Monochromatic lake

Monochromatic lake

The sacred „flow“ will not be halted because you allowed your intelligence to play a part in the process. Think and experiment all you want. Tom Hoffmann It is Wednesday evening and I’m doing another TH exercise. Last night I did this monochromatic...
Holiday weekend

Holiday weekend

In Germany, the past weekend was one of the prime holiday weekends of the year. We spent it with friends and had the best weekend ever! We heard a lovely sermon on Sunday. A gilded angel hovered nearby.Then we went to the newly refurbished Kunsthalle in Hamburg. On...
Gouache day

Gouache day

Dear friends, this Sunday was lazy and educational at the same time: First, I lazily sat at my desk watching James Gurney’s wonderful 70 minutes-film ‚Gouache in the Wild‘, then I painted with gouache. Not in the wild, however, because this April...
Sunset in a Northern town

Sunset in a Northern town

This blog post is a bit of a walk down memory lane for me. Last year I went on a painting journey to a little town on the coast. I was sick for part of the week (this seems to be a pattern for me – go away to paint and be sick straight away) and for several...