Wow, two art shows within one week! My solo exhibition at Corpus Oldenburg opened this week (blogged here). And then the city of Rostock (where I grew up) hosts its annual amateur art exhibition Rostock kreativ – with a new record of 713 artists participating. The last time my mother visited us, she grabbed one… Read More
Another week, another pattern, another contest. This is my submission for the Spoonflower contest “Spoons”: For this pattern I learned a couple of new things. First of all I made the pattern in Photoshop (I usually use Illustrator). The spoons are simple line drawings of spoons that I scanned in and then applied some golden… Read More
My solo exhibition at the Body- and Health center Corpus in Oldenburg opened this week. What about stepping on a scale and look at some art? Work out, sweat and be motivated by my colourful paintings. The exhibition is open to the public during the working hours of the sports center until June. PS: A… Read More
It is the first of March today and as I am writing this the sun is coming out after a morning of rain. I am not quite sure what this chicken wants to tell me for the month of March to come, and Clara couldn’t tell me either (Easter is only next month). What I… Read More
I used to knit a lot. I even used to have a knitting blog. I started this dress 3,5 years ago when I was pregnant with my second daughter Carolina (blogged here). Then I stopped knitting this dress. Because of the belly. Then because of breastfeeding. And then painting came my way again. 3,5 years… Read More
Exciting news! This pattern of mine is shortlisted for the Tigerprint Floral Pattern Competition. you can see the whole shortlist here I created this pattern this month during the Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design course Module 2. We were given a lot of trend reports for spring and summer 2016 and I used… Read More
The February assigment of Lilla Roger’s MATS Bootcamp was quite a creative and emotional rollercoaster ride for me. The “mini” for the warm-up week was to look at vintage scenic plates, be inspired and draw your own scenes. I discovered, that I especially liked the Japanese plates with landscape scenes. And I must admit, that… Read More
This week’s pattern I designed for a Spoonflower design challenge called “coral, mint, black and white”. And these are exactly the colours you are supposed to work with, and only these colours. Not the usual palette I am drawn to, but a very refreshing inspiration, I found. For my pattern I used one basic hand-drawn… Read More
February is such a hybrid of a month. There are still those winter days, when my feelings and paintings look like this: And then, there might be a day, like Friday last week, that feels like the first day of spring, with sunshine and blue skies all day long, a certain sweet and fresh smell… Read More
For this week’s pattern I just couldn’t help it – it is Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Hearts, hearts, hearts, on a postcard in a half drop pattern repeat. The hearts are simple doodles, one is based on this thing I found in our living room. Have a beautiful and lovely day!