Cherries IIII

I guess I'll soon have to invent different names for those cherrie paintings, otherwise I will end up with cherries XCIX soon. Mhhh I'll think of it...

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Cherries III

Yesterday I discoverd cherries in the supermarket. This is not the season for cherries here. But they looked so tasty, that I bought a hand full (at the price of 7€/kg) in order to paint them.

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Today I also made a "sketch" for the portrait I'm planning to paint of my grandfather, who died last year at the age of 90. I did this from a photo we took of him during the last year of his life.







This is the final portrait of my grandfather. It's much better than the sketch, though I really love the sketch too(that is why I also have let it framed).
The latest one will be the birthday present for my mother.

"Gatower Kugeln"

Since I left my most favorite subject during the last time – oranges and tangerines – I wanted to paint some vegetables. Yesterday I bought kind of a radish on the market which I've never seen before. A friend told me today that it's called "Gatower Kugel" (Kugel means ball/sphere) and derives from Gatow, a village near Berlin and that's a crossing of two types of radish. Now I've got two recipes to prepare as a meal, a salat or a risotto, but cannot decide which i'd rather cook...

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Tomatoes and glass

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Onions and knife

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My Easel

I was in a very good mood this weekend and painted four paintings at once, that I’m totaly proud of. I heard good music like Arcade Fire, Johanna Zeul (a very good german musician), Element of Crime (also very good german musicians) and I felt happy and free to do and paint whatever I want. I tried out some more colour in comparison to my last series.

Orange slices

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Oranges and spoons

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Three Tangerines II

I was trying to bring a new touch in my painting subject and I tried to paint the fruits I already had, on this fabric. I actually used this fabric for a new pillowcase for our dogs bed.
What I like about this painting is the reflection of the stripes on the surface of the tangerine. It is almost like in a mirror!

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Three Tangerines

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Apricots and a bowl

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Grapes

Peas

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Wild Peaches

The last weeks have been very hot here in Germany. That was on one hand very nice because we've waited so long for the summer.
On the other hand it's a little bit hard for me, because the oil colors become kind of liquid in this heat and it's very hard to do deft brushstrokes and to get a fair relief on the panel.
This one i think i did it quite well.

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Cherries II

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Cherries in a can

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Cherries I

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Cherries are my new favorite Subject. My boyfriend bought some turkish cherries from the supermarket.
I rescued them from being eaten, by hiding them on my studio desk in order to paint them.

I tried different arrangements, wich you can see above.
After that they became victims of my boyfriend's appetite, and they didn't survive much longer than 1 minute, because they were so tasty...

Daisies

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Coming home after shopping

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Lavender

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