HANS-PETER BOLZ
Medium: Painting , Open Studios , Visual Arts
Contact Information
(864) 380-8931
www.Hbolz.fineartstudioonline.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hanspeterbolz/Artist Statement
I always had the desire to become an artist, even at an early age growing up in postwar Germany. My first grade teacher recognized my talent and encouraged me to keep painting as long as I enjoyed it. At the age of 14, my dream was to move to Munich or Paris to paint. My parents strongly suggested, in order to make a living and support myself, to start an apprenticeship and become a toolmaker first. My next 40 some years were absorbed by life, including being drafted into the German Air Force, college, plastic injection molding and family, which included raising a child. My only formal training consists of a course in commercial art, Illustration & Design, with the famous Artist School International, Inc. I never lost interest in art, especially in painting. In 2005 I picked up brushes, paint and canvas and began to paint again. I prefer to paint in oil, because it’s a very easy, workable medium and it gives me unlimited shades of color.