Everytime I go to Cologne, I think about the way the former art city treats its artists. No wonder there is a real exodus. And they still plan to close the unique Art and Museum Library. But there is lot of resistance. Perhaps they better plan to build another subway. Daily Painting about conscience

Town without conscience, watercolour, 16,5 x 23 cm

Since days I stare at the news from Cologne: they pull down the Schauspielhaus without any chance to build a new one (like the Kunsthalle) and then the U-Bahn – OMG! It’s like a local version of the financial crisis, the greed has no limit. Daily Painting about a town that dumps itself

Viva Colonia – a city gulps itself, watercolour, 16,5 x 21,5 cm