The artist and art

I – Max – Comax

Breathing new life into old works of art – that is my passion, my vision. Writing a new story for the present with images from the past. The goal was to create an interplay of classical and pop culture. This resulted in my own style, which combines existing and contemporary elements, thereby creating a completely new visual statement.

The motto: Yesterday meets today. The change in society. At times it comes across as melancholic, at times serious or dramatic—it's always interpreted with a healthy dose of humor.

Just a parody.

Apart from a few very large and well-known paintings, most paintings from earlier times are hardly valued anymore. The result: They end up largely unnoticed in basements and flea markets. They disappear from this world. What a pity! They were created with great effort, talent, and expertise; they have defined and shaped eras and still deserve our recognition. That's precisely why I'm giving them a new lease of life. Together with active support from the world of comics, manga, and film.

Still lifes, landscape paintings, scene depictions, or portraits. I define my own painting style and let the figures speak for themselves. They revitalize the pictorial worlds with their wondrous qualities and actions. Familiar characters and new creations of my own thus create a completely unique "fantasy world."

I'm a huge comic and TV series fan. Being able to work with their protagonists, taking them out of their usual roles for a moment and beaming them into completely new scenarios to give them a new "home," is a true privilege.

Every new story, every image is reflected in the eye of the beholder. It merges with one's own experiences and memories to create a piece of magical nostalgia.