artist name: ueli. civil name: ueli (ulrich) meier, born on 01.12.1949 at bülach, canton of zurich. apprenticeship as a scientific illustrator at the zurich school of fine arts. during his studies he becomes involved in the important series of panel paintings of weeds ordered by ciba-geigy and thereby acquires great experience in the art of water colour painting, which explains his remarkably precise pencil and brush strokes. there is hardly any subject areas and painting techniques, with which he has not already made acquaintance: scientific drawings (water colour), landscapes (water colour, oil, acrylic, linoleic and wood cuts), portraits (pencil, coloured pencil, silver wire, water colour, oil, acrylic), acts (pencil, oil), still lives and flowers (oil, acrylic), old timber of agricultural buildings of the grisons. since summer of 1993, he lives with his family in his walser house at tenna (grisons), also accommodating his spacious studio. numerous exhibitions in the german part of sitzerland, germany, as well as in his studio at tenna. see also  modern art​