For many years Ralf Metztenmacher earned good money as chief designer at Puma [in Herzogenaurach]. Now he has ventured into the world of the independent artist and is bringing the technique of the old masters into the 21st century.
His Retro-Art pictures narrate stories of today using up to date symbols that young people can relate to. With the modernisied painting technique from old master pieces, with special colors and frames which were especially designed for the subject matter, he makes the [evolutional] move into the 21st century.
For a year his studio has been on the idyllic Leintritt in Bamberg, 50 kilometres away. Right next to the Regnitz. “For me there is something of the Mediterranean here. I’ve come to rest here quite simply because life here is good.” And Ralf Metzenmacher hopes that through his contributions he will be able to add something to the lives of as many people as possible.