still in progress

Yesterday I´ve began a new picture - the portrait of a good friend. So today I´ve used some egg tempera for the background ... again I´ve had so much, that three other ones became a new colour.
Normally I don´t post pictures still in progress, so that´s an exception. I don´t know, if I´ll show such a glimpse again. Maybe ... maybe when it´s ready.

Chinese invasion

Yesterday I was at the home of befriended artists, because next week we have a symposium there. My friend Andra was with me and we helped a little bit. Anette, one of the artists, has a lot of contacts to China. So they had guests - three chinese women, one was an artist, too. We had a nice talk, good food, and all in all it was such a nice day. I invited her to come to my home to have a look into my studio. So we decided to do it today.
Well ... today I had a chinese invasion ;-) They always know a lot of people, which came too. Some of them work at the embassy of China here in Berlin. We all had a funny afternoon together.
Later that day I talked with Anette. She told me I´ll probably have an exhibition in China next year ... and that the nice artist from China is really influential. Wow, I was kind of speechless.
So I´ll see what brings next year. But that would be so cool, because since my time in China last year it´s my wish to have an exhibition in there. Especially in Beijing.

But now I´m far to tired to think to much about it.

New Boudoir Queen

Manon G.
oil and egg tempera on canvas (linen)
100 x 50 cm

Eventually I´ve painted this new person. I´m not even sure, if it is a woman or a man - maybe a drag queen? Hmmmm. But it´s not really necessary to know the truth about her/him.

The colors in the original are more bright and of course the details are better to see. But that photo is only an impression, a glimpse over my shoulder.

At the moment I´m more in the garden than in front of my easel. It´s so sunny and hot, the roses burst into bloom, so I like to be outside.