Many years ago I started painting mannequins. However the available mannequins where not to my liking.
They were often too big, very symmetric and had no character, basically they told no stories. I often saw very rare and expensive uniforms on badly painted, pale mannequins without any expression. I wanted to do things differently. Looking for a good way to display my own uniform collection, I found some good mannequins and I painted them to make the display more lifelike. When other collector friends saw my work they asked if I could paint their mannequins like mine.
A new hobby was born…..