I returned from a month in Germany, where I helped transition my father into a care facility due to his…
Reflect(ion) – word of the year (so far)
We are already well into the new year and I felt so rushed to make a New Year’s resolution when…
Thoughts of War
It followed me, into the beauty of art, the thoughts of war, like a giant hollow, in my heart, a…
Bushfire Restoration Video Update 🌿🐨 Thank you for your support 🙏
Woohoo! I am happy to report that the organization that I donated and supported with the “painting for trees” fundraiser…
Moving into the middle of the woods – childhood magic rekindled
Moving into the “middle of the woods” has rekindled my childhood love of nature, seeing so many trees around me,…
Auction for trees and spirituality – painting to benefit the causes I am most passionate about
Update! I have added new items and re-opened the auction again for only this weekend… Check it out now! …
Fountain of calm
Got myself a little aquarium pump, and together with a giant glass jar and a few pebbles it turner into…
Time in Timelessness
Watching (and “reading” the audiobook of) Outlander has been a real time-bender for my mind. It stretches and bends and…
Painting for trees – Raising $2020 for planting 2020 trees in 2020.
I guess by now you have heard about the impact climate change has through the extreme example in Australia. The…
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…
I finally have my own art space – a dream come through
I just moved into my new studio in our garage, so I can finally paint undisturbed. I was yearning for…
My first rented art space – “a room of one’s own”
I had enough! Enough of not having a space to paint. Enough of doodles and small sketches and still being…
“Wonder Women” Local Treasures – thinking of 12 Kalis, feminine energy
Went to the panel discussion for the art show “Wonder Women: Local Treasures” at the Berkeley art center . .…
Inspired by the Beauty of Darkness
How do you cope with “dark” days? At least weather wise I am having difficulties to get used to the…
Can beauty save the world?
A friend of mine invited me to an award ceremony at the Bower Center here in Berkeley, for an organization…
Does the picture quarrel with the painter?
Been thinking about this a lot. How this crazy, at times wonderful, at other times painful illusion of existence and…
‘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…
“I am who I am, that is that…”
This song is going around in my head. In Germany they call it an “earworm” (Ohrwurm) 😉
Indian art
Visiting art show about Indian Artists in two galleries with friends. We where fascinated by some of the meditative paintings.
Triptich of Mary and Jesus
It is so sweet to meet the prayer group of my mother in law, who come together in her house…
The lonely painter living in a box of paints
Yep, thats me, as a friend of mine pointed out. The song reminds her of our spiritual Teacher and the…
ready to move on…
It is a little strange to be always living in transit but then again isn’t that what life is all…