Back to the roots | Zurück zu den Anfängen

Back to the roots | Zurück zu den Anfängen

This month I visited my parents (read: the biological babysitters to my wee one) and thus had plenty of opportunity for plein air painting, plus I taught a plein air workshop which needed to be prepared, and so I was out even more painting what I could. Which turned...
A good month | Ein guter Monat

A good month | Ein guter Monat

April has been a great month for me: not only did I win an Award of Excellence (and a bit of cash) at the first ever art competition I took part in, I also – and very unexpectedly, I should add – sold a few paintings, both in the US and at a local...
Sketchwalk in Lüneburg

Sketchwalk in Lüneburg

The other day, I enthusiastically wrote about sketchwalking as a new method to discover subjects to paint. In my day to day life, I usually only have limited amounts of time to paint, and often not even enough for a spot of urban sketching. But even 50 minutes will be...
New method | neue Methode: The Sketchwalk

New method | neue Methode: The Sketchwalk

Recently, I made a wonderful discovery which has changed revolutionised the way I go about finding subjects to paint, and today I want to tell you all about it. I went on, or rather I happened upon, a sketchwalk as I (inspired by Teoh Yi Chie aka Parka) call it. I was...
February 2019

February 2019

February is coming to an end and I haven’t posted many paintings. Like I said recently, I needed to unwind a bit after my crash in January and I did. The good news is though that I have a good new rhythm and that I am excited about the recent little plein-air...