About Me

What is your life motto?
Enjoy life, think positive, precious the big as well as the small moments.

Tell us about You - your philosophy and the experience in visual arts
As a child I loved to draw and liked to be creative. I almost was born with a pencil in my hand.
I knew I wanted to do something related to arts. I have graduated from Graphic Design in DarmstadtGermany and then worked for different advertising agencies in GermanyUSA and Switzerland.
I stopped working in agencies after becoming a mother, and after a short time of being self employed I decided to quit work until my children grew older. Because of my children (4 and 6 years old) I can go through childhood again and I can enjoy the world of fantasy and fairy tails. I like to look at childrens books and let them inspire me. „Where the wild things are“, from Maurice Sendak is a favourite book of all of us. Through the children books I rediscovered the love to illustration again.
As a professional graphic art designer I often had to make compromises for the clients. There were a lot of rules in visual communication and I often felt that I could not express my whole creativity. Now I enjoy creating art that does not explain itself from the beginning. My images have a dreamlike and surreal quality. They speak from inner feelings which we often hide in our daily life.

What are your greatest inspirations?
My inspirations are: Fantasy, children stories, medieval, Jugendstil, Folklore and Surrealism. I am inspired by the work of Nicoletta Ceccoli, Kelly Rae Roberts, Sabrina Ward Harrison, Olaf Hajek, Maggie Taylor, Natalie Shau, Colette Calascione and Nazario Graziano.
Well, there are so many great artists around!

How did you gain so much knowledge in this area?
As a graphic art designer I worked a lot with digital images.

What creative mediums do you prefer the most and why? 
My images are all digital made. I collect old images and illustrations and put them new together in Photoshop. The working process is based on combining and the division of photographs, with removing, filling and retouch. Using digital medium I have far more creative possibilities and I can work much faster then on the Canvas. Perhaps, my skills have been formed during the long years of working in front of my computer. Thanks to all that I can create my art best in digital.

Your art world is…
My art world is Otto Dix, Frida Kahlo, Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Magritte and Boticelli.

(Interview for a group host on Redbubble in 2011)

27 Kommentare:

  1. Hi! I am the Lead Designer at Disney•Hyperion and I have a young adult book jacket project I think you would be great for. If you art interested, please contact me at marci.senders@disney.com.
    Thanks!
    Marci

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  2. I love so much your art and you imagination! You inspire me a lot!

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  3. Hi, I would like to inquire about selling your illustrations, please contact me on: stormyvintagestudio@gmail.com

    Look forward to hearing from you!

    Thanks!

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  4. Oops, we are from North Italy, Padova.
    Thanks.

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  6. Love every single thing you create!

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  7. Hi Catrin!
    Here is Catia writing from Italy.
    Your craft are faboulous! I am looking for a strong image to bcome the logo manifesto of a new academy we are going to launch here in Italy.
    What's about using one of your design? Is it possible? Can you advise me how it should be work?
    My best regards and ciao!
    Catia

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    1. Dear Catia, this would be very nice! You can email me at kualacat@gmail.com for more information, thanks!

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  8. Dear Catrin, I love your "Tarot of Mystical Moments" deck, and I would like to purchase it (English version). Unfortunately, I cannot find any place to buy it that ships to Austria. Can you help me? Thank you vey much in advance! All the best, Agnes (Vienna, Austria)

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    1. Thank you Agnes! I just made a new post about the Tarot Deck and were to order... but it seems Amazon has problems delivering in time... I hope you can get them soon!
      Cheers Catrin

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  9. BTW, My mom and I are intricate readers of Wrozka for decades now, and I was/am amazed as I found out you designed several of the covers!! That's why your art feels so familiar!

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  10. Hello Catrin, I bought a paperblanks dataplanner with one of your works on the cover, the girl with her umbrella and raining letters, so I looked you up on the www and started following you on instagram, glad I came in contact with your work, a happy an healhty 2021
    greetings leen

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    1. Hi Leen, I'm glad you found me! All the best to you and your family and a good start into 2021! Cheers Catrin

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  11. Hello Catrin,

    I'm an astrologer from Germany and I'm about to start a non-profit weekly horoscope service on my blog that would involve drawing an oracle or tarot card for each sign per week. I will be using different decks - for each sign the one, that 'chooses' me in that specific week.
    Of course I would mention the copyright, author/publisher etc. and provide a link to a shop, where each deck can be bought (I don't sell decks myself).
    Would these actions fall under 'fair use' guidelines for your work? I haven't started the service yet, so there's no example to show, but you can have a look at my blog in general which is online for almost 6 years now: www.planetschade.com

    I'd love to hear from you :-)
    Nadja

    Email: info@planetschade.com

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  12. Hello, I really loved your art at Ikea that's unfortunately not available any more. Is there anyway I could buy it from you? It is extremely important to a friend and it will mean the world to her if I could get it for her.

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    1. Dear Zoya, I hope the prints will be soon available again! They are exclusively with IKEA so I'm sorry I can't give you a better reply.
      All my best! Catrin

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  13. Hello Catrin!
    Your pictures are marvelous! I want to create a spiritual card set. Is it possible to buy or use your pictures for this? Please contact me, if you are interested. 33 Pictures for a specially card set.
    Greetings from Austria & sincerely Petra Thimm

    petra.thimm@drei.at (my email-adress)

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  14. Hello i love your work I was wondering if you sold digital rights for production can you email me please i would love to know if this is possible

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  15. Hello! I just found your work and I am enamored. Do you have an online class where you teach others about your techniques to combine photographs and digital craftsmanship?

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  16. Oh my goodness I just discovered your work today. What took me so long? I absolutely love it. I'm a mother too was inspired by Cooper Edens. He is an author and children's book writer. Your children might love the books and art as well. Hope you have a lovely 2022 💖

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  17. Liebe Catrin, ich bin in deinen Tarot Deck und Oracle verliebt! Sie sind in meiner Meinung die schönsten in Markt im Moment und ich habe beide gekauft. Leider gibt es ein Fehler beim Tarot Deck: Du hast in einer ersten Karte so geschrieben: „She later made male versions of these cards to allow the reader to decide which rendition to work with.“ ABER es sollte so geschrieben sein „she later made FEMALE versions of these cards…“ Mir ist es sehr wichtig, diese Meinung von dir und die Karten auch in weibliche version zu haben, und ich wäre sehr froh, wenn diesen Fehler in den nächsten Versionen korrigiert wird…am Ende, möchtest du die FEMALE ENERGY zelebrieren! Danke sehr aus der Schweiz! Susana

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    1. Ich habe es falsch verstanden…sorry! Alles gut, du hast zuerst die weibliche Version gemacht, und nachher mit den Männer, oder? :-)

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  18. Finally have my ex boyfriend back..

    Thanks ( robinsonbuckler11@ gmail.com )

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  19. Hello Catrin, we discovered your artwork in cards this weekend in Rosetta Books, Maleny, S.E. Queensland. One for a friend's wedding and another to brighten the days of a cousin in hospital.. Delighted to see your work for the first time. Love its quirky, ethereal and sensual nature. So delightful to have distinctive art in cards. Elizabeth and Paul

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