Educating Pizzy

Born in Eastern Austria, close to the Hungarian border, he witnessed as a young man the horrors of a nation's suppression, erupting in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He finished his education in art and architecture in Vienna, married, and sailed for the Cape of Africa, an adventure that followed his childhood dreams. He had drawn African animals for his art classes, but the time had come to see them in their natural habitat. meeting a varied facet of people and cultures, working as a draughtsman for an engineering office, as an architect for a cultural center, as a coordinator of craftsmen and professionals, he made good use of his language skills traveling throughout Southern Africa. During a trip to Lesotho, a native artist showed him rock paintings with their stark palimpsest outlines and typified movements of animals and people. It made a lasting impression on him and influenced his artistic work. His vast collection of drawings and slides had been lost during a change of domiciles, but further studies about the San-people reawakened his dormant artistic longing for expression of his art, filling sketchbooks with drawings and notepads with poetry and prose. During a visit to Greece, he was accepted into a circle of artists and poets, who encouraged him to continue his art, and a friend introduced him to the works f famous Greek poets. In South Africa, he joined writing and poetry workshops of 'Writers Write'. It was to open the floodgates of his creativity. He settled in 2013/14 in Klosterneuburg-Weidling, part of the culturally important city of Klosterneuburg. In painting his poetry, he has established a series of drawings and paintings, he calls 'Mystic Realism'. Selected works will embellish his book covers.