Bergell and Savogno

Memories of this week from Monday to Thursday when I
was in Arcadia! And suddenly everything is covered in snow.
Savogno is a beautiful mountain village in the Italian Bergell. no
Carriage road up there. A beautiful trek leads 

steeply up from Villa di Chiavenna through wild 

chestnut forests. Black and white spotted goats
roam him. Lizards sun themselves.
In the Swiss Bergell in Maloja, the blue Lake Sils.  

The mountain "Piz Lagrev" dominates everything.

 

Erinnerungen an diese Woche von Montag bis Donnerstag, als ich
in Arkadien war! Und plötzlich ist jetzt alles eingeschneit.
Savogno ist ein wunderschönes Bergdorf im italienischen Bergell. 

KeineFahrstrasse  da hinauf. Ein herrlicher Wanderweg führt 

von Villa di Chiavenna steil hinauf durch wilde Kastanienwälder. 

Schwarzweiss gefleckte Ziegenherden
durchstreifen ihn. Eidechsen sonnen sich.
Im schweizerischen Bergell, bei Maloja, der blaue Silsersee. 

Der Berg "Piz Lagrev" überragt alles.

Gecko

Again a little Lolita paintings. 18x27 cm, oil on canvas.
Somewhere in Shanghai? ... maybe a hundred and fifty years ago ...

Vermilion red light, Indian yellow, Naples yellow deep,

Primary yellow Lukas, Madder lake deepest, Raw umber,

Ultramarine deep, Hookers green, Titanium white

and Ivory black (the most using colors...)

Hermann Vogel - The great german fairy tale illustrator

This is the first post of many that I can post from 

today about Hermann Vogel! A true treasure of illustrations, 

open to the whole world. The scans are from  

the original books. My thanks to the collectors  

and booksellers Thomas Kovaks for the scans 

(Amazingtoys, Zurich) and the Martians / fellow 

artist Hubert Swiss (proud owner of many original books
by Hermann Vogel)! 

Thanks for your collecting passion, heart and soul!

 

Dies ist der erste Post von vielen die ich ab heute 

über Hermann Vogel veröffentlichen kann! 

Ein wahrer Schatz an Illustrationen, zugänglich für die ganze Welt. 

Die Scans stammen aus den Originalbüchern. 

Mein Dank gilt dem Sammler und Buchhändler Thomas Kovaks 

für die Scans(Amazingtoys, Zürich) und dem 

Marsianer/Künstlerkollegen Hubert Schweizer 

(stolzer Besitzer vieler Originalbücher
von Hermann Vogel)!! 

Danke für Eure Sammelleidenschaft und Herzblut!

Year of the Snake - Stamp Post Liechtenstein

The Post of Liechtenstein has asking me to design the illustration

for the new Chinese Signs of the Zodiac 2013.

Some information on the philatelic site of the 

Post of Liechtenstein here.

Not Like Us - ArtRage

Poverty and corrupt power relations of

irresponsible politicians are the sworn enemies  

of this peaceful giants.  

Homo sapiens (intelligent viable / wise man) called
Us 1758 the scientist Carl von Linné.  Ideals are difficult to reach.

Painted in ArtRage.

Here are the pencil drawings.
Originally I wanted the group of figures on a small hill
place, before the wide plain of Rwanda. Then I'm looking for a
chose "hidden" and thus more intimate jungle representation.

Gustaf Tenggren - four sensitively painted watercolors

Linda

Oil on canvas,19x26 cm

I like to work with a limited color palette:
Ultramarine light, crimson, deep cobalt violet, ultramarine violet,
Indian red, naples yellow, naples yellow deep, green umber, titanium white
and ivory black.

 Trademarks are LukasSorte1 or Rembrandt. 

Ultramarine violet and naples yellow of Blockx. 

Cobalt dark violet by lukas studio.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect and painter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Schinkel

The three-dimensional effect of my bat stamp for the Swiss Post

The technique makes it possible: My bat (as like in the
Nature) has a three-dimensional plasticity! She is so fine and realistic that
they can be seen only on the second moment. A temptation for everyone
philatelic fingers :-)!
This special edition is only available this month and only about the
Store sales of the Swiss Post (not available from post offices).
Goes two posts back to seen the whole stamp...

Milchspülersee

The Milchspülersee is located in the canton of Glarus in 2200 m altitude.
I have often looked at him, and one day I would like to paint him.
For me one of the most beautiful mountain lakes. Its blue waters mirroring is unique. 

Of course I was looking for other artists who have painted him yet 

 but it seems that its remote location (an arduous ascent)
the artist has to be prevented from visiting him.
He is also a very challenging subject. The many details do not allow free painting.
20x13 cm, watercolor Moleskine book, Schminke and Winsor & Newton,
White gouache, sepia brown and blue ballpoint ( drawing and shadows),

colored pencils Supracolor.