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January 2022 - My Watercolour Box
January 2022 - My Watercolour Box - I love every new beginning and especially the moment when, traditionally at the start of the year, I open my watercolour box, newly stocked with 48 colours, and the colours shine out at me,... »read more

December 2021 - Day of Clouds
December 2021 -  Day of Clouds  - When I think in December about which motif of the calendar year that has almost passed probably means the most to me, I often focus very quickly on a single image. Usually it is the circumstances... »read more

November 2021 - Fado de Coimbra
November 2021 -  Fado de Coimbra - Sometimes I am asked why I always paint what is real and why I always paint with watercolours. The answer is quite simple: I like the challenge that each motif poses to me. Especially when I let... »read more

October 2021 - Finishing up with Nena and the Tide
Oktober 2021 - Finishing up with Nena and the Tide - The story of the painting with Nena actually began many years ago, when we both heldlanguage courses in German and Portuguese one summer and our teamwork developed intoa... »read more

September 2021 - Favourite moments
September 2021 - Favourite moments - There have been many favourite moments in my life. One of them is the first step out of the front door into the day and into life. "Here I am," I think, consciously breathing in the fresh... »read more

August 2021 - Meeting at the Market
August 2021 -  Meeting at the Market  - My motifs from all over the world get me into conversation with the customers at my market stall. "Do you know what I love most about the markets in Portugal?" an extremely nice man told me... »read more

July 2021 - Cable Car
July 2021 -  Cable Car  -   The cable cars in San Francisco are a relic from another era. They rumble on thin rails over undulating terrain down to the sea and back up to the terminus. Up there in the tight curve,... »read more

June 2021 - Sweet Temptation
June 2021 -  Sweet Temptation -   Was there a thunderstorm in the air? During a visit to where I grew up, a sweltering heat forced people back into their darkened homes. My mother's spirits were also in rest mode. Not so... »read more

May 2021 - Rana Bonita
May 2021 -  Rana Bonita  - The cloud rainforest of Monteverde in Costa Rica is a truly wondrous place. "It's always humid and foggy there," my husband Klaus told me, recalling a previous trip. But climate change isn’t sparing the... »read more

April 2021 - The Dream of Flying
April 2021 -  The Dream of Flying -   Almost everyone I know has flown in a dream. I myself fondly remember a dream sequence when I was sitting in a blossoming apple tree in a meadow and took off as if it were a matter of... »read more