My name is Dianke� Daff�-Rachow. I was born in Senegal and live in Germany since 1984. Germany is my chosen home, because this country gave me the freedom and challenge to live my life and art - that I've discovered here - so how would I - as a woman without losing my roots.Like most artists, I was inspired from the beginning by the great painters such as Monet, Van Gogh, Bob Ross and Albrecht Durer. For me as an artist these people were geniuses and not painters. Nevertheless, I developed my own style. My paintings reflect my African roots very...more