At the Seaside

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"

This is a sketch for a larger painting I might want to paint soon. It is based on one of my all time favourite black and white photographs of my parents and was taken when they had just started dating. I love the carefree mood and the feeling of summer, sun and love. And, from a visual point of view I really like the way the colours of their clothes form a cross - a checker board design - and I like the angle, seeing them from below which gives lots of open sky as background.

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Mini Stop

 

A vivid colour combination and a bright yellow mini that caught my eye. 

 oil on wood panel - Öl auf Holzplatte - huile sur plaque de bois 

15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9" 

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The Friend

oil on hardboard panel - Öl auf Holz - huile sur bois
22,5 cm x 17 cm / 6,7" x 8.8"
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Bombay Dreams

This is my last painting of Goettingen for the moment, painted from a photo, in my London studio. I am back here, back to oils and hopefully back to "me" again. Working with acryliques turned out to be not the right thing for me and I thoroughly enjoyed using oils again today. Apart from the medium it was also the subject that inspired me, the vibrant colours and light. This is the sidewalk table of a tiny "restaurant" called "Bombay Dreams" - a name so perfect!

oil on wood panel - Öl auf Holzplatte - huile sur plaque de bois
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Summer in Goettingen

Another take on the Goetheallee, which bears it's name in memory of a short stay here of German's great poet Goethe.

acrylique on paint block - Acryl auf Malblock - acrylique sur block de peinture
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Afternoon Talk

acrylique on paint block - Acryl auf Malblock - acrylique sur block de peinture
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Burgstrasse in Göttingen

acrylique on paint block - Acryl auf Malblock - acrylique sur block de peinture
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Summer Look

acrylique on paint block - Acryl auf Malblock - acrylique sur block de peinture
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Everybody's Out

oil on Daler Board - Öl auf Daler Karton - huile sur carton Daler
40 cm x 11 cm / 15,7" x 4,3"
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The weather was gorgeous, it was the weekend and half London was in the city's parks.

Enjoying the Sun

oil on wood panel - Öl auf Holz - huile sur bois
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Small Courtyard

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Villebois-Lavalette

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
9,5 cm x 30 cm / 3,7" x 11,8"
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This is a view of a delightful small town in the Charente, just about 20 minutes from where I live at the moment. Apart from the impressive castle, there is a medieval market hall in the center where you can sit in the cool shade and enjoy a good glass of French wine.

French Bench

acryliques on canvas - Acryl auf Leinwand - acryliques sur toile
20 cm x 20 cm / 7,9" x 7,9"
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This is so French - the window with it's small glass panes and the white bench with curly iron details, both framed by ivy and hollyhocks!

Cool Inside

acryliques on canvas - Acryl auf Leinwand - acryliques sur toile
20 cm x 20 cm / 7,9" x 7,9"
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I worked on a slightly larger format here, which I like a lot. It's quite surprising what a change a couple of inches do to the feeling while painting - there seemed to be so much more space.

Under the Parasol

acryliques on canvas panel - Acryl auf Malplatte - acryliques sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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On the Patio

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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We are enjoying some beautiful late summer days and I am pleased I can still do some painting outside. I started this one yesterday afternoon but the sunlight vanished so quickly that I had to continue and change it today. Glad I got it done!

Summer in France

oil on canvas - Öl auf Leinwand - huile sur toile
25 cm x 75 cm / 9,8" x 29,5"
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For those who visit my blog sometimes this may look familiar to you. It is a new take on one of my recent paintings (In a French Hallway), which I felt lent itself to a larger format and a different composition. I am quite pleased with how the light coming in through the door turned out.

Summer Shadows

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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I am realizing more and more that a simple subject without too much information is much better for me to paint - I don't get wrapped up and lost in it. Very pleased with this one.

Le Petit Thai II

oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
15 cm x 15 cm / 5,9" x 5,9"
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Trying to concentrate on the colours and shapes, trying not to tell a story, trying to see it as a painting and not as an illustration, trying to...
trying...

At LE PETIT THAI in Ribérac

oil on canvas - Öl auf Leinwand - huile sur toile
18 cm x 24 cm / 7" x 9,5"
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A great place to have lunch on a hot day!