24
May
2011
A.I.R. Hotel Pubik…
now this is looking into the studio… slowly recovering from being overwhelmed & just painting…
this is my view from the studio & I can hear the cow bell & the birds & the bees – sunshine & all
well, with all that beauty – it is hard to start painting & not just sitting there & enjoying – which is part of the job – taking in … still breathing in … and…? o.k. now let’s get to work & in a few days time let’s see again – maybe I have nothing to say… funny that there is always the slight panic of the artist hiding out in nature – as nature is so perfect, what could I possibly …
so, I’m breathing out … looking into the studio!
5
Jan
2011
studio views
before I leave this studio – in the 3.district – with wonderful music all around…
- on the way to the next….
& new perspective of things….
8
Dec
2010
more thoughts…
A painter should not paint what he sees but what should be seen.
Valery
&
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Oscar Wilde
sometimes words describe very well what painting is about – strange though, that is easier to understand painting through the ears, than through the eyes!
4
Nov
2010
TV3 – as screensaver in university…
stills from the video – that is invading the screens in the library at university in Vienna
another version of the performance ZENTRIFUGE – in this film we managed to put space & gravity in question.
I hear the students like to follow it & try to figure out how it works …
7
Jul
2010
16
Jun
2010
she gave an answer…
this is what she said
if you cant read it :
A BUNCH OF HOOLIGANS VS ONE BRAVE MAID ???
MY COLOURS VS YOUR PURE HATE !!!
so i think my guess was right – my son say’s maybe they where upset because she over-sprayed some of their stuff – well – it’s just bad – i was so happy to see a girl out there …
26
Apr
2010
EXAMPLE
here you can see me rehearsing & figuring out in my studio – & the you see where I take it next
there is still way to go…
you are welcome to propose – if you have an idea!
21
Mar
2010
how to live up to this… ?
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon
like this painting I’m working on – I want him to look at me & hold on to a glass – really holding on – but I ‘m just staggering around with my brush & he is simply looking flat
I think he is getting there now – …
I got stuck with the book about the painters aids – by hockney – how all painters used technical aid as soon as it was invented like: camera obscura & mirrors & fotos & so on – hockney shows the traces that the technical devices leave in the work of the artist – & I fell for one detail – in many paintings the subject turns out left handed – mirrored probably – so I went to propose a change – & while I was there – feeling quite bold indeed (I don’t feel like competing with caravaggio really) – I also made up some changes in the perspective – cheers!
here is the caravaggio that lead the way
2
Mar
2010
I was just touched by this…
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
Charlie Chaplin
I heard a quote – a piano player – she said she is not happy with her reputation as “perfekt” – she relates more to something charlie chaplin said: life is so short, we never get the chance to be anything but amateurs… – I wanted to find this quote – sure – internet… so I found many more…
this one is what I am trying to live up to – - - this is what I wish my art to become…
6
Feb
2010
My soul takes quite a while to catch up with me…
we are back in vienna, the cold catched up with us – little one loves the snow & we parents try to survive… so it took me 2 weeks to look through the photos from our trip to cape town – & now that I did I realize I’m still not quite landed here…
returning the car we rented, then 30 hours of train ride out of rainy jo’burg
through endless countryside & finally quite empty not even animals…
then 3 days: bright & brilliant cape town, great viewpoints & amazing colours in th muslim quarters!
- but freezing cold sea – so we went to visit the penguins
& then back to jo’burg by bus – to catch the plane… we loved it!
