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Tongariro No. 1
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Tower and the City
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Vienna Near Karlskirche / St Charles‘ Church
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New Zealand Diary: Lake Manapouri via Garston
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New Zealand Diary: Cardrona Valley and Queenstown
New Zealand Diary: Haast Pass to Wanaka
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Three days full of colour and light... Here are a

Three days full of colour and light... Here are a few impressions of the "museum part" of my short trip to Baden-Baden.

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🎨↔🌿 This is the month when I constantly ha

🎨↔🌿 This is the month when I constantly have to choose between garden and art.....

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There are countries where doctors prescribe people

There are countries where doctors prescribe people a bath in the forest, and today I was able to experience once again that this works.
I set off this morning on my pedelec and went for a short bike ride (about 30-35 km) -> see my Stories for more photos from the ride. I didn't have any specific plans, I just wanted to ride through some forest....
On the way I found a clearing that invited me to sit down and paint. I made a few sketches of the light and colour impressions, enjoying the peace and the birdsong.
The whole last week I didn't feel as fit as after this bike ride. I didn't have a single heat wave while in the forest and I felt really refreshed!
Looking at art or making art is also good for your health, so I had two doses of 'medicine' today.
With this in mind, it is doubly distressing to cycle through sections where vast numbers of trees are withering or even dead.
I had a lot of things going through my head about the forest on the tour, and I collected a few ideas for future art - and maybe even a book or a programme.
We Germans are known for having the love of the forest written and painted into our souls - and I am no exception... Do you love the forest, too?

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I still find it difficult to paint / sketch while

I still find it difficult to paint / sketch while travelling, even after many years. Since I always take on a far too full programme, it's hard anyway, but when I'm in company, it's almost impossible, because I can't expect the others to keep waiting for me - I mean, I know that exists: people who are travelling and whose companions photograph and film everything at every turn and always follow them around, but I can't (and don't want to) expect that from my friends and family when we are travelling together...
Dear fellow artists, how do you combine travelling with others and painting? Do you separate the two?
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Anyway, the result of my Vienna trip is that I only managed two sketches, and one of them is a disaster... 🙈
Instead, I brought home sheets of paper to colour in and wax crayons from the Klimt Immersive Experience. Oh, and origami paper 😉.

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We artists do not work in a vacuum. And I find tha

We artists do not work in a vacuum. And I find that reassuring. I feel comforted thinking about those who came before us, those with whom I am sharing this world right now, and those who will come after us. I find it important to know where my roots are, but just as important to know in which directions my many contemporaries are moving. I look at how other painters have used certain techniques, and I am interested in the themes that other artists are dealing with. There are a thousand things I look at when I go through an exhibition, and it always takes me quite a while to process all the impressions.
I also always find it super interesting to see how other viewers react to an exhibition or individual works. It's so fascinating to see what people react to, what things evoke emotions - sometimes to the surprise of the people themselves.

When you visit a museum or an exhibition, what fascinates you the most? What do you look at?

My week in Vienna was packed with impressions. I did so much that I actually need a holiday from my holiday... At some point I didn't keep up with the Stories, so I have to catch up on some more.
As for art, my head is full of Gustav Klimt, church frescoes, Vermeer's The Art of Painting, Jan Brueghel, ancient sculptures, modern street art and Ai Weiwei's Search of Humanity.

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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
― Audre Lorde

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Happy Valentine's Day! 😘 ❤ ❤ ❤ [found thi

Happy Valentine's Day! 😘
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[found this heart in Zons in 2017...]

Christchurch broke my heart. So it's no wonder I'm

Christchurch broke my heart.
So it's no wonder I'm struggling to paint a memento for this city.
How do you paint a place whose main 'features' are a destroyed cathedral and a memorial to the earthquake victims.
On top of that, it was also raining all the time during the two days we were there, so we hardly saw any people on the streets.
We spent most of our time in museums.
In the end, I can only offer you a watercolor sketch of the World Peace Bell in Christchurch's Botanical Gardens. I've inscribed words we found on the locations of the city's memorials: "Let These Stones Speak of a Love That Endures Forever." - "Care For the People."

Day 28 of my New Zealand diary. Also check out my Stories to see some photos (here in the feed I focus on the art that goes with this particular day).
On my website you can find more detailed blogposts where I share more photos, my thoughts and feelings, excerpts from my travel journal and sketchbooks, and our itinerary. You'll find the links in my Stories, and the link to the 'table of contents' in my bio - and you can get the free PDF of my art book "New Zealand Memories". Look at the top bar of the page!

Here ends my New Zealand diary. Because there was so much going on during the holidays, and I have to focus on crocheting baby blankets right now, there are still a few blog posts pending that I have to add - But that's just life 🙂
Thank you for joining me on this journey!
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Another experiment with oil pastels instead of cha

Another experiment with oil pastels instead of chalk pastels.

I didn't have any paintings from the end of our trip yet - partly because it's been almost all rain and I had a hard time picking the right subjects.

So today I tried my hand at a sketch of Akaroa. What do you think?
I should still draw in the boats that were anchored in the bay.

Day 27 of my New Zealand diary. Also check out my Stories to see some photos (here in the feed I focus on the art that goes with this particular day).
On my website you can find more detailed blogposts where I share more photos, my thoughts and feelings, excerpts from my travel journal and sketchbooks, and our itinerary. You'll find the links in my Stories, and the link to the 'table of contents' in my bio - and you can get the free PDF of my art book "New Zealand Memories". Look at the top bar of the page!
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Watercolour 'action painting' at Lake Tekapo 😊

Watercolour 'action painting' at Lake Tekapo 😊

I loved the colours of the plants I found there, and the way they stood out against that strange shade of turquoise/aqua of the lake.

Since then I found out the name of the blue-violet flower that grows there: 'Echium vulgare'. I sowed them in the flower meadow in my front yard. So far there are only a few specimens.
Have you also brought back plants from your travels or planted them in your garden because they remind you of a trip?

Day 26 of my New Zealand diary. Also check out my Stories to see some photos (here in the feed I focus on the art that goes with this particular day).
On my website you can find more detailed blogposts where I share more photos, my thoughts and feelings, excerpts from my travel journal and sketchbooks, and our itinerary. You'll find the links in my Stories, and the link to the 'table of contents' in my bio - and you can get the free PDF of my art book "New Zealand Memories". Look at the top bar of the page!
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