What a day: first a Schirmer Workshop in the academy, high up on the tower watercolouring in the sun and then I come back to hear that I sold a picture on the Bristol Affordable Art Fair. Because it’s a painting with cats I celebrate it with a Daily Painting about cats not getting grey at night 16 May 2010, 7:44 pm Some don’t get grey at night, watercolour, 25 x 17 cm
Did I miss something? Already November? But why are the leaves still green? Oh, it’s so awful cold since a week I really start to worry about the harvest we can expect. But I hope, when we are asleep, at night, on the quiet, there comes a little bit of spring. Daily Painting about night spring 14 May 2010, 7:51 pm At night, when the spring comes, watercolour, 17 x 12 cm
This day was for cleaning! And when I finally had finished I looked out of the window and saw a grey, messy sky. So, clean house, dirty clouds? Thankfully it was already twilight hour so I could reward myself with a great glass of beer! Daily Painting about twilight. 11 May 2010, 7:48 pm Twilight hour, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm
Yesterday I was on an opening of a Schirmer exhibition and there was a interesting speech about the marketing methods of the artists in the Romantic. Strange, different centuries, but the problems are the same. And the solutions? Daily Painting about exhibitions 10 May 2010, 7:55 pm Exhibition opening, right in the middle, watercolour, 23,5 x 18,5 cm
Mother’s Day in Germany. The Flower shops are happy. Why do my thoughts go to Max Ernst’s „The Blessed Virgin Chastising the Infant Jesus“? Since I was a child it’s one of my favourites, because it casts such a special light on Mother-Child-relationship. Daily Painting about the Legacy of misunderstandings 9 May 2010, 6:44 pm Legacy of misunderstandings, coloured pencil on watercolour, 29,5 x 20,5 cm
Today I was visited by a journalist who wanted to write an article about the Schirmer project. Several artists responded to his work and the exhibition is opening soon. Funny they ask me, seems that I become a spotted dog here. Daily Painting about profile 7 May 2010, 7:59 pm The profile of the coloured dog, watercolour, 27 x 19 cm
Today I had a meeting with a publisher and we discussed the possibility of making a Daily Painting Book. But we didn’t know whether you will like the idea. So the publisher proposed to ask you. Now, would you like a Daily Painting book or not? Daily Painting about avid readers 6 May 2010, 7:46 pm Avid readers with clear intentions, watercolour on paper and chocolate, 29,5 x 21 cm
Today I had nothing to roll my macaronis and so I used the stick of a small brush. It worked, but after a while I had coloured pasta and all over my paintings were little crumbs of dough. Is there a better way to get one with your art? Daily Painting about mergence 5 May 2010, 7:46 pm It seems as I would get one with a painting, watercolour, 31,5 x 24 cm
Sometimes a lady’s gotta do what a lady’s gotta do! You know what I’m talking about: I went to the hairdresser! I felt a little bit excentric, so you all may guess what I look like: Beehive? Rasta? Or some green highlights? Daily Painting about hairstyles 4 May 2010, 7:54 pm Towering Hairdo, Aquarell, 24 x 18 cm
In these days I can’t stand watching the news. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is so horrible I don’t want to imagine what really happens there. I’m dreaming of an angel stopping this pollution. But it looks like we have much too much to do for him. Daily Painting about an angel’s overtime 3 May 2010, 7:41 pm The overtime of the surroundings’s angel, watercolour, 16,5 x 18 cm