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Category Archives: Oldenburg

Jun52017

CoLabs, Year Two

It’s been over a year since our first CoLab anniversary in March last year and as I was riding my back home from Doris Reske‘s and my 23rd Colab painting session this morning, I thought it was time for an update. So we have added another 11 painting sessions! We had such a lovely May… Read More

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Aug142016Aug 14 2016

My Moods Movie

Last Sunday was the last day of my summer vacation and totally incidentally also the last day of my 100-day-project. Some say it takes 21 days to form a new habit, others say 28 or 66 days. So 100 days are plenty! I started on April 27 2016 and painted my 100 days all through… Read More

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Apr62016Apr 6 2016

Downtown – a new exhibition

This week my favourite art-partner-in-crime Doris Reske and me opened a new art show. It is called “Downtown” and that is also the exact whereabouts of the exhibition, right in the city centre of Oldenburg, in what I think, is the most beautiful café of the city Kaffee & Kleid. Its German name means “coffee… Read More

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Feb72016Feb 7 2016

From Tucson to Oldenburg

I love a good collaborative art session and I count myself very lucky that I have my art buddy Doris Reske living and working with me in Oldenburg and that we have our monthly  Co-Lab painting sessions together – like our fun last one, the first one of 2016. Last year I took part in… Read More

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Nov242015Nov 24 2015

Deep November

November is definitely a special month. Not only because my younger daughter’s birthday is at the end of it and a lot of November is spent talking about how many nights there are still left to sleep before her big day arrives. November itself is a mysterious month to me, a time for retreat, contemplation,… Read More

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Nov152015Nov 15 2015

A Suitcase full of Art

This weekend my art buddy Doris Reske and me packed a lot of our smaller work and some paintings into a suitcase and put up at a stand at a local arts & crafts fair called Koffermarket here in Oldenburg. It was Doris idea to give it a try, besides doing our classical exhibitions and… Read More

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Oct192015

A Photo Challenge

Another week, another challenge ;-). Because one challenge (this here) is just not enough, I also joined the #gatheringevidence Instagram photo challenge by American photographer Catherine Just, whose soulful photography I discovered recently. For 30 days she gives photo prompts, that keep you thinking, feeling, observing and taking photos with your iPhone – I joined… Read More

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Sep272015Sep 27 2015

Pattern 39/52

This week’s theme for sketching and my pattern-making totally naturally popped up – mushrooms! When I went for a little jog last Sunday I saw loads of them having appeared overnight. Mushrooms are so much associated with autumn/fall and are such a big part of my childhood memories that my mushroom gathering instinct was instantly… Read More

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Apr22015May 9 2015

Train Station Yarn Graffiti

Back home from a 6-day-European-city-family-holiday. Before we went, I discovered this yarn graffiti in front of Oldenburg train station: More about this super-relaxed, inspirational and only mildly mind-blowing getaway after I have unpacked.

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Mar32015Dec 12 2016

Sport and Art

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

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

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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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