Place of oblivion

The place of oblivion
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
46 x 46 cm
2011

A place somewhere deep underwater, a water nymph sitting there with a dreamy look on her face. In front of her an eye-clock. A place no one knows about, because we´ve all forgotten about it. A place of myths and fairy tales that have no room in our world anymore – some people, of course, know this place, but their talk about it only in their dreams. It´s oblivious to people who don´t believe in the old things that were important centuries ago.
Is that clock working? I´m not sure of it, the pendulum seems stuck in the corner of the clock. It´s a place without time, without traces and it holds all the wisdom of the world. You only know about this place somewhere in the dark, if you believe in the magic of the world. Maybe the water nymph awakes and decides to talk to you – if she´ll like you. Try to find it, it´s worth the effort.

fleeting visit

Die Observatin II
The Observation II
egg tempera and oil on stretched canvas (linen)
14 x 12 cm
2011

That little one is a variation to my other observation picture I painted in 2007. It has only a short intermezzo in my studio, because even finished it goes away. It´s fidgety and fond of traveling, it seems.
I changed the theme a little bit, so it doesn´t perforate a playing card, but all in all it´s more fiery. Which is the nicer one of the two picture is still in the eye of the beholder.

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The next picture I finished today:


Der Abyssus
The Abyss
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
30 x 30 cm
2011

Last year I took a photo of an iris and it reminded me so much of a mouth, that an idea formed in my mind. You never know, what´s behind such a big mouth. It inspired this picture - my own kind of flower picture. Normally I don´t paint flowers and landscapes - don´t know, I can´t seem to get warm with this part of painting, but in this form it´s OK for me.

Imago

Imago
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
80 x 90 cm
2011

I had this picture a long time in my mind, but there was an aspect in it, I changed a lot of times. It was difficult to find the right form of it. One morning I knew how to do it, but even then it needed some more months to actually paint it. In between the layers it looked terrible, I hated the colours. Much more intense it was. Fortunately I knew that with some more layers it would be alright. Phhh. Now it´s ready and done and I like it. Especially in the evening and at night it´s very telling. I don´t know why, maybe it likes the darkness ...

All-gegenwärtig
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
18 x 12 cm
2011

Allgegenwärtig means ubiquitous, omnipresent. But "All" is even the german word for space, cosmos, universe and I did a wordplay again. I was inspired by the hourglass nebula (as I love all variants of galaxies, nebulas and so on), it looked like some kind of eye in the middle of it and my imagination was animated. So I had to use the eye of Horus again. I love that symbol and I can´t get enough of it, it seems. That is my variation of an fascinating phenomenon.

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And now something else. My beautiful friend Drachenfrau makes phantastic earrings and so on. See my last post about her Valentine´s giveaway.
That one makes me wacky. The colour is ... fantastic:



That´s my idea about submarine colour, the ocean and, and, and. Not blue, exactly THAT colour. I´m excited.
If you want to see more of her jewellery look here:

Drachenfrau at etsy

:-)

Drachenfrau´s Valentine´s giveaway

Drachenfrau makes precious earrings and I adore her work. This giveaway looks all fragile and like made of gemstones, who spend most of their time under the earth to come now into light to bring fortune and beauty.

Have a look at it here: Drachenfrau´s Valentine´s giveaway

It´s worth to try one´s luck ;-)

Long time no see

Die offensichtlichen Dinge des Lebens
(The obvious things of life)
30 x 30 cm
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
2011

In february my beloved dog died at age 13. I was so sad about it and couldn´t bring myself to much creativity. A long time I wasn´t sure to have a new dog, but in september a puppy came into my life. I couldn´t paint at this time, because he made so much nonsens ;-)
But now I´m back. It´s a small picture and it was nice to paint again. It´s another dream related theme. All nice pink. I don´t like pink that much, but ... uh ... it´s OK in this picture *ggg*

Das Ende der Zeit
(The end of the time)
oil on stretched canvas
80 x 120 cm
2010

That one took a long time. I had some other things to do, so unfortunately this picture had to wait.
The picture plays with the elements, sometimes it´s openly to see, sometimes it´s quite symbolic. And under all these things, who act like a layer and show a first interpretation, lies another layer of meaning. Like always.