Life is what you make it!

The golden side of October (hier: Überlingen, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkC5eiEK6UO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Neighborhood (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVIChvKYiK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday morning walk • Despite last night’s storm, I slept for 9 hours. I woke up and saw the hills around Basel covered with snow. After a relaxed breakfast I did my daily walk, just in time before the rain started again. At this time of the year, I definitely prefer trees covered with white blossoms, than hills covered with white snow. (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZZmiTFjHl/?igshid=oohmsf0jluz

Winter came back and those spring flowers last week feel just like an illusion … (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH_n3FFT-L/?igshid=ezw810vjqtw1

Greetings from Africa. Dust arriving from the Sahara dessert applied a sepia filter to the city today. (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9WcycFPIL/?igshid=ghrnywvqhorb

The return of the colors! 😍 What a difference a week makes… (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6t8wZlsuv/?igshid=t032ssl31u12

Today was rather a gray shape and structure day than a colorful one, so no colors here. Last day of January … yeah! (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuJq-0F6Kn/?igshid=a0h3jiwisim3

Recently instead of painting, I am more into just playing a bit around and trying new things out. I always found collages interesting and today I tried this one here, a man’s head made of (mostly) old photographs of walls in Basel. I took these photos many years ago and printed them out for another project back then. This weekend I found some last copies of these prints and thought I could reuse them here. (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeaSO9lgqN/?igshid=117pnr5uo9byv

I had a sensation of walking through a linocut that morning … 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMyYSrF7SI/?igshid=4l226ebnipdf

Finally it was snowing in Basel! Looking out of the windows on the city covered in white is definitely a January highlight! (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKGaI1PFBBJ/?igshid=10362wbhxc54

Things that caught my attention on today’s river walk. #januarycolors (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ1DdmpFIs-/?igshid=gqsi29150ah9

New year, new Sketchbook! On our daily walks the trees caught my attention, especially the different kind of fruits they are growing - what playful shapes… I haven’t drawn for a long time, but felt like drawing all the fruits hanging in the trees right now. It’s good exercise and I learn about the trees. Every single tree on public land in Basel is recorded in a cadastre with its German name, Latin name, age and an identification number. These are the fruits of some trees at Theodorsanlage right in these days. Some of them are already in the process of developing next season's flowers. I think trees are so amazing 💚🌳💚! (hier: Basel, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJtQnBgl49D/?igshid=i164a441ctjd

With everything closed due to the pandemic, like museums, theaters, bars and borders, life became quite still in these already quiet time of the year. So I started a series of still lifes, using objects I found in the apartment… Still Life • Acrylic, Transfer and Ink on Paper • 20cm x 20cm https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlw9NOF6xr/?igshid=1jo8cwkj0dosp

Today’s city walk: Ancient monastery walls, a secret door to a tower, fishing nets and a miniature amazon on a tree trunk - plenty of material to make up stories. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgztk0FPvG/?igshid=12xcdd5a99q5s