Faith Dance Art

Rooted

Rooted. At the end of last year, the painting "Rooted" had found a new home. This week, I finally had the opportunity to see it in its new context and frame. By this I mean not only the spatial frame... Weiterlesen

LKS Advanced Course 3 Homework.

LKS Advanced Course 3 Homework. As usual, after every compulsory course, we received a list of assignments to be painted at home until the next compulsory course. On the first day of the next course the leader of the academy, Prof.... Weiterlesen

Painting techniques of Impressionism & Expressionism

Painting techniques of Impressionism & Expressionism Another elective seminar of my art study program, which I had eagerly anticipated, took place in mid-February 2015. The topic was painting techniques of Impressionism and Expressionism and it was taught by Prof. Hannes Baier. As usual, we... Weiterlesen

Sgraffito Technique – Series part 3

Sgraffito Technique - Series part 3 This is the third part of a series of Sgraffito paintings that I did for the art academy. The term Sgraffito is usually associated with wall decor and ceramic surfaces and comes from the Italian word graffiare... Weiterlesen

Painting techniques of Feininger and Kandinsky

Painting techniques of Feininger and Kandinsky The topic of this course has tempted me already in 2013, but now in November 2014 I finally had the opportunity to participate. This was one of my elective seminars for the art study... Weiterlesen

Consuming Fire – Acrylic Painting

Consuming Fire - Acrylic Painting This is my second large-scale painting. It is the same size as the last one - 120 x 100 cm (48 x 40 in) on a deep edge canvas. Two rows of poplar tress draw... Weiterlesen

LKS Advanced Course 1 Homework

LKS Advanced Course 1 Homework As before, so also this time - after the Advanced Course 1 we received a list of assignments as homework to be painted at home until the next compulsory course. On the first day of the next... 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

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

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

Surrealism and Magic Realism today.

Surrealism and Magic Realism today. At the end of July 2014, I participated in another elective seminar as part of my art study program. The topic was Surrealism and Magic Realism. I found both art styles highly fascinating. The course... Weiterlesen

LKS Advanced Course 1

LKS Advanced Course 1 After two basic classes,  came the first advanced class, which introduced us to acrylic, gouache, tempera and oil paint. And of course, there was more theoretical teaching about material theory and art history. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="96"... Weiterlesen