Austrian Businessman Carlo Chiavistrelli (Hanel Engineering) and his wife, Brigitte Hoy, were hosts and presenters at our group exhibition called HA! where Helga Schiegl and I showcased our latest artworks. At that time I made the revelation of a portrait for my beautiful client – Dagmar Hauser. She hadn’t seen it yet, so I surprised her and talked about the process of commissioning a portrait.

Later on Mr. Chiavistrelli and Mrs. Hoy were talking about the portrait and she suggested he commission one. This is how later on we reunited for a 1 hour interview were he told me the short version of the story of his life. I proceeded to paint him using the elements he spoke of in the interview which resulted in 2 paintings – a figurative and an abstract one – and 4 videos which were included in his book in the form of QR codes.