"A Look Behind the Canvas"
For all those who wish to dive deeper. Here, I regularly share insights into my current works and the stories behind them.
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This painting marks the second piece in my "Elements Series." As the title suggests, the silent strength of the earth reveals itself not through something loud or grand, but rather through its constant presence.
Some time ago, I took a canvas outside for the first time. Until then, I had only travelled with watercolor paper because I found it too demanding or incredibly impractical. How wonderful that I finally just did it.
In my view, the language of painting is entirely its own. Anyone who thinks you simply pick up a brush and smear something onto a surface is mistaken. I believe that anyone who has ever tried to paint a picture has been confronted by many inner voices. Most of them likely come from a critical inner voice that constantly butts...
Painting as a morning routine. At first, that sounds elegant, almost a bit like a shop window. Like something one likes to present to the outside world. And if I am honest, that is exactly what I am doing here. It took quite a while before I could decide to write about this new and precious habit or even to show it....
