Kontinuum
Studio for Painting
Kontinuum
Journal

Thoughts from the studio.

Notes on localities, pigments, and whatever is currently on the easel.

Ordnung, Unordnung und die kubische Zelle
14 August 2026 · Pigments

Order, disorder and the cubic cell

On the series “Disordered cubic”. A primitive cubic lattice is the simplest order imaginable — and it is precisely its disturbance that makes it interesting to paint.

Epprechtstein — zurück am Steinbruch
2 July 2026 · Localities

Epprechtstein — back at the quarry

Back in the Fichtelgebirge after many years. What has changed, what has stayed, and why a locality always yields two pictures for me: one in the camera and one on the canvas.

Warum Fluorit sich nicht malen lässt
19 May 2026 · Crystallography

Why fluorite cannot be painted

The colour of a fluorite comes from defects in the crystal lattice, not from a pigment. A painter has no such route — he must rebuild the effect rather than copy it. On the difference between cause and impression.