A Change, Spring 2012
This Spring, after almost one year of work, I had completed
my last woodblock print series of Washington State landscapes. After working
so long on such a big project I felt that it was time for a change in direction.
After working with the spectacular landscapes from the North-West
of the US, I was looking for something more ordinary. I went to my favorite lake to create
a woodblock print for a calendar and painted at the lakeside.
"Lakeside", woodblock print, part of graphic calendar
2013 of Taborpresse + Büchergilde,
ca. 37 x 51 cm
Soon after that I went to the US for attending a show at Cullom
Gallery, Seattle, and also for creating new works. While traveling through three different
landscapes, I started to navigate my work into a new direction. I thought that
the way to do that technically was to concentrate on painting and, in case of
new prints, to choose a rather small format. I want to show some of these new
works here, and also photographs of the places where they were created.
California, May 2012
"Mountain near Lake Tahoe", ink painting, 51 x 37 cm
For the third time, my friend Joe Kaftan and I traveled around
Washington State. This time we went up North into the Northern Cascades
near the Canadian border.
I wanted to try to simplify my work.
"Mountain", ink painting, 24 x 24 cm
Joe had brought a kayak for working on the water. We went to Diablo Lake, a lake in the mountains.
We paddled across the lake. I painted two small sketches for
woodblock prints.
"Diablo Lake", woodblock print, 24 x 24 cm
Ink sketch for an etching
"Snowy Mountains", etching, 24 x 24 cm
Last destination of my trip was Long Island. There I worked
with the huge stones on the beach.
"Stones" (Shelter Island), water-color, 51 x 38 cm
"Stones", ink painting, 62 x 43 cm
I also designed more woodblock prints.
"Stones l" (Long Island, near Orient Point), woodblock
print, 24 x 24 cm
"Stones ll", woodblock print, 24 x 24 cm
At home I continued working with the theme of the stones.
"Evening Stones", woodblock print, 24 x 24 cm
I want to thank Joe Kaftan and Bill Harrison, who so much supported
me in my work. Thank you so much.
Berlin, December 2012
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