Fun and inspiration with art
After making some hanging lamps, I decided to explore the possibility of upright lampshade for a floor lamp that had lost its shade and was reduced to be basically a post with a lightbulb.
It looks like the shade effects are more intensive in this kind of lamp, because the light is projecting lines and shades onto the ceiling and walls. I used African glass beads and steal wire to build up the structure, no welding or gluing involved.
Sometimes I like to experiment with abstract art – just going one step further and play with patterns, colors and symbols.
You start out with something in mind, and then it starts to change in something else… it doesn’t mean it’s getting worse necessarily – just different….
It reminds me of what happens in real life: not always things develop as we would expect them to – and often we find out later, what it was good for.
I like doing the exercise – looking at the whole drawing, but then also look for the different interesting parts, and how they work on their own.
Here I started out with a collage that became a bit wilder as I went along- take a walk through the winter garden and discover the little details peaking out under the snow.
As I started out this year thinking quite hard about all the goals to achieve, the directions to take, the priorities to set, it all got a little intense and I decided to take a break and just draw whatever came out. Sketching without thinking too much, just letting things go….
I found some details in these quick drawings that I found quite interesting – just taken on their own as abstract pieces.Have a nice week and don’t forget to play!
Just got started with the collages using book pages, and I really enjoy working more on this idea, it’s fun!
Without having detailed idea what picture I wanted to create, I just doodled along, cut the shapes, stuck them in my sketchbook and started painting. Sometimes it feels good to just let the natural process go on and take little decisions on the fly without thinking too long about them.
See a short making-of-video I recorded while doing one of this week’s sketches:
During these first days of the year I am setting sails towards this year’s dreams and goals – we will see where the journey goes.
Over the holidays I used the time to play around painting, drawing and illustration exploring possibilities with paper cuts, acrylics and ink. I started out in a christmas mood, but by now I got back to normal.
The drawings are not really illustrations although they are very closely related to books, as they consist of pages of all paperback book – I like the different shades of white and the contrasts, just focusing on white, grey and black tones for while, and then adding a little bit of color to it.
Yes, it was a strange year, full of lessons to learn, changes to adapt to, but also new possibilities to explore… I’m sure we all will remember this year all our lives.
For me personally it pushes me out into the open again and makes me reorganize my life, my work and my way of living. This process just began, and I am exploring all kinds of ideas and possibilities that allow me to exploit my creativity and lift my artwork to the next level.
During this year, I got the impression that our severely damaged and injured planet is trying to call us to more action in order to protect it and care for it.
I tried to express this idea with a little moving image, based on a rough mixed media and acrylic painting with cut-outs of a book.
Have a good transition from 2020 to 2021, and I wish you all the best for the New Year, most important: Stay healthy and in a good mood!
A wire sculpture made its way into a decorative, yet functional lampshade. Playing around with a 3-dimensional wire structure, its shapes and shadows, adding on some garlands of recycled fabric and a few colourful African glass beads, I ended up with an original lamp. The interaction of light and shadow is an important effect that’s fun to experiment with.
If you are interested in the project, or if would like to have one commissioned – get in touch with me!
Why not surprise your loved ones with art? Like the idea? What about an affordable and original artwork for your own or a friend’s home? My art inspires children who dream and adults who have imagination. The pieces make a great decoration and add a positive and personal touch to your home, it is so important to stay optimistic and smile in these times!
Visit my Etsy-shop for details, click here to have a look around!
If you prefer an artwork you’ve seen on this site and it is not on Etsy, don’t worry, just drop me an e-mail, I am happy to get back to you 😊.
Thanks for your visit, have a great week and stay safe and sound!
Guess what will replace the typical Christmas pair of socks in 2020? … Yessss! Probably there will be quite some face masks under trees and in stockings this year – a useful and fashionable gift.
So, if you want to give masks for Christmas, make sure they are original and cool! I just uploaded art for really fun mask-designs, but you can have them on socks, too… and on t-shirts, and pillows, and backbags, phone cases and a lot more!
Check these goodies out on Redbubble!
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Just in time for Christmas I am offering pet portraits as commissioned artwork.
The artworks you can see in the picture above are original acrylic paintings on strong paper, if you prefer another technique, we can talk about it.
The paintings are too realistic, but rather expressionist and slightly abstract, concentrating on the character of your pet, its gaze and its personality.
If you like the examples shown above, click here to get in touch with me.
For prices and more examples, click on the picture.
Maybe I have given you a gift idea 🎁 for this year – for yourself or a dear friend! 😊
