Faith Dance Art

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

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

Liberation Dance – Acrylic & Oil Painting

Liberation Dance - Acrylic & Oil Painting This mixed media painting is part of the series "Dance of the Trees". It shows a tree which is half tree, half dancer emerging from the tree trunk. Some of the branches still try to... Weiterlesen

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

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

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

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

Dancing Birch Self-portrait – Gouache Painting

Dancing Trees My upcoming exhibition has the title "The Dance of Trees" and as a result, I tried different ways to express the moving character of trees. Dancing Birch Self-portrait This painting of a birch that dances started out as... Weiterlesen

Upcoming Exhibition – Dance of Trees

Upcoming Exhibition - Dance of Trees Even though most of you won't have the opportunity to visit my next exhibition in Upper Austria, I still want to let you know about it. Here is the front of the invitation: [caption id="attachment_3669"... Weiterlesen

Van Gogh and new series

Van Gogh and new series Due to the homework, I do for my art studies, I will have to paint several pictures of the "Old Masters". So far I did not do this very often, because it goes against my... Weiterlesen

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms Cherry Blossoms are a major theme in the area where I live. Among other things a road bicycle race is named after it, as well as a public hiking event, and several buildings have "cherry blossoms" in their... Weiterlesen