Another exciting event will be taking place on Thursday, June 13th. One of my big pieces will be in the MANA Fundraiser 6-10pm at the Garboushian Gallery in Beverly Hills. I have the feeling it’s going to be epic, so don’t miss out on it!

You can read it up in GOD’s HOTEL’s spring issue of the FYGRC Magazine. Alongside with snapshots of my studio you will find fantastic snippits and snappits of art openings and gatherings  in and around LA. Very inspiring!

Gravity 01 30×48 acrylic on canvas

Gravity 02 48×24 acrylic on canvas

Gravity 03 36×18 acrylic on canvas

Gravity 04 28×22 acrylic on canvas

Gravity 05 48×30 acrylic on canvas

Gravity 06 36×36 acrylic on canvas

Currents 36″x60″ acrylic on canvas – SOLD

I started the painting “Currents” on April 17th, so I worked on this one almost two months. I didn’t have my entire focus on it all the time and I even put it aside for two weeks or so but still, what remains is more than a month of work – night shifts, it is a 100% night painting – if you know what I mean – a LOT of work – 080627 Intense took a about a month and I thought THAT was a challenge.

I am very proud. I finished it although it turned out to be more than just a painting. I mean, the process of painting wasn’t the main issue in the end. The fact that it was such a long process made it a challenge of a different kind. I just couldn’t leave it unfinished, though. I can’t leave things unfinished that I have my heart in. Who could?

I knew the title of the painting from early on which is very unusual – it sometimes takes me months to come up with the names of paintings ( after I got some distance ). This time I knew it after I decided about the colors. It is a very personal painting and a still of where I was in life during those two months. I will share the story with the lucky one who will own it one day, if he or she would like to listen – it is a very good story – a story of growth.

For now, it is done and got the spot over the couch, what is like the winners podium for my paintings and replaced 080602 A Passage that reigned for a year. And it fits better too. The magenta in it goes so well with the dark brown leather.

AAAAAnd. It was the first painting that I signed with my name! I would usually just note the date of completion and the title on the top right of the canvas frame but this time I signed it good visible with my last name on the front right bottom – a totally new experience for me and a partially return of the “ö” back into my life.

A truly BIG painting by all means. Big Time.

I have quite a documentation too – check it out below. I started by asking my people what they would like to see in it and it was a great help to find my way through the long creation progress. Thank you!

Enjoy and CARPE NOCTEM!

Intense 36×48 acrylic on canvas