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This one is inspired by a lovely photo of the beautiful Loew sisters, @emmaloew and @hannaloeww.
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Back at the brushes again, I start the Easter 2026 season with a fictional portrait of Beatrix Potter and her famous character, Peter Rabbit. My version makes no claim to authenticity; it is a painting to celebrate the joy of Spring and Easter.
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“Tomorrow, children, there will be something…”
Well, Santa Claus isn't coming tomorrow, but in many regions of the world, St. Nicholas is coming hereafter on the 6th. December 🎅🎄⭐️🧸❤️ Reason enough for a further Christmas painting.🎅🎄⭐️🧸❤️
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The never-finished portrait…
Girl with Chicken
„Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.“
- Winston S. Churchill
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During late summer, I’ve had a great photo shoot with this lovely country girl. Now I’m starting to work on some portrait ideas from it. The first sketches come out fine, but the decision to create a portrait on gesso board was a mistake. I think my respect for the underground was too high, and the more I drew, the more I realized that I can’t do this in the way I wanted.
So I washed up the failed work and applied a new gesso ground…
Let's hope for a better start to the next version 😏
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Das nie vollendete Porträt…
„Erfolg ist, von Misserfolg zu Misserfolg zu stolpern, ohne die Begeisterung zu verlieren.“ – Winston S. Churchill
Im Spätsommer hatte ich ein tolles Fotoshooting mit diesem netten Mädchen vom Land. Jetzt fange ich an, daraus ein paar Porträtideen zu entwickeln. Die ersten Skizzen sind ganz gut geworden, aber die Entscheidung, ein Porträt auf Gesso-Platte zu malen, war ein Fehler. Ich glaube, ich hatte zu viel Respekt vor dem doch etwas teureren Untergrund, und je mehr ich zeichnete, desto mehr merkte ich, dass ich das nicht so umsetzen kann, wie ich es mir vorgestellt hatte.
Also habe ich die misslungene Arbeit abgewaschen und einen neuen Gesso-Grund aufgetragen… Hoffentlich klappt der nächste Versuch besser 😏
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Jane Austen's Scenarios
"You have bewitched me...
My journey with Jane Austen's scenarios goes on during this year of celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday. In quite possibly the most romantic scene of all time, Mr Darcy (Matthew Mcfadyen) confesses his love to Elizabeth Bennett (Kiera Knightley) while the sun rise up on a misty morning in the film "Pride and Prejudice".
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Die Gänseliesel - The Goose Girl
SIZE: 24 cm x 30 cm - 9,4 inch x 11,8 inch
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inspired by Patty Brito's lovely photo on unsplash
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This is the second one of a new series about the friendship between children and animals: Always an eye on the kids
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A further portrait painting on Yasutomo mineral paper, I like this tricky surface very much, which pushes me to paint more loose and spontaneous. The portrait too is inspired by a photo reference on ©MuseumbySKTCHY.
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The second painting for my small series (here you can see No.1 of the series), inspired by my own photographs taken at the wonderful and very inspiring HafenCity Hamburg. Reflections, maritime symbols, and signs everywhere, modern and very old buildings side by side. Artist's heaven pure! And there’s another story in Hamburg the “fusion” between the love of my life and I started exactly there. So it’s logical that we both are side by side in this painting too.
This one is my submission for #79 FUSION Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community.
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Through the Eyes of a Child -
First Christmas 1959 with my Teddy
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What better could be than a Christmas love!
inspired again by Jean Haines Online Art School
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One more painting for my series #women all over the world. Thanks to Annie Sprat on unsplash for the inspiring photo.
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Best Stories
My submission for #12 PAINTING WITH LOVE Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community
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Easter Bunnies
My submission for #30 HIGH KEY Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community
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By Your Side
My submission for #34 MOTHER Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community
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My submission for #36 ROCKSTAR Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community
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Painting on artist panel is a tricky thing. But I love the surprising results and the challenging surface.
This one is my submission for #55 SELF REFLECTION Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community.
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is my submission for Ali Cavanaugh's Patreon challenge #41 other side of you - Art Class of Ali Cavanaugh. Done on painting board primed with Qor Watercolor ground. The result is a very smooth surface, not so easy to handle but you can remove nearly any pigments from it. These challenges are amazing and help me coming out of my comfort zone and stretching my skills. I'm so very happy to be a part of this wonderful group.
I've lost after 17 wonderful years my beloved Xenia last Friday and I'm really heartbroken. Our furry friends are part of our family and it's not easy to let them go. But painting this double portrait helps
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