New Project

I've been doodling a little with my fabric design. This is not an overall pattern yet. It was inspired by one of the Indonesian batiks that Wanda showed on her blog. I did not quite hit the style -- I painted this one merely from vision. It turned out more like Bavarian folk art. And it is not yet a pattern that would look good on larger spaces. I have to work on it. I know how to create a seamless pattern repeat, but haven't handpainted any yet. I did it on some other designs, but these were created on the computer. I guess I'll try a few more and have them printed (expensive, if you ask me!).

Urbi et Orbi

Perspective, photo realism, true-to-life portrait -- this is what I did in the years of study, and I threw it all overboard. I came back to the principles of medieval painting.

There is a turmoil in the religious world that I feel sorry for, but not for the fact that purification is happening. A purification which has been overdue. I see it from a distant point of view. The traditional ways of handling "inner" problems don't work anymore.

As I am no longer part of the christian world, I watch with mild woe how people have to find a new base to ground their faith and confidence on. The more the center of this medieval world tries to keep things as they are, the more fragile the system. --

Whatever you celebrate today, I wish you very happy holidays. May the essence of the celebrations radiate over the beings and give them happiness and hope.

Miniature, gouache, 18cm/7.1"

p.s. Blogger seemed to be out of service for a few hours, did you have trouble blogging, too?
Due to these problems I lost Art Sparker's comment, but found it in Google where it was lingering, and reconstructed it.

Cursed Beer

In German, the name of the beer is completely harmless.
Yet the brewery had problems to trade their beer under the chosen name... more