Faith Dance Art

Life and Death – Acrylic Painting

Life and Death - Acrylic Painting This acrylic painting is much larger than all my previous paintings - it is 120 x 100 cm (48 x 40 in). I did it during a LKS class on large-scale paintings. Even transporting the big... Weiterlesen

Fall Starts Today – Aquarelle Painting – SOLD

Fall Starts Today - Aquarelle Painting Today is the official start of Fall and Google honors it with a doodle. So this is the perfect day to post my painting called "Fall Messenger". It is based on a photograph I made... Weiterlesen

Vernissage Bad Schallerbach

Vernissage Bad Schallerbach Vernissage means opening of an art exhibition. My exhibition in Bad Schallerbach (Upper Austria) was opened yesterday by such a Vernissage. We had a wonderful evening. It was a lot of work to prepare and not easy,... Weiterlesen

Rooted – Acrylic Painting

Rooted - Acrylic Painting This acrylic painting was some time in the making. I started it during the art conference at the beginning of August but was not satisfied with the background. This week I finally finished it, only two days before the... Weiterlesen

Sunlit Path – Gouache Painting

Sunlit Path - Gouache Painting This gouache painting is based on an old photo that I took many years ago during a vacation in Schladming, Styria. Something about this leaf-covered path next to a brook touches my soul deeply. The trees form... Weiterlesen

Monet’s Garden – Gouache Painting

Monet's Garden - Gouache Painting Monet's garden in Giverny (France) is famous, especially the bridge over the lily pond. It is a magical place near Paris that has inspired many of Claude Monet's beautiful paintings, especially his countless paintings of water... Weiterlesen

Safe Spot – Gouache Painting

Safe Spot under the Willow - Gouache Painting Here is another painting with a willow tree, but this time in symbolism style. Would you not enjoy sitting on this bench under a willow tree that seems to glow and radiate light... Weiterlesen

Grado Sunset – Aquarell Painting

Grado Sunset - Aquarell Painting My vacation is slowly coming to an end and I can't leave Grado (Northern Italy) without posting at least one painting of this place. This is one of several stunning sunsets that I saw here. It is... Weiterlesen

Thirsty Tree 2 – Acrylic Painting

Thirsty Tree 2 - Acrylic Painting This is another surrealistic painting with acrylic paint, showing again a thirsty tree, similar to yesterday's painting.  The tree's branches turned into hands that try to catch the few drops before they fall into a water puddle,... Weiterlesen

Tolstoy Portrait – Aquarell Painting

Tolstoy Portrait - Aquarell Painting. Today is Leo Tolstoy's 186th birthday and Google honors this with a doodle. So I decided to paint his portrait for the 30in30 challenge. I found an old postcard photo on eBay which I used as... Weiterlesen

Desert Memories – Acrylic Painting

Desert Memories - Acrylic Painting Do deserts have memories? In this case, yes. This painting imagines what the memory pictures of a desert region would look like. In three picture frames you can see these memories. Dreaming of times where... Weiterlesen

Mattsee Lake View – Aquarell Painting

Mattsee Lake View - Aquarell Painting Here is another painting from Mattsee near Salzburg where I study at the Leonardo Art Academy, as a follow-up to the last post. This time the painting is done with Aquarell paint (watercolor) and... Weiterlesen

Schloss Mattsee – Gouache Painting

Schloss Mattsee - Gouache Painting High time that I used one of my photos from Mattsee to paint. When I am in Mattsee, I spend most of my time under the roof of this castle with very little time for anything else... Weiterlesen

Tree Explosion – Acrylic Painting

Tree Explosion - Acrylic Painting This painting has been through a lot of revisions. During one of my art classes, I tried to apply a new technique but missed one small detail. So, things did not work out as planned... Weiterlesen

A Cool Mexican – Gouache Painting

September Challenge - Day 2 Here is the second painting for the 30in30 Challenge with Leslie Saeta. A Cool Mexican - Gouache Painting This painting started a loooong time ago. It is based on a photo of somebody I know.... Weiterlesen