Cormorants – birds with an attitude

I simply love drawing birds:) Cormorants are excellent divers and are therefore sometimes used by fishermen to do their job! (For instance in China, Japan or Greece). Somehow this couple´s “attitude” reminds me of David Bowie. Maybe it´s because of their piercing eyes…;)

In the Mood for … Degas – Dancers at Rehearsal – Part I

Yesterday I started to work on a new painting! This time it´s inspired by the french artist Edgar Degas, famous for his paintings, drawings, prints and even sculptures. Most people tend to think of him as the artist who depicted mostly ballet dancers, and it´s true: more than half of his work does in fact

Back to Mythology … Sea-Horses

As I´ve already mentioned before: I´m a huge fan of ancient greek and roman mythology! So, here are my two little Sea-Horses – or Hippocampi 🙂

That´s just how I feel today…

In the Mood for … Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring – Final Act!

  In the Mood for … Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring And here it is – the final act of my latest painting! As you can see, I added some final brushstrokes for the lips, the ear and the headscarf, and also added the earring at last! P.S. If you would like to

Sheep gone wild!

In honour of and inspired by Chris, the overgrown australian sheep that´s been part of the news coverage worldwide in the last week, I´ve been shaping these two sheep, which I named “Spirit” and “Kate” – and here a little quiz: you can guess who is who, if you like! 🙂 1 2

Bird of Prey

Hope this will become a painting one day…

In the Mood for … Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring – Part IV

I did it! Finally I´ve managed to shorten the nose from “my” girl 🙂 Better now, don´t you think?   But of course, it´s still far from being finished…

How to tame a Harpy…

As you can see, I´ve really got a soft spot for winged women…:) In this case, it´s a Harpy -a mythological creature, which combines two main physical aspects: the face and upper body of a woman and the wings of a bird. I´ve been fascinated by these creatures ever since reading “Ronia the Robber´s Daughter”

Winged Centauress

As a passionate fan of Antiquity, I can not help but being mesmerized by greek mythology:) And I hope to transform this sketching into a clay figure some day…