Manuela & Janet

by | Dec 30, 2020 | All, Portraits, Watercolours

Janet Haufler zählt zu den wichtigsten Performance-Künstlerinnen in Bern der letzten Jahrzehnte. Ihr feuerrotes Haar ist unvergesslich. Ich konnte sie leider nur ein einziges Mal auf der Bühne sehen. Ihre gigantische Präsenz ist genauso unvergesslich. Dokumentarfilm...

Children are not easy to portray

by | Dec 5, 2020 | All, Portraits, Watercolours

Children’s and Adult’s faces are not as easy to draw. Age matters. Some marks aren’t so visible on their faces are in older people’s faces. It was really hard to grab my grand-nephew’s face and I think I didn’t get it yet. It’s not really him. But I have a lot to...

…I used to start with the eyes 3

by | Nov 23, 2020 | All, Portraits, Watercolours

„Plasson: no need to look at the sitter. Everything comes by itself, the mouth, the curve of the neck, even the hands… but fundamental thing is to start from the eyes, do you see, and this is where the real problem lies, the problem that drives me mad, lies...

…I used to start with the eyes 2

by | Nov 23, 2020 | All, Portraits, Watercolours

„Plasson: it happens that all the rest just follows, it‘s as if all the other pieces slip into place around that initial point by themselves, there‘s not even any need to (stop)Bartleboom: There‘s not even any need…“ Alessandro Baricco, Oceano...