Happy house | Das glückbringende Haus

Happy house | Das glückbringende Haus

Yesterday I dropped off a painting which had been commissioned almost exactly a year ago. I know, shameful, isn’t it? Of course I have all kinds of reasons for why it took so long to get it done… but in the end none of them matter. I did finish the...
Second day | Zweiter Tag

Second day | Zweiter Tag

The first thing I will maintain to say about this day is that it was cold. Yes, it was. The cold was biting my hands as I was painting, I remember that distinctly and painfully. But it was the only day it wasn’t raining and on which, not owning the right kind of...
Holsten confluence

Holsten confluence

East Tennessee, where my relatives live, is truly beautiful. Whenever I am there I try to soak up as many impressions of the landscapes, buildings and skies as I can. This place which is the confluence of the north fork and the south fork of the Holsten Riverhere is...
Improvements | Verbesserungen

Improvements | Verbesserungen

I sometimes touch up older oil paintings of mine. This one of a little forest stream near where I live required some rectification because the reflections of the tree trunks in the water were offset substantially. Looked really off to me. I improved that,...
Cloud experiment | Wolkenexperiment

Cloud experiment | Wolkenexperiment

It has recently come to my attention that there are several ways to paint clouds and skies and that some of them help rendering that part of a landscape painting more interesting.* Intrigued by this and homebound due to wet weather I searched in my reference material...