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Goodbye, my love
On April the 3rd, my beloved husband passed away. Time stands still and life has lost its colors for a moment…. although I know and hope that they will be back soon, just as he would have wished for...
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Getting personal
Yes, I am back. And no, I cannot pretend that nothing happened. What has happened has blown my whole life apart, so this post is going to get pretty personal. If this annoys you, please hold on for a...
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Postcard from Oman
As I promised earlier, I am going to share some travel impressions from various journeys I had the chance to experience since last Christmas. Let me start with the Sultanate of Oman, were we stayed for...
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Postcard from Dubai
After the fairy-tale like atmosphere in Oman, arriving in buzzing Dubai was quite a shock. Especially for me – I had been to Dubai for my work a couple of times in the late 80ies, but never since. I...
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Postcard from Marseille
The beautiful town of Marseille was the last journey on which we went with my husband, so it took a bit of courage for me to look through all the photographs before posting some here. However, this...
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Out of the blue
When looking at Marseille’s old harbor from our high perched balcony, I noticed for the first time that all the shadows on the street indeed appeared blue. What I had taken as a “figure de style” from...
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Postcard from Paris
A week after our return from Marseille, I spent a couple of days in Paris for a work assignment that left me a little time for strolling around, so my sister decided to come along with me. (Special...
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Travelling with watercolor part 2 – the treasure-hunt continues
As you may have noticed already, I am a confessing “art-stuff-shopaholic”… Interestingly though, I must not be the only one, since my dear readers seem to be treasure hunting, too. One keyword that...
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Happy New Year
Just a quick hello to wish all of you a most enchanting, peaceful & happy new year!
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Moonstruck
Having presented myself with a new toy for my handbag (yes, I know I am crazy, but other girls collect handbags, so please forgive my frenzy…), the said item broadened my horizon in an unexpected way....
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Hello again
It has been a long time since my last post, but yes, here I am again… My life has gone through such a massive change in the past two years that I really needed to take time to think about what it is I...
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Black Magic
Before going to Florence, it was only occasionally that I did some charcoal drawings, mainly as a quick preparation for an oil painting. Upon entering The Florence Art Studio, I really had to rethink...
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Happy New Year!
Here just some quick impressions from a recent stay at the Austrian mountains to wish you all a most wonderful new year, with lots of joy and peace for everybody!This last picture might be a living...
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Postcard from Tuscany
Having just returned from a family holiday in Tuscany, I wanted to share some pictures with you. Funnily enough, despite staying in a highly artsy hotel with plenty of artists in residence, I only...
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Paint thyself as thy neighbor
Up until recently, I had never seriously considered painting self-portraits or, more exactly, when I did, I misused them for making some sort of rushed caricature. One exception (a double portrait with...
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