Love of Artists

[Greco]

Catrin Welz Stein 2° SURREAL ILLUSTRATOR
The Music and the Magic

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
Darmstadt, Germany and then worked for
different advertising agencies in Germany, USA
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.

In 2009 Catrin started to create digital images by
collaging old illustrations and photographs. At the
same time she discovered online social networks
and her private images were then open to the public. T
he positive responses Catrin got there were her motivation
to go on with her art until now.

Greco