Fell in love with pelicans while watching them surf the waves of the pacific ocean in Guatemala.
Also uploaded some other drawings.
Tag: art
Old paintings moving around
Some photos I received a while ago that I totally forgot about. This old painting of mine which I gave to a friend many years ago is now gracing the wall in her house over in the States.
Upcoming Exhibition Nov 2014 – Jan 2015
YES! Another exhibition is coming up. This time again in the southern part of Germany, Bad Buchau to be precise. A town not far from my hometown Ravensburg that I grew up in.
The exhibition is titled “Menschen” (meaning “people” in English). It is a mix of paintings I did between 2007 – 2014. The works have been inspired by people that I meet during my travels – friends, acquaintances, random meet ups that influence you in one way or another, big or small. The exhibition is dedicated to those people.
Fundstück: Pressetext der Federseeklinik zu meiner Ausstellung.
Owls
Yes, so I liked this photograph of an owl so much that I started drawing it….
Update 2014
So finally something new. Have started painting again and the first one has been added to the 2014 gallery. Although I am not sure whether I am actually happy with it or not. Hmm… I might change it after I am finished with the one I am currently working on. I spent my last few off days painting butterflies. Here some excerpts.
Time for another Siesta
And as it is all about paintings of mine moving to new locations, Siesta II recently moved from Darmstadt to Munich.
Courtesy of Chris. Worth to check out her stories on https://travellingchrisblog.wordpress.com/
Siesta, I love you!
And one more! One of my firsts and one of my all time favourites that is gracing this white wall in Oulu, Finland.
I will visit it soon enough 🙂
A new place for Bambi
It’s all about old paintings that found a new home this week. This one is adding a splash of colour to a friends apartment in Reykjavik. And he was so nice to take a more that professional picture of it when I asked him for a random shot. I think I will ask him to photograph my new paintings once they are finished. He definitely did a good job and knows what he is doing.
As he wrote me: “I used a 50mm fixed lens, with shadowless ring light, 7 exposure bracket with deep zoom detail and color accuracy to photograph your print.”
Takk fyrir!
Lost in translation…
Another painting that found a new/old home in Meckenbeuren, Germany, is this one here that has been inspired by an amazing day in Portmarnock with view of Howth, Ireland. Yes, I miss that place.
Feathers and such
It has been a while since the last post. It’s the beginning of a new year and I have started painting again after a longer break.
Meanwhile a few of my paintings have moved to new locations.
This one made it all the way to Guangzhou in southern China.
And these two found a new home in Darmstadt, Germany ^^
Something old again
Exhibition is still in full swing and photos will follow soon. But meanwhile I received a photo of this painting which I had almost forgotten about.
Painted it a long time ago as a present from a friend to her fiance. Meanwhile the sleepy leopard has made it all the way to HAWAII and is keeping them happy. Seems like he got a good home there as he is still sleeping ^^
Findings in Ireland
I went to Ireland for the summer and it was nice to see some of my old paintings again. I gave these two as presents to dear friends of mine a couple of years ago.
Anonymity
The Inner Child. I also did the drawing on the right. Daughter and dog of the family.
Desert Fox II
And dester fox number 2. I thought they look really cute…
And this has nothing to do with this, but I am just reading Flaubert and came across this quote that I liked:
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert
Desert Fox I
My first desert fox. I discovered them when a colleague asked “What kind of animal do you look like?” and she said that she would be a desert fox.
Time for another siesta…
I posted a picture of this painting the first time a couple of months ago when it was still a work in progress. So here finally the finished version of it.
And regarding the title… Maybe I just like taking naps so much ^^ (see here for Siesta I & Siesta II)
Time for new stuff
After I felt like uploading a bunch of photos I took here and there the other day, I thought it is about time to put some of the things up I’ve been painting in Reykjavik in June like crazy.
Say hello to Mr. Squirrel.
And more of the old things…
Yes, this is apparently what you get when you go on holiday at home. Nostalgia.
Discovered this again at a friend’s place. Together with Nicole, a very good friend of mine, we I painted this one for our friend’s birthday as a last minute present ^^. Inspiration was her cat Heidi.
Old discoveries
I was home on a family visit recently and discovered some of my older works once again. These two are still among my favourites.
Mole the World II
Forgot to post this one. The second mole for Mole the World Project, which you can find also in their gallery. Plus many more moles. You can also send them your own moles ^^
Melanie Franz 