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Jul202020Jul 20 2020

#the100dayproject 2020 Recap, Timelapse and the exciting things that come next!

My #FloralSketchbook2020 is full! Please click on the photo for the Recap video. Please click for the timelapse here:

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Feb92020Feb 9 2020

3 new things I learned in 2019

At the beginning of 2020 I took some moments to look back at last year and realised what a year it has been in terms of learning. Besides my usual hustle-and-bustle of designing prints and patterns, I made sure to try new things. And it wasn’t really that I had to make sure – the… Read More

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Sep192019

Albania Sketchbook

Hello from Tirana, the capital of the country the Albanians themselves call Shqipëria! We are starting our summer trip around the country in this laid-back and more-modern-than-one-would-think city and get a first taste of the feel, food, people – and scenery. This quick sketch is from our funicular ride up the Dajti Mountain with spectacular… Read More

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Aug132018Aug 13 2018

#the100dayproject 2018 Days 51-100

I really had fun with this year’s project! And I really made a page every day. I loved seeing nature further unfold in May and June for the second part of the project and tried a couple of new techniques. Hand painted watercolour was my go-to-technique, but I also tried tighter illustration styles and some… Read More

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May282018Sep 19 2019

#the100DayProject 2018 Days 1-50

It’s the third year in a row I am taking part in the worldwide #100dayproject. After last year’s digital explorations on the iPad I went back to paper and handmade. I chose a topic I wanted to further practice and that are an eternal classic – flowers. And I even though I love them and… Read More

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Jan312018Jun 14 2018

Fashion Collaboration with Isy B. Design / Cayman Islands

As you might have guessed from my artwork, there is nothing I like designing more then tropical prints. Let me tell you a little story from my designer’s life. One day in mid-November 2016 (like Nothern Germany grey rainy cold November, actually we had had the first snow that week) I came across an e-mail… Read More

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Dec42017Jun 14 2018

Print Collaboration with Happycloth

Happycloth is a recently launched Greek company producing top-quality handmade silk scarves. I coudn’t be more proud when I found out that they chose 12 designs out of 45,000 textile patterns, and two of them were mine, ‘Leopink’ and ‘Ditsy’. What makes them furthermore special is that the company decided to sell each scarf with… Read More

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Oct192017Dec 4 2017

#the100dayproject 2017 100/100!!!

After taking a summer pause due to travelling and summer holidays I loved coming back to my #the100dayproject and creating the last patterns. You can still see the tropical influence from my trip to Cuba and then the change of seasons from summer to early autumn (falling colourful leaves, spider webs, grey rainy days). I… Read More

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Aug72017Aug 7 2017

Summer in Cuba

It’s been already three weeks since we came back from our three weeks of travelling in Cuba. And now that everything is unpacked, the photos are downloaded, the stories have been told dozens of times and the whole travel experience has become categorized in my brain and body it is time to show some impressions… Read More

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Jun242017Dec 4 2017

#the100dayproject, days 37-81

That’s another 45 new patterns. all created on the iPad Pro: The muse does show up, every single day! That’s what one the things I have learned during this time. I have to be dedicated also and make the time and effort to sit down and start creating. And usually one idea (sometimes just a… Read More

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about me

Hello, thanks for stopping by. This is a space where I share my colourful adventures in pattern design, painting and travelling.

Recent Posts

  • Bye bye Blog
  • #the100dayproject 2020 Recap, Timelapse and the exciting things that come next!
  • 3 new things I learned in 2019
  • Albania Sketchbook
  • Marrakech Sketchbook
  • Licensed Designs for 24Bottles
  • Licensed Designs for Plum Practicewear
  • #the100dayproject 2018 Days 51-100
  • Licensed Tropical Design for The Planner Society
  • #the100DayProject 2018 Days 1-50
  • Featured Designer on Patternobserver in cooperation with SURTEX
  • Fashion Collaboration with Isy B. Design / Cayman Islands
  • Print Collaboration with Happycloth
  • Licensed Design for Shakti Shanti Yoga Wear
  • #the100dayproject 2017 100/100!!!
  • New Licensed Designs for FLEO
  • Summer in Cuba
  • #the100dayproject, days 37-81
  • CoLabs, Year Two
  • #the100dayproject, 27 Days later

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Cathrin Gressieker
I am still lingering in some Paris vibes from last I am still lingering in some Paris vibes from last weekend ♥️ Art, croissants, friends and family, sunshine, mais oui! 

photo credit: my 11-year-old daughter 📸 

#travelingartist #paris #jeneregretterien
The last pages in my main sketchbook. I have been The last pages in my main sketchbook.

I have been going through quite an abstract/spiritual phase for the last months and didn’t show that body of work here (but might in the future, I have something planned 😉).

An unsuccessful client commission brought me back to loose florals recently and I enjoyed all that was blooming in April and May - cherry blossoms, irises, poppies, peonies. 

And as it is - out with the old, in with new - I started a new sketchbook straight away.

#sketchbook #floralartist #looseflorals
Sunny days ahead ☀️🌸☀️ - what a treat t Sunny days ahead ☀️🌸☀️ - what a treat to see this floral pattern of mine come to life for @pranellauk, worn beautifully by @coastalcultureabersoch 

#textiledesign #summervibes #floralartist #artlicensing
Summer is just around the corner and it definitely Summer is just around the corner and it definitely shows in my recent @patternbank sales. I love that the prints show the broad range of materials I work with - watercolour, acrylics, paint markers, digital painting on the iPad, Photoshop and vector Illustrator prints.

Thank you to all my clients for supporting independent designers like me 🌸😊🌸

#textiledesign #artlicensing #floralartist #tropicalartist
May is just sooo beautiful right now 🌸🌸🌸 May is just sooo beautiful right now 🌸🌸🌸 the cherry blossoms on the tree have already gone, making room for more blooming beauty, but I tried and captured their essence with this new print of mine, now available exclusively with @patternbank.

#textiledesign #floralartist #artlicensing
Welcome to our CoLab exhibition that has just open Welcome to our CoLab exhibition that has just opened at @homeofyoga in Rastede/Germany.

@doris.reske and me are proudly presenting a collection of recent collaborative paintings.

As some of you might know, I am also a yoga and Groove dance teacher - so having my two passions come together in one venue is simply wonderful.

Music: Glitter Blast
Musician: Kevin MacLeod

#collaboration #contemporaryart #intuitivepainting
Three weeks ago I was dreaming loudly about the fi Three weeks ago I was dreaming loudly about the first poppies of the season here on Instagram. And last week I saw the first Spanish poppies blooming on the way back home from the supermarket, which then took me by surprise. But hey, it‘s May!

Back home I took out my paintbrush and put the artwork in repeat today - and now it’s uploaded and ready for licensing via my @patternbank account. To more poppies to come 💫

#floralartist #looseflorals #artlicensing
Which 8 paintings will make it into our upcoming C Which 8 paintings will make it into our upcoming CoLab exhibition at @homeofyoga in Rastede/Germany? You can catch a glimpse of 5 of them here 😉 all collaborations with @doris.reske

#artshow #comtemporaryart #intuitivepainting
The other day I posted her cute little daughter in The other day I posted her cute little daughter in a dress sewn by her with my @minervadotcom exclusive ‘Brushstroke Blooms’ print - and here is the gorgeous and talented mama herself @derivingmommyhood 🌴🌸💫

#textiledesign #floralartist #homesewing #artlicensing
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