TGP is a New York City based artist from Germany. Like most artists, she found her passion for creating at a young age. Unlike most artists, she wasn't very good at it. As such, her early work can be found in several landfills, and as recycled paper these days. But she wasn't deterred.

TGP grew up under the creative direction of her very talented mother, who always had several projects evolving at the same time. She credits her mother for her creative vision, and also her temperament. She also looks up to her grandfather, and great grandfather, both of whom were learned painters by trade. Their family painting business is to thank for the ceilings of their town's catholic church and chapel, as well as a lot of street signs (though they may since have been replaced by printed ones). She often thinks about the artists who came before her. What inspired them? How did they feel when they put brush to canvas? Who did they look up to? Granted, TGP's mother is still very alive and only a phone call away. But isn't the mystery just a bit more poetic?

Among TGP's non-relative inspirations, are Albrecht Dürer, Albert Bierstadt, Caspar David Friedrich, Vincent van Gogh, and Ivan Aivazovsky (among many others). She is of the mindset that good art should be equally thought-provoking, and instill the urge to go feral and run up a cliff in the middle of a turbulent, ice-cold sea just to feel something. A healthy balance of the two.

As for TGP's art, she enjoys painting portraits, horses, and food. With a strong belief that she can add subtext to just about any genre, she enjoys leaving little easter eggs in her pieces to have the viewer stick around a little longer.

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And from the bottom of my heart, thank you for sticking around a little longer!