Helmut Kollars

Stifled by laws in Austria that required artists to carry health insurance, Kollars moved his family to Cork, Ireland, in 1997.

[1] He established a company there and carried on a successful career as an illustrator for publishing and advertising in Ireland, Belgium and the US.

Selected titles include: Two of Kollars' children's books published by Annette Betz have won awards.

The couple eloped to Scotland, returned briefly to Vienna and then permanently relocated to Ireland where Kollars set up his business as an illustrator.

[4] The couple had a daughter, Luise Magdalena, but divorced before the recording of Pina Kollars' first album Quick Look.