Petra Herrmann was born in Lindau on Lake Constance, a beautiful island with many old houses and narrow streets. She drew, painted, and wrote from a very early age. She studied language and for many years pursued it as her creative profession as a journalist and editor at Bavarian Broadcasting.
Painting is her passion, which she initially pursued autodidactically. Only in later years did she further her studies at the art academies in Augsburg and Bad Reichenhall, discovering the diversity of her subjects, her stylistic possibilities, and her sense of humor. Her paintings—including her portraits of animals and people—often tell stories.