It is mostly my sketchbook I go to for drawing and painting these September days. And the total vegan foodie that I am, I love drawing all the good things that are in season right now. And then eating them. This is quite a challenge for me, especially with figs, that are one of my… Read More
I must admit, I was quite resistant to turn Clara’s calendar yesterday morning, as it meant the official ending of my favourite season of the year. And summer gave us a nearly tropical day and evening on August 31 as a farewell gift, so waking up to rain and dropped temperatures on September 1 felt… Read More
“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James It was exactly that – a perfect Sunday late-summery afternoon, spent in my garden with Doris Reske doing our Colab 6. We further worked on our monoprinted backgrounds from Colab V, adding line-work,… Read More
Doris and me painted again last weekend – and this time we went from big size canvases to small cardboard pieces. And I felt like bringing my gelliplate into the game. So we spent a couple of lovely Sunday hours monoprinting while it was raining outside, once in a while one of my daughters joined… Read More
It is still really chilly outside for this time of year here in Northern Germany. So this week I would like to bring on the sunshine and summer here on my blog. My painting practice is also all about the feeling of summer and I finished this painting recently: And yes, there is not even… Read More
Doris Reske and me have just had some productive painterly weeks – we have our new exhibition at Gross & Gross in Oldenburg, where we show mostly our individual artwork and only one Co-Lab painting. But for upcoming art shows we would like to have more large Co-Lab canvases to exhibit. So we had two… Read More
It is my birthday today. And though it was on a regular working Monday, I just liked it that way. Waking up to table of presents, a cake and flowers, taking a cold shower, teaching yoga classes in the morning and in the evening, a little bit of painting, drawing and designing, my lovely family,… Read More
Here are a few glimpses of our new exhibition: Hanging, deciding, hanging. The artists and some of their work. What about a new haircut and looking at some colourful paintings? Hair & Art.
My yoga and painting buddy Doris and me – we are having another exhibition coming up in May. Our first LoveLights show is still hanging beautifully and for our new show at a fancy hairdresser’s we also want to some of our collaborative paintings. We had another painting session last weekend. It was a warm… Read More
I have already painted on a round canvas board this year and now I grabbed an oval one. the finished painting is called: “cosmic telephone: call me” The painting is influenced by a lesson in Alena Hennessy’s A Year of Painting 2, encouraging the use of black & white for classy elegance – but… Read More