Digital painting - done with Procreate Thoughts about man-made and natural structures I have allways been fascinated by the thought that natural and arteficial are not fighting opposites, but two poles that can be brought into harmony. The Bonsai-Tree represents this idea perfectly: The tree stands for the "heaven" or the nature. The Vessel stands for the "earth" or the man-made. The harmony arises when those two elements dont fight each other, but complement themselfs. Whe

44cm x 64cm - Watercolor on Paper with Watercolor-Ground - adjustments in Procreate The small gathering Drop by drop, the little streams gather. Calmly flowing, next to me.

32cm x 20cm - Watercolor on Bamboo-Paper Symbolism The Bridge Connection between two realms - betwen the waking world and the world of the dreams. Toji Gateway into the realm of the spirits - see "Shintoism"

Digital Painting - Procreate - IPad The call of the Distance Distant horizons call me, pull me, like gravity. The gravity of emptiness, the force of the unknown, setting my path - for me to walk.

"She who walks alone" This piece is of special meaning to me. It was my first painting ever sold. The following is an absolute real story - I hope it can inspire some of you: I was stuck in a time of fiancial need, and urgently needed about 400€ to move foreward with an investment that could potentially open my way into a small buisness. Having no other possibility left, I decided to trust the only thing I knew I was good at - painting. So I sat down and meditated for a long

"Ascending the Dreamgate" - 22cm x 32cm - Watercolor on Bamboo-Paper

Finally I did it. This picture was a lot of work, even if it may not look so. There are lots and lots of layers of soft grey washes done here. It may not reach the hundred-mark, but I am sure there are about 60-80 layers. For those who are interested in, I managed to remind my self of taking some work in progress pictures... so here they are: Here you can see... almost nothing. But a thing you can notice is how fine chinese rice paper is. It really is nearly about transparent

After a while, not being able to paint, I decided to finish this pice : Like most pictures I do this time, there was no sketch for this one... Unfortunately, I did no earlier picture of this painting. I just forget about that, while I am painting :(   Have to think about next time… I did a rough and wet in wet wash, for getting some texture and than try to see the ready painting in this… After being so far, I found the yellow a little bit too light, and the moon to less in co

35cm x 42cm - Watercolor on Bamboo-Paper I started this as a trie to break my typical ( bluish, darker tones ) color habit. I really like autum and I´am sad that I am currently in Ecuador, where there is no autum, no silence, no melancholic forrest, no mystic fog between trees, no silent dropping water from branches.... Here is just Sun and Summer...the whole year. It´s really boring for a person like me. I´am happy to return to germany next year, and to dive again into the w