Thomas H. Jäkel

I always suspected that the alleged real world is nothing but a veil covering a much richer aspect of existence while at the same time giving us all the clues we need to make sense of it all. It was years later when I started to understand that our psyche constantly plays tricks on us pretending tha…

I was born in southern Germany and spent most of my youth in episcopal boarding schools. Although I was always drawn to arts certain circumstances made me study Jurisprudence which I never really practiced. Instead I made a successful career in the computer industry which brought me to different maj…

Creating images for me is one of the best ways to escape from my chronic depression which plagues me since I can think of. I have never planned or structured a picture beforehand but let the picture develop itself, feed in its strength from my inner feelings and surprise me when I “wake up” and fina…