As I am nearing the end of my #100dayproject things are starting to shift. Up until now my project has been restricted by firm rules: one print a day, every print made by printing local flora on the pages of a given book. But now, with only 15 more days to go, stringency is faltering – as if…
visual nature writing
I am currently working on a series of small landscapes, using my local surroundings as “starting-off-point“ – but trying to move in the direction of more abstraction. Starting with collage of hand-painted papers (limited palette) Working across with more painterly marks. At the moment these small panels (30×30 cm) are all in the very beginning,…
One day at a time
It’s growing slowly – but still I’m actually halfway there …! I have finished the first fifty days of my 100 day project. These are a few of my prints from the last ten days: For day 41 to 50 I used Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle – dwarf periwinkle – creeping myrtle) as my object. Being evergreen it…
Broken English is My Mother Tongue
From The Sydney Review of Books
Two tiny paintings
… Mixed media on paper.
What if …
What if you slept? What if you sleptAnd what ifIn your sleepYou dreamedAnd what ifIn your dreamYou went to heavenAnd there plucked a strange and beautiful flowerAnd what ifWhen you awokeYou had that flower in your handAh, what then? SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Two tiny paintings
Working with a limited palette – testing what colours can become. Shapes & lines … … left to the whim – .
«One Hundred Poets»
The starting point of the German artist Jürgen Partenheimer’s series of work called «One Hundred Poets» is, as the title (almost) tell us … poetry. «One Hundred Poets» is inspired by the body of work of the same title by Katsushika Hokusai and refers to 100 poems selected by Jürgen Partenheimer from his 100 favorite…
