Baumstraße 16 (III)

Baumstraße 16 (III)

I have sketched this building before, back in September (and then again, recently). Many decades ago someone’s grandmother lived here, and this someone found my earlier sketch as she was searching online for clues about her forebears. We emailed and she told me...
Sunset | Sonnenuntergang

Sunset | Sonnenuntergang

This is an attempt at a sunset. The sky had only just cleared for the first time that day and I thought ’now or never‘ and set out. Time was of the essence, and the only spot that I could reach quickly that evening was right next to a busy country road....
Columbus

Columbus

This guy guards the entrance to the merchant quarter in Hamburg. He is Christopher Columbus, explorer extraordinaire, man of parts, coloniser and so on and so forth. To his left stands Vasco de Gama who I haven’t managed to sketch yet. If it wasn’t for...
A trend forms | Ein Trend zeichnet sich ab

A trend forms | Ein Trend zeichnet sich ab

I’ve been sketching people on and near trains for a while now and I will keep doing it for yet another while as part of a project. My impression right now, expressed passionately, is: Damn those smart phones! I get the same postures every time. Ich habe jetzt...
Hamburg skyline

Hamburg skyline

Every time I see the roofline of the warehouses in Hamburg’s ‚docklands‘ I get this special feeling. They are incredibly ornate for warehouse roofs! But then again, these warehouses weren’t and aren’t owned by just anybody. The HHLA who...