Short video Artquerfeld on TeleBasel

 

http://telebasel.ch/waslauft/movieplayer.php?id=348-2

NO!!! It wasn't me!

Curator Anne-Katrin Lombeck is explaining my work.
Yes, I was in Basel this weekend, while the casino overthere was robbed, but I have an alibi!!!
I was in Basel for the exhibition 'ArtQuerfeld' and stayed in the hotel 'Dorint An der Messe', just around the corner of the world famous Messe of Basel, with a fake 'Mark Rothko' on the walls of the hotel room (shame!).
It was a pleasure to participate to ArtQuerfeld. It was a successful exhibition for me and not only the reactions were great, but I also met some wonderful and unforgettable Swiss people.
My special thanks go to Peter Schmallfuss and Daniela Pfister.
We also were lucky to be able to visit Basel with the sun in our faces and had a good time overthere.

Auction almost closes

Silence

Never without inspiration, but sometimes without energy because I don't always know how to divide it properly.
The advantage of taking a break is, that it gives me some air, other input and sometimes simply nothing at all.
Nothing at all isn't bad. It can be great.
Spring is in the air, so tomorrow I'm going to take advantage of the beautiful weather, before it starts raining again.
We'll see what input it will give. Nothing at all to me is good enough ;-)

Basel ahoy!

The exhibition in Basel - Switzerland, is in sight, and I'm busy making the last paintings for it. The theme is 'aqua'. This fits perfectly to my style of painting which is quite liquid, I think.

Perpetual happiness

A fragment of 'Perpetual happiness'

















This morning I entered my studio and my eyes hurt because of the white walls. Yesterday the owners of Galerie Tatiana Tournemine from Paris came to collect my paintings for their galleries in Paris and La Baule (France). I decided to leave the blank spaces, to encourage myself to continue in the painting-flow I'm in right now. I've got a lot of shows coming up this spring, and I want to present the best of the best.
My paintings are in stock in the gallery in Paris (for anyone who wants to see it) because there will start an exhibition of Fabio Calvetti tomorrow, which will last 3 weeks. Next there will be a collective exhibition including my work! They also have taken the newest one 'Resilience of the mind'. It was a pity to say goodbye to it so quickly... I didn't have the time to enjoy it myself for a long time. Fortunately I still have the pictures ;-)))
Today I finished a painting (Perpetual happiness) and started some new paintings (smaller than usual) to add to the selection of paintings I made for the exhibition in Basel (Switzerland) at the end of this month. I use a lot of layers, so it's going to take a while to finish them.

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Resilience of the mind

close-ups of 'Resilience of the mind', 140x110 cm

Last week the mother of a good friend of my daughter committed suicide.
Though I know that humans can handle a lot and the mind can be unimaginably resilient, this time somehow I can understand her decision. Her life was so unbelievably dramatic that, after losing her husband, she couldn't get herself together anymore. My thoughts are with her children and I hope that they'll find the resilience to get through the process of grief and create a good life. What they've been through, is unbearable. I wish them lots of resilience, and a life filled with love and golden moments.

You can say I'm a little busy.

There's a lot coming up.

Actually I'm working on paintings for the art event in Basel (Switzerland) at the end of this month with the theme 'AQUA'.
Also Macro Mode Part 2 is almost ready. Today I got a call from Galerie Tatiana Tournemine in Paris that they will come to collect my paintings next Tuesday. Fortunately I'm on a huge flow and just want to paint, paint, paint and I'm very glad with the results.
So, just a short note right now on this blog... I'm going to rest right now to be able to finish my latest painting tomorrow!