His first oil on canvas Stettner painted at the age of twelve. After his studies he lived a few years in Lisbon and Porto, where from the wave of the portuguese revolution in 1974 took him to Brazil. Over twenty years he spent in Rio de Janeiro. In the nineties he commuted between Stuttgart, Rio, Berlin and New York. First Book (Short Stories) in 2000. Since 2002 Stettner lives and works in Hannover (Germany)
His subjects are people - Every-day-situations, Mythologie, Aktualities. Allways in expressive colours, striktly limited forms and lots of "philosofical thoughts" wich he writes down in essays for one painting or the other, presenting them on his exebitions...