Snow the whole day. Yesterday evening it was quiet and then I heard a little bird sing a protest song. Just for a moment but I joined in and said: Yes, enough winter, let’s have some springtime! But the next weeks will be cold though. Daily Painting about birds in the night 29 January 2010, 7:33 pm When the nightbirds are calling, ink on watercolour, 24 x 17 cm
Today I have to hold a speech about my grandparents Marta Hegemann and Anton Räderscheidt, well-known painters in Germany, and yours truly at the Bristol University. It’s an honour to present these great artists and their strong belief in the art. Daily Painting about footloose 15 January 2010, 7:41 pm Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Another surprise in this winter: it snowed again. Big hysteria on the TV but people here in the Eifel stay cool: They call it catastrophe, we call it winter. Nice, isn’t it? It is, as long as you don’t have to travel a long way. Then you better take skates with you! Daily Painting about skaters 9 January 2010, 7:43 pm Skaters, Ink and Watercolour, 29,7 x 21 cm
It were Children, that ravaged on the cemetery of my father. Today they came to apologize. They painted a little picture as excuse, how sensible. I feel a little better now, but still I’m shocked about this senseless barbarism. Am I the only one? Daily Painting about outsiders 5 January 2010, 8:15 pm The little outsider, ink, washed, 25 x 22 cm
When the next year is coming, it’s a little bit like letting the cat out of the sack. What will it be like for me? Will my animals be healthy? Or I? But one thing is sure for you! Next year will bring you a lot of new Daily Paintings! Hooray! Daily Painting about a cat without sack 30 December 2009, 8:03 pm Cat in sack, watercolour with ink and pencil, 24,9 x 22,6 cm
Usually, when the year ends, I love to hold everybody a little speech – encouraging, exhorting, but full of love and appreciation. This year I catch myself at holding this speech to myself – but I find I’m very strict with myself. Poor me! Daily Painting about fools like me and you 29 December 2009, 7:59 pm Rather than the Mid Summernight’s dream nothing than fools like me and you, Gouache on watercolour and ink, 25 x 22 cm
Today one of my guides, in my eyes the best drawer and sculptorer since Michelange died: Alfred Hrdlicka. I’m very sad, his power will live on in his work. Daily Painting about energy potential 6 December 2009, 8:17 pm Dozens of energy potential, ink and watercolour, 25 x 23 cm
This was another wild day. The house full of guests, christmas market, a little theater which was decorated by me, my old friend Dorothee Hahne playing alphorn on the market and now…? Daily Painting about wild dances and tired hares 5 December 2009, 8:26 pm Tired of your wild dances, the hare will jump, washed ink and charcoal, 25 x 22,8 cm
Today I learned that sometimes you have to stop giving and reserve a little bit of your power and love for yourself. Or suddenly you can’t go on giving away and I love to do it. For instance this Daily Painting about withstanding the strong wind. 1 December 2009, 8:00 pm Mainstay, where is your freeleg in the wind?, Ink, 32 x 24 cm
Sometimes I ask myself: was it really a good idea to go on the countryside? The City lights, the cultural offers, theatre, concerts … But then I look out of the window and smell the wood and I miss – nothing! Daily Painting about fox and hare 27 November 2009, 7:20 pm Fox and hare in the same bed, Ink and charcoal, washed, 30 x 21 cm