"I was formerly trained in South Africa, through art technical school, and also in art college in Dallas, TX. I have been published internationally in the 80's, and my art reflects a very wide range of subject matter; from abstract works to super realistic, and representational pieces.”

“In my oil painting technique, I am inspired by Rembrandt’s works to catch the color of light. With the classical skill of cover to dye, painting can be powerful by layering oil colors decorously. Meanwhile, I often use color directly, like modern painters, combining them together."

German Artist, BaerenzCao has been educated as a Color Retoucher in the graphic industries. In 1963 he was one of the 4 co-founders of the art group “Patio”, later known as Patio Gallery and Edition, an institution based first in Neu Isenburg and after 1965 in Frankfurt am Main, until 1996. BaerenzCao worked from 1968 to 1972 as an Archaelogic draftsman in team with Egyptologist Prof. Jan Assmann for publication of the German excavations in Luxor, Egypt.

“My whole concept and approach to art is simple just as my philosophy of mind is. I'm inspired by the simplest and quieter side of life and enjoy peaceful natural escapes. My images reflect my inner vision and my floating between memories and dreams."

< “Nature is the most beautiful inspiration in my work. The majority of my collection consists of sketches or finished paintings of impressions from my travels through the South of Europe, where I can always find a new spirit of creativity, especially in landscapes or cityscapes.”

"I get the topics for my works from the surrounding world, dreams, and nature. Then I add there my own imagination. I love especially animals and that can also be seen in my works."

"There are many ways to articulate pattern, and my interest in them stems from the innate humane need to find them in almost everything that we look at. When we look at pictures of Mars or the Moon many times we will see a face, as if to identify something familiar in the strange and unfamiliar."

"I am a self-taught sculptor and by far my favorite narrative tool is porcelain. Besides other things, I am a sci-fi geek and through my pieces, I talk about meandering cities and tortuous architectures, about heritage and ancestral stories, entropy and chaos, life and death in this and other planets."

"Experiencing the world from an aesthetic point of view is fundamental to my art. Finding inspiration in everyday life, I regularly seek to interpret through my paintings the emotions and characters of the beings that surround me."

"My artistic practice focuses on the development of atypical means for representing the symbols of Language and the creation of visual, textual, and sound art that encode linguistic contents and explore the structures of Language viewed as a repository of ideas."

"I was very interested in painting from an early age. Therefore, the painting of such great masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Verrocchio, Brueghel, Bosch, Raphael, Rembrandt, had a huge impact on my style of photography.

"I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else." - Pablo Picasso

"Spontaneity switches with the painstaking search after the perfect stroke and color. From mind to guts and back. The process of painting - it is a dialogue between myself and the painting. Sometimes I receive direct answers to my questions while painting, sometimes the painting invites me to find answers myself."

"Photorealism perfectly represents my understanding of art, in that it must display the mastery of the artist."

Within the experience of each emotional state lies the potential for release and within that release lives freedom. I create psychologically spiritual narratives that are meant to produce a visceral, emotional reaction in the viewer. I intend to yield a lasting impact that induces free thought and dialogue.

"With my work, I have tried not only to pay respect to the natural order and beauty of the earth but also to show others this beauty through my vision and art."