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January 2020 - Che in Cuba
January 2020 - Che in Cuba - 'Che in Cuba', this is the motif I wanted to paint when my husband and I travelled to the Caribbean island in January 2019. During my first visit, 29 years earlier, Che's stylised image was present... »read more

December 2019 - Santa Claus
December 2019 - Santa Claus -   When the conversation comes to Christmas, I always enthuse: "Christmas in Berlin has a special ambience." I am not just thinking of the shopping street Ku´damm, short for Kurfürstendamm, where at... »read more

November 2019 - Ali
November 2019 - Ali - "Do you already know what you want to paint in Costa Rica?" my friend Monika asked me shortly before we left. – "Above all animals. Monkeys, toucans, hummingbirds, butterflies..." – "Now, you have set... »read more

Oktober 2019 - Zeesboot
October 2019 - The Zeesboot -   Time without end, good weather, alone and undisturbed. Isn't that a nice life? I am at the Baltic Sea and sitting in a Zeesboot, a type of sailing ship. It glides calmly over the water, the... »read more

September 2019 - The Captain's House
September 2019 - The Captain's House - There is a little 'get to know yourself' game that starts like this: "You see a path that leads to a house. Describe the path: is it long, is it short, is it straight or winding? And now... »read more

August 2019 - 'Boavista' live at Orlando
August 2019 - 'Boavista' live at Olando -   Summer time. Holiday time. The terrace of Orlando's small restaurant bursting full. The whole beach crowd had come to hear 'our' guitarists Daniel and Yannick play. Daniel is in his... »read more

Juli 2019 - The Lighthouse
July 2019 - The Lighthouse -   "Where is this lighthouse, anyway?" they keep asking me. Is it the Amrumer or the Sylter or this or that? Many buyers of my magnetic bookmarks, especially at the arts and crafts markets on the... »read more

June 2019 - The ' ufa-fabrik '
June 2019 - The 'ufa-fabrik' - I was sorting my Berlin pictures in the living room when my son Joel joined me. When he discovered the 'ufa-fabrik', he took the painting into his hand and sat down with me. He was obviously in a chatty... »read more

Mai 2019 - Karl Marx in Trier
Mai 2019 - Karl Marx in Trier -   Finally, the time had come: we had arranged the date and place for a meeting. And so, Eva from Odessa, Ute from Hamburg, Christiane from Normandy and me from Berlin travelled to Koblenz to... »read more

April 2019 - In the Forest of Nieder-Roden
April 2019 - In the Forest of Nieder-Roden - Girls' night out. Five of us sat around Gabi's living room table, in the middle was a pile of hidden cards for our little memory game. It was my turn to pick one. “Tell me about your... »read more