von Antje | 27. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
This week, I happend to travel deep into the Berlin hinterland. I was shown (by a very friendly research participant – this was a work trip) to this little wooden chapel. It is tiny, measuring barely 10 x 15 m or so. In the past it had been used for worship and...
von Antje | 26. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
Last night at church: two soloists and a small orchestra were rehearsing for the big Bach cantata which will be presented on Sunday. The choir singers came a bit later. It just so happened that I had to show the church to two artist friends. I lingered after they had...
von Antje | 23. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Reflektion
Many years ago, in my first research post actually, I conducted a survey in psychiatric clinics. Only a few clinics were sampled, and one of them was situated in the hill country of Thuringia way in the South. I had driven for hours, administered the survey and was on...
von Antje | 22. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Zu verkaufen/Available
I participated in a design workshop last evening where I learned, among other things, how I can add interest to my paintings. Looking at this morning’s plein air effort of bleak pastures, I feel that I took the suggestion to make one strong colour pop locally so...
von Antje | 21. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
What’s the use of daily painting? I started painting whenever I could about two years ago. Because my goal was to paint a lot in order to get better quickly I didn’t mind producing tosh in between. I was actively trying to learn from those attempts that...
von Antje | 20. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
Im Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg I finished improving the line work on one of the two big sketches I did in the Museum of Labour in Hamburg yesterday. The coffee display wasn’t really recognisable as that before, so I felt the nib dipped in some ink (and some ink...
