Sometimes luck is a funny thing: Looking for spice jars I found a complete set of 10 antique Delft porcelains jars on a flea market for next to nothing. They look wonderful but now I’m much too afraid to use them. And where to put my spices? Daily Painting about chasing a lucky pig 2 Mai 2010, 7:52 Dem Glücksschwein nach, so sprachen, schien es, die Gezeiten, Aquarell, 8,7 x 28,5 cm
International Labour Day! I set up the flag, because I see myself as a good old-fashioned craftswoman, bent over the workbench and ruining my eyes in the candlelight – but at the same time enjoying New Media and Web 2.0, a bit schizo, isn’t it? Daily Painting about flags 1 Mai 2010, 7:33 Fähnlein im Wind, Aquarell, 17 x 12 cm
When I hear news about problems in the Eurozone and the imminent collapse of the global economy, I refuse to understand the dimensions they’re talking about. For me it’s hard enough to keep my bank account under control. Daily Painting about clutching straw 29 April 2010, 7:13 Wieder mal an der Zeit, sich an jeden Strohhalm zu klammern, Aquarell, 25 x 22 cm
What a fabulous weather! I went into the garden and let the warm wind dry the tears and the sun enlighten the darkness in my soul. The saddest time in year is finally gone now and I’m looking forward to May. Daily Painting about bathing season 28 April 2010, 8:09 Badesaison eröffnet – jetzt!, Bleistiftzeichnung auf Aquarell, 27 x 21 cm
Today was the second anniversary of the death of my beloved father. I still mourn his death. Everyday I have the feeling he is with me, so I think he can hear when I sing a lullaby for him. Daily Painting about the power of a lullaby 27 April 2010, 7:53 Von der fast übermenschlichen Kraft des Wiegenlieds, Filzstiftzeichnung, aquarelliert, 16,5 x 29 cm
Today I was invited for lunch and after drinks were ordered, the children started to order little drawings on the serviettes: a horse, a goat, my mother… I did it all, but now I have so many pictures in my mind that I better pack them into a Daily Painting and pass them on! 25 April 2010, 7:41 ohne Titel (Pferde und Menschen), Aquarell und Tusche auf Gips, 20,5 x 25 cm
Each day it’s a pleasure for me to see that there are people all over the world that I seem to touch a little bit. Sometimes it is as if you are looking right into my mind and my heart. So this Daily Painting is a big thank you and a bow to all who can see with their hearts 24 April 2010, 7:38 Für alle, die mit dem Herzen sehen, Aquarell und Graphitstift, 29,5 x 21 cm
This is the birthday of Martin Kätelhön, the art printer, and he wanted as present a walk in the woods with dogs. I could provide both. he nearly is a lifetime friend and I was happy to have him here today, because friendship is a rare wealth. Daily Painting about capital 23 April 2010, 8:08 Das Kapital Freundschaft, Aquarell und Kohle, 29,7 x 22 cm
It’s so annoying: my plants are rattling at the windows to get out in the warm sun after the long winter but we have hard frost during the nights. Isn’t it enough that I have to carry the tortoises in and out every day? Daily Painting about irrational plants 22 April 2010, 8:06 Lust auf Zimmerpflanzen, Aquarell, 21 x 16 cm
You know this: when you’re stepping out of the shadow, you have to be very, very careful. You never know on which high wire you’ll find yourself. When I finished this painting, I said to myself, it’s not only a Daily, it’s my Everydaily Painting. Daily Painting about shadows 20 April 2010, 7:50 Die aus dem Schatten treten, Aquarell und Bleistift, 30 x 21 cm