parts of religious images, photos, postcards, or comic book images which have been arranged upside-down, torn and cut apart, questioning the meaning of such images in general, and opening them up for a personal interpretation of superheroes by the observer.

With the apportionment in my artworks I want to invited the viewer to observe a picture in parts and in a whole, and to explore a clear graphical divided surface discovering derangements containing hidden details.