When I was in India in 2022, I saw a small captivating photo of my spiritual teacher’s teacher. His eyes…
Portrait of Swami Mahatabkak – painting in process
I started a new portrait painting. After finishing my latest digital painting I was longing for some “real” paint and…
Painting for Trees again… A Valentine ❤️ for trees
Starting the year late… with a Valentine ❤️ for trees… for my first sale of the year. Join me for…
Black Kali – feminine power – mother earth – nature
When I was starting to explore the 12 Kalis creatively, sketching and intuitively painting, and just letting happen whatever wanted…
Hugging my inner child – while painting a toddler
Do you believe that the Universe or Higher Self or God or whatever you want to call it puts us…
Painting of a Young Girl
I have been working on this portrait for my friends of their four year old daughter for quite a while,…
“Fragments”, small paintings
“Fragments” I was contemplating the experience of most people living in this world of feeling separated, fragments of the whole.…
Sunset triplet painting
I just finished a huge painting that I made for my friends living room. They have been so kind to…
“There were two birds…”
“There were two birds in a forest, so close to each other. One, always used to sing and the other…
Reaching out
As we reach out to our creator, the creator reaches out to us… acrylic on canvas on Styrofoam H 15…
“Listen with the ear of your heart” ~ St. Benedict
acrylic and collage on canvas, unframed H12 x W12 x depth 2 inch (30,5 x 30,5 x 5cm) I intuitively…
What’s on my chest…
…tulips and other things sprouting 🙂 A spontaneous mood painting. I like it that way at the moment. acrylic and collage…
The song of separation
click on images below to see details… click on images below to see edges… “The Song of Separation” acrylic, oil…
Like thread through a needle…
Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. …
Ganesh – The Doorkeeper
A more unusual depiction of Ganesh as he holds the world like he would usually hold a ladu (Indian sweet…
“I died as a mineral and became a plant…” Square and Round
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as…
Looking Away (Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder)
…or as Henry David Thoreau says, “The question is not what you look at, but what you see”. Note to…
the rebels and the changes… a short story without ending
Been working on this “puzzle” of a painting for a while now… it is going in a circle and has…
Butterflies (a metamorphosis)
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” (Richard Bach) “Everything you see has…
the fabric of life… (death)
new painting, with details… Is it the fading tulips on the table (love it) or the general mood of retreating…
letting go…
letting it fly like a kite in the sky… “Letting go” acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 inches (40.5 x…
‘Surrender and alertness’ painting and other acts of faith
It never ceases to amaze me when a painting is finally finished… and yet I never seem absolutely sure, or…
Knowledge (mudra)
In this painting, a hand mudra emerges intuitively which seems rooted in the ground but reaches towards the moon. In…
“Jewel of Remembrance”
This painting reminds me of a passage I found in the Bhagavad Gita where Swamiji Lakshmanjoo was explaining what love/devotion…
The power of music…
Wonderful concert last night at the Zipper Hall with the Camerata Pacifica. Reminds me again of the power of music.…
Burned Angel
This is one of the paintings that basically just appeared in front of my eyes as I kept painting. I…
Prayer
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It…
falling… rising
Autumn The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each…
Emerging Goddess
It took a while but finally…
Only looking
acrylic on canvas,18 x 24 inch (46 x 61 cm)
Divine Mercy
acrylic on canvas,18 x 18 inch (46 x 46 cm)
Heart-strings
Heart-strings – The pain has helped me heal. It’s all connected, the pain, the sacredness, the fruitful opening of it…
In your hand
This is an intuitive painting that emerged from the canvas before my eyes. ‘In Your Hand,’ is where the delicate…
Where Your Bare Foot Walks…
The feet of a master have been associated with his connection to the ground and as such there is a…
The Fragrance of Union
acrylic and collage on canvas, 24 x 24 inch (61 x 61 cm) This Union you want With the earth…
in process… “Union”
1. So… I kept going and added some strokes… still not it. Keep going…. 2. Now don’t ask me where…
Devotion
Now available as large stretched canvas print! Original painting by Claudia Dose acrylic on Styrofoam, 32 x 17 x 2…
Initiation
They say you smelled of roses. acrylic on canvas, H 20 x W 24 inch (51 x 61cm)
Fighting the ego dog
One of the Sufis‘ favorite metaphors is the dangerous ego-self (al-nafs) as a dog that the Sufi strives to tame…
Freedom and fear
Here is another painting that intuitively appeared before me, expressing a sense of freedom and fear simultaneously. Und meine Seele…
Feeling Protected
This was one of a series of paintings that emerged as I was exploring intuitive painting. One can feel comfort…
God’s Hands are Big – (Embracing and Letting Go)
acrylic, mixed media on canvas, H 20 x W 24 inch (51 x 61cm) Hand is above hand, child, in…
“The broken ones are My darlings – never give up!”
This is the promise, they say when you remember God, when you don’t give up hope, when you remain “broken”…
My Brother’s Wedding portrait
Finished! As promised, here is my gift for my Brother and his wife’s wedding. (There will be a baby soon,…