New adventures

Hi there,

after blogging quite randomly, I decided to come back to posting on a regular basis. On a weekly basis, actually. I created a new blog http://petralange.wordpress.com/ (which is in German, nevermind), where I am going to post a painting a week. In fact there will be portraits of animals. Animals, which I find are having more potential than people might think.
I am talking of animals we usually think of as food or food producers, i.e., cattle, sheep, etc. I guess they don't deserve that. Maybe my paintings help develop other ways of looking at those creatures - i.e., finding out that they all are conscious minds  ;)

Petra



Hallo,

nachdem ich in der letzten Zeit recht unregelmäßig gebloggt habe, entschied ich mich dazu, wieder regelmäßig zu posten. Und zwar wöchentlich. Ich habe einen neuen Blog kreiert http://petralange.wordpress.com/ wo ich jede Woche ein Gemälde veröffentlichen werde. Es werden Tierportraits sein, und zwar von solchen Tieren, die wir Menschen eher als Nahrungsmittelproduzenten ansehen, z.B. Kühe oder Ziegen. Ich denke, diese Tiere verdienen das nicht. Möglicherweise helfen meine Bilder dabei, einen anderen Blick auf diese Lebewesen zu entwickeln - zu entdecken, dass es sich tatsächlich um Wesen mit Bewusstsein handelt ;)

Petra

Something new!

Hello there, I'm back! 

I was lazy with this second blog of mine. I promise I'll do better ;)

Now here's what I'd like to share with you: the strange evolution of painting excellence. Sounds really weird, maybe the English translation is a bit out of place ... However, I hope you understand what I mean.

This is the last painting for my challenge blog: Ich sehe was, wie du nicht siehst.

It took me three attempts to make this successful one.

Just look at that: 

 

The first one is kind of timid (also due to the use of watercolors - seems to not be my favorite type of paint). I know some people like that kind of style, but it's not what I'd like to achieve in my work. The painting should have reflected movement and a personal color design. Unfortunately there is no movement at all, and the colors are more or less a copy of the photo's colors. So for my work it is quite helpful to use a black and white copy as a reference.

I won't post the second approach to this painting because I've already overpainted it ;) It was a desaster! Painting for many hours I finally realized: It's all a mess! Guess the time just wasn't right, or the light or whatever. But I didn't give up, and the next one (on the next day) was just incredibly easily done. Two hours or so - finished. 

You might imagine my relief after the exhausting and unseccessful painting day before.

Maybe you've experienced a similar process? It shows the importance of not giving up :))))

Petra 

Self portrait

Selbst I

Acryl, 60 x 60 cm

I started a new series of paintings: self portraits. This is the first one. It somehow resembles me, but not exactly. That's ok, because in this series my focus is to create a loose painting with an intense mood. It worked out quite well, I think!


Ich habe mit einer neuen Serie begonnen, diesmal sind es Selbstportraits.
Hier seht ihr das erste Werk. Es sieht mir schon ähnlich, aber nicht exakt. Das ist völlig in Ordnung, denn ich möchte möglichst lockere Bilder mit einer intensiven Stimmung kreieren. Ich bin ganz froh über das Ergebnis, denn so in etwa habe ich mir das vorgestellt!

Diver

Yes, finally! I am back after a longer break. Maybe some of you have followed my other challenge blog http://www.ichsehewaswiedunichtsiehst.blogspot.com/ where you can find some of my current works.

During summer I joined an artistic four-day-workshop in Hamburg that was located in the industrial part of the harbour. There was also a maritime museum where I found a very fascinating object to paint from and so I developed a series devoted to this special diving helmet/suit.
I like the mystery of the underwater world that is represented by this item. Can you imagine how those guys wearing the suit feel? They carry heavy weights and are completely dependent on the equipment ... I myself own a diving brevet, so I can at least to a certain extent relate to that.
Some of these paintings should carry that idea, although not all (the pink diver maybe has something else to tell).