Two experiences that helped Ruzo begin a new life.
Right after the fire, Ruth Ruttimann, invited us to live with her. Her young boy Niels, who was only two and a half at the time, saw me there. Although we had never seen each other before, he threw himself upon me and hugged me, as if I were a present from God for him. It was actually the other way around; he was a present from God for me, bringing me hope. Painting title: Hope. Another event brought me hope. Several days after the drama, I spotted a small green patch in our black and sorrowful garden. I looked at it in complete astonishment. This inspired me to create a whole series of large pictures extolling the world of flowers and plants growing from nothing.
One year after the apocalypse, Ruzo accepted to paint a mural in the entry of the Hotela Building in Montreux.
This mural entitled “Dynamic and joie de vivre” was a new beginning for the artist.