A surprising call from Switzerland: a big astrology website wants to use some of my Daily Paintings to illustrate their horoscopes. What a pleasure to see them traveling and spread over the world. Art breaks through frontiers. Daily Painting about border crossers 14 September 2010, 7:52 pm Border crossers, watercolour, 24 x 17 cm
Emergency call from a friend: a varnisher gave a puppy as a present to his mother. She is 75 years old and went crazy about the little dog, now she is in hospital. Would I take the puppy for a few days? I would. Daily Painting about dogs 10 August 2010, 7:43 pm Attention, look out! watercolour, 22 x 15,7 cm
A day full of work. Lots of painting, lots of drawing and much of this and that. New projects and new ideas. But now my head feels hollow and sucked. And very, very dumb. It’s a pity that my cleverness only appears spasmodic. Daily Painting about ideas 18 May 2010, 7:44 pm The dear burden of the many ideas, watercolour, 24 x 18 cm
It’s unfair! It’s spring and everywhere I see beauty developing. And when I look in the mirror I see the same old face I already know for years. So I decided to have a wellness day today and went to my cosmetician. Daily Painting about beauty in contest 29 March 2010, 6:54 pm Match in the mirror of Sister Nature, watercolour, 20 x 16 cm
In these minutes I’m in Gross-Gerau (near Frankfurt) to hold a speech at the exhibition opening of one of my academy pupils. I hope you don’t forget me when I’m not here at the ususal time, you know, out of pictures, out of mind. And that’s what the Daily Painting is about 25 March 2010, 7:16 pm Out of pictures, out of mind, watercolour, 25 x 22 cm
Today is birthday party of the Daily Paintings. And they all came to celebrate you, the visitors and followers who made this project to a fantastic living sculpture! Cheers to all who had the same fun as me and supported me so kindly! 12 March 2010, 7:48 pm 2009 – 2010, watercolour, 30 x 21 cm
Since days I stare at the news from Cologne: they pull down the Schauspielhaus without any chance to build a new one (like the Kunsthalle) and then the U-Bahn – OMG! It’s like a local version of the financial crisis, the greed has no limit. Daily Painting about a town that dumps itself 18 February 2010, 7:15 pm Viva Colonia – a city gulps itself, watercolour, 16,5 x 21,5 cm
I’m shocked, Obama wants new nuclear plants. Funny guy: recently he got the Nobel Peace Prize and elucidated the importance of war.What’s next? Conclusion is: No expectations in american presidents! Daily Painting about the American Scream 17 February 2010, 7:20 pm Amerika gets the rash, watercolour, 16,5 x 21,5 cm
Carnival all over the world: Cologne, Venice and Rio. And you too should be happy wherever you are. Life is too short to stay on the dark side of the gloom. Take a funny hat and join the fun. Daily Painting on three-cornered hats 15 February 2010, 6:28 pm My hat, it got 3 corners (Rote Funken), watercolour, 17 x 12 cm
Weekend! All the happy people from the town come to enjoy the last rest of the melting snow in the Eifel. But we would be happy to get rid of it. Even the owls are sitting in the trees and complain about the slender fare. Daily Painting about the joy of snow 7 February 2010, 7:16 pm A glimpse on my house of today, watercolour drawing, 25 x 22 cm