Let me tell you about my summer! đ I had the opportunity to go to the Black Forest at short notice and work from there. This allowed me to extend my portfolio / repertoire by a few places that I would paint now – because as you know, I only paint places that I have already experienced myself.Read More →
Have you ever wondered what an artist’s daily creative practise looks like? How they start their day? What helps them get into the ‘right’ frame of mind and/or over creative blocks? Then here is a glimpse into part of my morning routine.Read More →
A new destination in my portfolio! From now on Basel is on the list of places that I can/will paint for you. While working in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) for two weeks – Titisee and Freiburg – I had the opportunity to make a detour to Basel!Read More →
My sister Birgitta and I will open house to ‘Auszeiten und Erneuerungen’ (time-outs and renewals), celebrating – among other things – our road-trip around New Zealand and the enrichment it brought to our lives.Read More →
Inspired by our walk along the edge of the lava flow at the Tongariro National Park.Read More →
As promised, I’d like to show you the evolution of some of my North Island paintings, too, and I’m going to start with ‘Bay of Islands No. 1’.Read More →
In honour of the beginning of autumn, I’m sharing a set of pictures about/from Vienna which I last visited during the most glorious autumn you can imagine!Read More →
The Evolution of | Die Entstehung von ‘Summerâs Day in Glenorchy’ Today I’d like to show you the evolution of ‘Summer’s Day in Glenorchy’. Even more than ‘Fox Glacier‘, which I wrote about the last time, it combines a more traditional approach to pastel painting (which still fascinates me, because I have done that very rarely until New Zealand) and my ‘signature style’ of emphasising shapes and textures in a more expressionist manner.Read More →
The Evolution of | Die Entstehung von ‘Fox Glacier’ After I shared the making-of of ‘Sound of Silence No. 1’ I received some requests to post more of this kind of behind the scenes material about the other paintings as well. So today, I am going to show you the process of painting ‘Fox Glacier’.Read More →
It’s coming very soon đ Great news! The New Zealand Art Experience has been taking shape behind the scenes for a while now. You may have seen some work in progress in my Instagram account – and I have shown glimpses of my sketchbook and watercolour experiments, too. But now I am preparing to show the first series of ‘real’ paintings!Read More →
I love all my art, of course, but sometimes it really is a special joy to know the people who ‘adopt’ a painting. In the case of “London Eye” I was very happy that it found its new home with fellow London enthusiasts đRead More →
Let me share a set of photos from my day trip to Cologne by bicycle – Who knows how many sunny and warm Sundays are left in 2017?Read More →
In addition to all the wanderlust, and the desire to see the world, I have noticed a need to connect with my home and to explore the area around my âbase campâ. This is one of the places I rediscovered: the Japanese Garden in Leverkusen.Read More →
This is a painting that sort of embodies my personal story over the last six years, 2011-2017, (and for those of you who know me a little more closely, it’s no miracle that this painting is about London).Read More →
Would you like to have a real taste of the Middle Ages? Visit Zons! Halfway between Cologne and DĂŒsseldorf, the village has existed since the 7th century. Maybe even earlier. Archaeologists discovered Merovingian artifacts…Read More →
I managed to catch the Richter exhibition just in time, and I’d like to say a few sentences about the experience, but I’d also like to use the occasion to offer a few Cologne tips.Read More →
In eight months (it is April 2017 as I’m starting this post) I will be going on a journey that has been on my bucket list for a long time. My sister and I will travel to New Zealand for a month. The anticipation is thrilling! And in order to bridge those eight months, I will spend a lot of time planning. Because that’s – well, not half but – part of the fun! Calling for recommendations Will you help me pass the wait?Read More →
My family was somewhat nonplussed to get photos of pigs’ heads, orange staircases, embroidered fabric, squirrel on tombstone, strange architecture, packaged sculptures and King Henry’s instructions for using the garderobe, “since to retain urine is hurtful to health”.* Er, Katja??Read More →
