Sunday, December 31, 2017

Friends


18 cm x 24 cm, Oil

Happy new new to all of you!

Thursday, December 28, 2017

The Three States


30 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Monday, December 25, 2017

Friday, December 22, 2017

Schöne Bescherung Allerseits!


30 cm x 40 cm, Oil

„Nice Mess four you all“ ... and very happy holidays!

Study


Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Friday, December 15, 2017

Monday, December 11, 2017

Kitchen Corner


40 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Friday, December 8, 2017

Monday, December 4, 2017

Friday, December 1, 2017

Lobbyist Trap


30 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Monday, November 27, 2017

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Friday, November 17, 2017

Backstage


30 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Milongueri


40 cm x 30cm, Oil

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Saturday, November 4, 2017



I take part at a group exhibition to celebrate the anniverary of the Club Arte Mannheim. Would be great to meet you there! Mollgymnasium Mannheim, Belchenstrasse

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Kaiserring 12


40 cm x 50 cm, Oil

Friday, October 27, 2017

Kaiserring 11


50 cm x 50 cm, Oil

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Monday, October 16, 2017

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Made Fit


30 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Day in Day out


40 cm x 30 cm, Oil

My rule of thumb for pricing is currently:
Price[€] = height [cm] times width [cm] divided by three.
Accordingly this one would be 400€
But it‘s 500€ ... don‘t ask me why ;-)


Monday, October 9, 2017

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Chiefess


50 cm x 50 cm, Oil

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Orange Roses


40 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Monday, October 2, 2017

Inner Space


30 cm x 40 cm, Oil

Friday, September 29, 2017

Painting Talent Test



Painting Talent Test, 18 cm x 18 cm, oil

Talent comes with the drive to develop skills and to keep them in shape.
The NBA basketball player keeps practicing free throws no matter the number of champion rings. The ballet dancer keeps stretching, the chess player keeps learning game introductions, the singer basic voice exercises.
Talent means to have a natural joy in the basic form of exercise required to develop a skill. Not finding joy means to not have talent. In my opinion it’s as simple as that. Because not having joy means to not be able to carry through long term. 
At painting an understanding of color is important. Painting coloured blocks from direct vision is the best method to improve color at any level and is useful for beginners in particular. I am not aware of any exercise more effective and important. To identify and mix colors accurately is crucial in any genre ... still life, portraiture, landscape even at abstract painting. If you can’t paint blocks convincingly you cannot paint houses, apples, flowers or noses any better!
The development of color takes time. To bring color to a reasonable level takes much longer than learning to draw reasonably, for example. Blockstudies are a must.
I write this because i am receiving questions daily on whether I teach or have videos… this text is my copy/paste answer. I feel complimented of course by the questions and continuously give this advice: there is no need for me to reinvent the wheel. The virtual art academy (for example) is an outstanding pool of knowledge and exercises, including the blockstudies. Above all…..Do the blockstudies! I am puzzled why people sign into painting courses and don’t even do the basic form of study. I don’t have not enough time is what i hear most often. They do have enough time to paint complex stuff with bad color though… no talent fits it better! 
My point is this: i am not interested in anyone’s money by helping to just getting just a little better. Painting videos are alright, but are more an entertainment than a solid basis to build upon. I am very very interested in finding talented people who understand what it takes so we could work together improving our skills and have more fun….

Finally the simple painting talent test:

Do 150 blockstudies from direct vision. Do them on small formats like 20 cm x 15 cm. 3 to 5 blocks per study. Do not spend more than 90 mins at the beginning and reduce to 60 mins over time.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Monday, September 18, 2017

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Face Study


40 cm x 30 cm, Oil

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Chain of Thought


 50 cm x 50 cm, Oil

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Solid Source


40 cm x 30 cm, Oil