Faith Dance Art

Fall Parkway

This painting is based on a photography by Lars Van De Goor which I used with his permission. I really admire his photography and this particular one was especially inspiring. As mentioned before, I love trees and parkways in particular.... Weiterlesen

Dutch Parkway

This painting shows an alley of trees near Ermelo, Netherlands. I love trees and I especially love these kinds of parkways that seem to go endless. I can't get enough of them. I made the photo of this parkway (on... Weiterlesen

Sunrise in Venice

Since I am presently in Italy on vacation, I have to include Venice in my landscape paintings. This painting is inspired by J.M. William Turner since he painted Venice a lot and I just visited a course about his painting... Weiterlesen

Dutch Harbor

At the moment I am still behind with the 30in30 Challenge since we have the 11th and this is my 6th painting. However, I finished two today and started several others. This is another painting of the series "Dutch Landscapes".... Weiterlesen

Swiss Mountains

This is now the first painting based on the favorite vacation photo of a friend. Sabine is Swiss and she wrote: This photo was made during a hike near Grächen in Wallis. It shows me during a well-earned lunch break.... Weiterlesen

Dutch Canal

After several days of incommunicado, I am back to hopefully painting and posting daily. The preparations and post-preparations for a trip, as well as a long trip, some short nights, and the ensuing tiredness took all my time. This and... Weiterlesen

Dutch Pasture

Here is another painting from the series of "Dutch Landscapes". A very green pasture, with black sheep in the foreground and cows and white sheep far in the back. It also has a very nice ambiance of clouds. The original... Weiterlesen

Dutch Gracht

Here is no 2 of the 30 paintings for 30in30 challenge by Leslie Saeta. [caption id="attachment_15177" align="alignnone" width="600"] Holländische Gracht, Kanal, Aquarell auf Papier, 40x30cm * Dutch Gracht, Watercolor on Paper, 16x12in © 2013 by Jutta Blühberger www.juttabluehberger.at[/caption]   The... Weiterlesen

Dutch Sheep farm

Here is no. 1 - a sheep farm in the Netherlands. It is part of a series of Dutch landscapes that I started in August. The funny thing was, that when I took several photos the sheep at first quietly... Weiterlesen

Riethorst in Ermelo

The following painting was done last week, while I was in the Netherlands. It is part of the ongoing series of "Dutch landscapes" which I will continue this week. [caption id="attachment_15183" align="alignnone" width="600"] Riethorst in Ermelo, Holland, Aquarell auf Papier,... Weiterlesen

Joseph Mallord William Turner & Emil Nolde

Joseph Mallord William Turner & Emil Nolde My second test class at the Leonardo Art Academy was with its leader Prof. Hannes Baier. The topic was painting techniques of Joseph Mallord William Turner and Emil Nolde. Both have profoundly influenced me... Weiterlesen

Informalist Pastels

Informalist Pastels  A short while ago, I took my first class at Leonardo Kunstakademie in Mattsee, near Salzburg. My first course was about painting informalist pastels. Informalism means the subject is not derived from any objects. Some call it abstract which is... Weiterlesen

Paint & Smile

Last week I discovered an unusual painting course in Linz, Upper Austria. I was able to participate one evening and get to know it a little bit. Friedrich Wurm developed a concept called "Paint and Smile. He offers four different... Weiterlesen

Mali

Several weeks ago we finally made the decision that I would not go back to Mali. This has been on the horizon for some time, but now it was final. As a final homage to the Boso people in Mali... Weiterlesen

Autobiographic in March

In March I made an effort to paint a "real" self-portrait. So far I had only painted some pictures that were indirect self-portraits, such as Phoenix in January. Here are two self-portraits, that I painted with the help of photos. [ngg_images... Weiterlesen