On the river | Am Fluss

On the river | Am Fluss

The other day I went to the small town Bleckede which is right on the Elbe river. I am going to teach a workshop there in August – more about that later – and needed to see what the lay of the land was. I realise this kinda sounds as if I was wondering if...
Step by step (oooh baby…)

Step by step (oooh baby…)

I very rarely manage to pause whilst painting in order to take progress shots. I simply forget! Thankfully, I have workshop participants who diligently take photos, and reviewing them allows me to really become aware of my process. Lately, I have really enjoyed...
At the Avon River | Am Avon

At the Avon River | Am Avon

Towards the end of my two years in Christchurch, New Zealand, I actually lived in the city proper, in Avonside. My flat was in a rather large wooden mansion which had been split up into several flats. The landing outside my first floor flat was huge, making me think...
My Friday afternoon class | Mein Freitagnachmittagskurs

My Friday afternoon class | Mein Freitagnachmittagskurs

I started teaching at a different community college on Friday afternoons. The class starts at 1:30 and finishes at 7:30 – a lot of time for uninterrupted teaching and learning, a lot of time for chatting and explaining this and that and a lot of time for...
Hamburg

Hamburg

At the beginning of this month I went to Hamburg for a day to sketch and collect reference material for the paintings I am working on right now. I strolled through the docklands and sketched a bunch of boat – or rather, as I see now, I WANTED to sketch all of...