Sonntag, 30. Januar 2011

Birds

Demanding or not, here are some more close ups from my latest works for the exhibition. No  oil-paintings, sorry Swinkie , but mixed media.





Freitag, 28. Januar 2011

African Bugs

On special request from Joanna I show you today some bugs I have painted in 2008 which now hanging in my very colorful kitchen.
 
I wish you a weekend full of colorful moments, ideas, and perhaps creations.

Do you have any nice plans for the weekend?
Barbara 






Donnerstag, 27. Januar 2011

Early Talent

Remember my visit at Historical Museum, what I loved most, where those kids drawing I find in the hallway.
Kids are often so talented and not inhibited with self critisicm or false expectations and this freely flow shows and we're caught instantly.

Wishing you a lot of free flowing moments today.





Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2011

Close up

Extra on the request of my dear blogfriend Jane, here are some of the small mixed media works 
(15 x 15 x 3 cm) from my exhibition a littlebit bigger. These are here just finished in time. That means on Monday at 11 pm I finished them and on Tuesday, I went to the showroom!
There are several more, some very colorful and some with old family photos as well. 
If you like I could show some more.

About these new ones I particularly like that they reflect our intentions very well, that what we are all up to every day. 

Have fun and I hope you will have a nice, calm and creative day.
Barbara





 

Dienstag, 25. Januar 2011

Time Travel

Archaeopteryx reconstructed

First of all I would like to thank you for your kind words about my exhibition. That made me very happy, especially the virtual flowers, which have the advantage that they do not wither.
 
As you could see the "busy" images, it was a great evening.

 
But as the saying goes: After the game, is before the game.

Therefore, I can relax and plan new paintings  and experiment  a little with new material and see what comes of it.

 
To collect new impressions, I was looking at the Natural History Museum in Mainz. Little dusty that store, but for a little time travel quite well.
Few pieces are housed in a former church, an impressive framework for quite a few stuffed zebras.



from outside

not quite sure what interest me more fish or stome pattern?

I liked this little "Zorro" bird

Sonntag, 23. Januar 2011

Peter Autschbach & Samira Saygili "Mercy" w Striebel PA Baritone Guitar ...

The Evening

After I showed you how it looked without anyone around. Now the Opening itself, one can say it was very well attended. It was really fun and a very nice evening.

The youtube video  (above) shows the 2 musicians who played that evening.











Freitag, 21. Januar 2011

Opening Tonight Exhibition Galerie Artlantis, Bad Homburg

Hello dear friends, sorry for the lack of posting, but as you might imagine I had a whole lot to do. It was really hard work, finishing paintings and smaller mixed media works and pack, transport, arrange and hang and  I exhibit with another artist Andreas Elliesen, who is doing glas-objects and you have to consider both works. (We needed 2 days for arranging and hanging!)
BUT I'm really happy how it looks finally, I think it's great.

It would be sooo cool, if you could be all with me, I'm sure we had a lot of fun and chatting, drinking champagne... instead a few sneak peaks about the exhibition. So you'll be the first who see what the others have to wait until tonight 8 p.m.
I hope you'll get a little impression how it looks like, it isn't easy to shoot the rooms, especially with my small camera...

Finally, I want to thank you all for your nice comments lateley, I could'nt answer for lack of time.
I hope you'll have a nice weekend.
I certainly will, I don't have to do anything, only relaxe, sleeping in, sitting in a café or so and I'm really happy about it.
While I was rotating, blogland has turned further and there is a lot to catch up this weekend.

Entrance

main room

main room

grey room

grey room

very difficult to shoot red-brown room

Freitag, 14. Januar 2011

Drawings

Yesterday I did a few drawings that was fun and relaxing, I didn't have to think to hard like with the big paintings.

Wish you all a very happy weekend.
Barbara

Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2011

Old stories

I had the impression that you like works telling some strange, weird, dreamlike or whatsoever stories and because I showed my coursemaids on monday an old painting, which they loved, I thought I share it with you. Curios to see (read) what you're thinking about.


old one from 2000
For those thinking: Oh no, give me a break! (see below)

half price - christmas sale bargain and I love it!

Mittwoch, 12. Januar 2011

Ridiculous lorikeets

This is what I've discovered after Swinkies (www.swinkworth.blogspot.com) comment on my robin:



And this was the sky this morning (for those having enough of stupid birds ;))

Dienstag, 11. Januar 2011

Barbara goes Video

Instead of showing you all collages bit by bit, I made in the sketchbook for Arthouse NY, I thought I'll share it as a video for all of us who are not close to tour area. Hope you'll enjoy it.

Sketchbook Project 2011 - Barbara Böttcher from Barbara Böttcher on Vimeo.

Bird in the house

The other day a bird flew through the open balcony door in my apartment and I liked it to have him on my working table and furniture, he was soo cute.


Samstag, 8. Januar 2011

I won!



Finally I managed to go through this battle.
My cure wasn't bathing in nicely named smells - I did it 2 days ago and it was nice, but afterwards it feeled the same, my bath was smelling like heaven though, which was great... but I didn't feel relaxed at all. I could even find the right music to work with.

Yesterday evening we went ice skating - that was a lot of fun.
Today I wasn't in the mood for painting at all and so I went SHOPPING, Sale is the keyword here! I found a few nice clothes and that really cheered me up a lot.

And after reading a ridiculous magazin (Grazia - not my normal literature) I started painting with very loud music and it went better.

Freitag, 7. Januar 2011

Struggle against own demands

Do you know the feeling that you want too much at once, and therefore does not run or less than usual, so it was with me the whole week. My next exhibition is coming up and I would like to show some new pictures. The thought alone is idiotic, because the time is too short. What does not discourage me, to do it anyway. A fight which you can not really win.

Therefore, I am trying to let go, to rediscover the fun, fun for the moment and relax.
I've decided that I have to take care better for myself and so bought a couple of relaxing baths with the idiotic name: Winter Harmony and Happy Timeout. (How stupid can you actually be?) But at least it has meant that I was giggling at the store when I bought it.


Don't get me wrong, I don't want to complain. Its more that I discovered that its important to slow down and remember that you love what're doing and to get the groove again, instead of trying to force it, let it flow.

In this sense I wish you a relaxing weekend, let it go, feel good!

Here are some pictures of my recent struggle with and against the picture.







nearly ready




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