Kornelia

A surprise for my friend Kornelia, 

who is in hospital right now.

Instead of flowers so to speak :o)
Detail:

Foto used as reference:

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Acrylics on wood

36 x 50 cm

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A poem by Benno

In brilliant fashion do you frame the light
Its hard to know its you, though it just might
Many here love to talk , even venture to walk
They say break me,
gently though
Touch me ,
softly now
heal me,
lovingly so
My broken dreams ,my silent cry
Love me , fill my emptiness
Thirsty, Maddening
The eternal spring beckons
What blocks its flow
Is what I need to know
What is that song I hear
I dance ,we dance
in dance we now don't fear 

~Benno


thanks Benno!

Ein Männlein steht im Walde ...

Ein Männlein steht im Walde ganz still und stumm,
Es hat von lauter Purpur ein Mäntlein um.
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
Das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem purpurroten Mäntelein.

Das Männlein steht im Walde auf einem Bein
Und hat auf seinem Haupte schwarz Käpplein klein,
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
Das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem kleinen schwarzen Käppelein?

Das Männlein dort auf einem Bein
Mit seinem roten Mäntelein
Und seinem schwarzen Käppelein
Kann nur die Hagebutte sein.

~ August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

 

Tinny Snowman???

Marvin desperately wants to belong ...

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Detail:

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Acrylics and ink on board

~ 60 x 40 cm

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Fulfilling oneself

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Fulfilling oneself

Free as the wind that I am
Joyful as the bird that I am
Warm as the sun that I am
Peaceful as the tree that I am

I am fulfilled as All that I am
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Satya II

I tried again :-)

Detail:

 Whole Painting:

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water color, acrylics and colored pencil on paper
~ 50 x 60 cm
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Satya

Satya:

I experimented with a new technique and painted on a very rough medium.

I am not really satisfied with the painting as a whole, 

although it was a pleasure to paint this cute guy!!

Here is the pic as whole (the waves are a screen artefact):

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Acrylics on high density fibre board

50 x 62 cm 

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Poppies, tulips, leaves and rubber boots :-)

A stillife and flowers, and a drawing of divers leaves.

Acryl (first time for me) on canvas, 30 x 20 cm

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Gouache (first time for me) on paper, 30 x 20 cm

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Water color on canvas, 30 x 20 cm

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Colored pencil on paper, 30 x 20 cm

The love of my life is life

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Today life wants to be lived fully
savoring every second
like the last drop of water in the desert
My skin like a grown-out skirt
too small for this big, ever expanding entity
moving me through the world

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Today life wants to be lived silently
savoring every second
like the last moment of stillness
My skin dangling like an over-sized skirt
too big for this essence-concentrated entity
moving me through the inner field

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The love of my life is life

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toscana in colors

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Water color and joy on paper

~ 30 x 24 cm

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Vancouver ET TV attendees :-)

I had to wait for some colors get dry and made a quick sketch in the meantime.

Not perfect, but ... it was fun!

Kev, Ford, Dorian, Benno, Ali

Purr

In a purrple purradise
we are all a purrt of the purrfect spurr

wouff - says the dog
lets go to the pleasure grounds, eeehm, purrk
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Again I was in absolute color-mode yesterday 

and let the brush dance over the paper.
And again this was inspired by Clarissa Pinkola Estes 

and her book Der Tanz der Großen Mutter – The Dancing Grandmothers

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water color and Gouache on paper
54×60 cm
9/2010
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Detail:

Vessels of Love: testing one...

>>> Vessels of Love video <<<

Doreen shows her handmade,

filled up with love vessels in that youtube video.

She explains how the pieces come into existence through her.

HA! I am a proud owner of such a beautiful vessel.

massai

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water color and water color pencil on paper

20 x 40 cm

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The Parting - a poem by justme - Homage to Aisling and Olli

Like a little boat on a vast ocean
bumping and thrashing wave upon wave knowing not where she goes.
Not able to stop, or steer or slow.
She rides the waves of life,first she ascends so high and then rockets to the hardened low.
Again and again and again , thumping, churning the dark dense cold.
She asked not for this journey.
She wished only to stay on land.
Her sons they cling to the sides looking for mother to take them home.
Fathers gone they must stay the course, of waves, of life,of death.
They must stay the course until one day the waves fall lighter and eventually sit still.
For now not even love can break the power of the waves.
For love is lost.
The light for now is gone.
The sun may shine but never will it warm.
Take my hand dear woman that I might lead you upon the shore.
For your home awaits you though your heart so forlorn.
I am the constant and the brave.
Place your head upon my chest.
Hush now woman of the universe,
dry your childrens tears
be still my child and just you rest.
Close your eyes and let us move with the waves,
surrender to the moment,the movement, this life
For you are a brave and perfect mother, lover, wife.

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Water color, water color pencils and white Gouache on paper

54 x 60 cm

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Merging of 3

I paint that picture
to show what I feel

You watch that picture
and realise what you feel

Creation becomes real
when shown and realised match

Creator and beholder become ONE
through the heART

quak

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Aquarell auf Papier, 40 x 30

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Are my Silk stockings dry yet?????

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water color and FUN on paper,

64 x 50 cm

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a poem by justme, reflecting on the stony mermaid

On the waters edge she lies, exposed and free.
At Kavourotripes she lay down beside the frothy sea.
Dimpled bumps and dips mark her naked stony flesh.
Hand stretched forth her back deflects the land of man
Every now and then she awakes...when no human eye beholds
to the caress of the pampering, delicate, drizzling, drops of sea gold.
The spell of time has cast that she must wait, she must wait to be free.
She longs to return to her watery kingdom, her home, her keep..
For now sweet human child , quiet now,
Please, let the lady sleep.

Stony mermaid, inspired by and dedicated to Sousanna

She has been lying on the shore
for hundreds of years
Paitiently waiting for every single wave
to caress her
Slowly letting the water, wind and light
change her form

vulnerably dissolving 

in perfect beauty

 

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water color on canvas, 40 x 30 cm oval

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bits and pieces of an average day?

Some pure things
get tainted
when they are spammed all over the place

cut

You chose to end your life a few weeks ago
I got the message today
and it clouds my Now

cut

Shyly yet persistently you joined our family
I now have the honor
to open your cat food dish

cut

bits and pieces

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Gipsie,

10 years old

Jerry,

~ 3-4 years old

Jules,

~ 1 year old???

Who is cheating? Legs UP!

water color, colored pencil and FUN on canvas,

70 x 30 cm

sprouts, inspired by and dedicated to CPE and Abi

This painting was inspired by a book by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and my dear friend Abi.

The book is called The Dancing Grandmothers. To BE Young While Old, Old While Young.

She gives such a powerful and beautiful Tree-analogy in it.

I try to translate a bit of it:

She says, even when a tree gets cut down,

after a while in most cases it will have new sprouts.

In this (daughter)sprouts the tree will live on.

She claims that every woman has a guardian deep within (roots),

which no matter what happens to the woman is available and can be activated.

Abi told me this:

...It was of a tree stump, with an axe stuck in it, and from the end of the axe handle, leaves had begun to sprout… the remembered life-force of the tree had traveled through the head of the axe, and flowed up into the handle…

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I intend to share this picture for free with anybody who gets some strength or whatever out of it. 
So, if you would like to have a high resolution file (printable up to posters 90 x 70 cm) just send me a private message and I will give you a link to download it.
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Detail: 

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water color and colored pencil on paper,

64 x 50 cm

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chop wood - carry water

Annie got enlightened today :o)

Her brother Pete is still a bit confused about it:

T-Shirt and Sticker design

My master :o)

Dear Mommy,
look how skinny I am.
I really NEED the chewing bone 
you hid in the cupboard with the !%$FJJ$§!-turning-knob.

Yours sincerely,
Joshi

One-way cycle

Some channels are meant to be one-way

like blood circuit

or water circuit in rain and rivers

yet in the end the cycle is closed

I touched the beauty within you

now it lingers on in my heart and soul

a rooted junction line

even if it is *one-way* - we are connected

re-cycling

The tears you cry today

have the potential

to nourish the rose in your garden

in another Now.

Every single atom of the body

is ancient,

has gone through many life-cycles.

Imagine the wisdom 

stored in every single cell

of your body.

Trough of the sea

Being in the state of a thought surrender
every cell yearns for a whole-lived surrender

heart trying to protect the essence

every thought hurts
transmitter potpourri ruling the head
turning the stillness into a heavy metal event

heart reaching out
trying to find a mirror heart
reflecting the love and life which is hidden right now

Breathing into acceptance.

Great IS

inspired by Kev

we all are the body of the present moment
each one a piece of the Now-story
we all relate in the wholeness of this space
being together Now

Triple S (Three sisters)

Ok, this one is for my sister Michi :-)

Michi, Kiki, Yvi

Water color on canvas, 70 x 30 cm

The fool

Dedicated to my fool-idols Lady A. and Mister M.

Oil crayon on canvasboard, 24 x 30 cm

mater of being

when every word has been spoken
when every thought has been thought
when every thing has come to mat(t)er

s[he] might rub her eyes
shake a little
heartily yawn
and start it all over again

2s (Two sisters)

This painting was inspired by a lovely lady called Barbara.
She has a very impressive style,
and I fell in love with one of her paintings immediately.
She was fine with me using her pic as reference.
Thanks again!!!!!

You can look at the original here:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/barbieville/art/4435356-2-a-sisters-bond

I painted it as a gift for my sister Kiki, who has dark-brown-black curly hair :-)

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water color on canvas,
24 x 30 cm
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For lady R and all

You dance for me
then, now and tomorrow

I paint for you
in black or in color

She sings for us
along with the chorus

Evereyone giving
as well as receiving

WE heartbreathe together
and live this moment
then, now and forever

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Leo Rose

co-production by Peter and Yvonne :-)

Please Stay! - half way draft

Please Stay!

so far watercolor and white crayon spray on paper

50 x 64 cm

Both parts

One half is hidden
not shown to see
Which one would you like to know?
Both parts are me!
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oil crayon, rough, without fixation on paper
30 x 40 cm
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I draw this years ago with Illustrator
from imagination of an advertisement.
Today I felt like putting it onto paper.

Detail:

straightforwardness

Do you hear the sun shine?
Do you see the Earth turn?
You KNOW your heart is beating.

Mind wants to understand life
Heart does not even want to perceive life
it just  does so.

personal reminder

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up to here ...

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Homage to Charlie

I had to draw/paint a human being in motion for my art study.

So I chose Charlie because -

I love him!!!!!

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Pencil, 4B and love on paper ,
DIN A 4,
Text added with photoshop

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Für Eva - Die Welt im Schutz der Frau

The original is called *Die Welt im Schutz der Frau* by Gisela Wardetzky
(literally: The world under cover of the woman)

Eva saw a small black-and-white print in a book and asked me to paint it for her.
The description said the original is painted with pastel colors.

I only had water colors with me and hadn't the possibility to look the original up.
Even now, being at home again, I can't find the original via Google :-(((

If somebody finds it please let me know!!!!

Mühle

tree hug draft

I am busy these days :-)

This one is quite big, 50 x 64 cm, 

so I had to scan it it several sessions.

Looks a bit like patchwork now :-)

self portrait

Selbstportrait/self portrait

water color, colored pencil and inner life on paper

30,5 × 41 cm, 12 × 16 inch

 

self portrait - first draft

My first self portrait is about to come into being.

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water color pencil and inner life on paper

30 x 40 cm

Inner Sister Act

 A fulfilled wo(man)

She is having a loving sister act with her inner male aspects,
deeply connected with this part of her being visualised by the merging hairs.

Her dance is self-confident,
yet she looks very feminine and tender.
The horse as the male part is expressing her passion and physical power.

She doesn’t need to suppress the female
nor does she need to overstrengthen the masculine.
Both are in harmony and dance life together.

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Aquarell and iridiscent medium on paper

30 x 40 cm

The horse is still :-) called *Honey*, 

you may find the original as pic No. 15 here in Gale's beautiful slide-show:

Horses, Horses, Horses 

home

Enter through the portal of peace,

look through the windows of freedom,

be guarded by the walls of consciousness,

take a joy shower 

or

a bath in the tub of awareness,

walk up the stairs of creativity,

take a rest in the room of shelter,

eat in the kitchen of healing,

linger in the garden of beauty,

find stillness.

Please be our guest and feel at home!

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love ball

My latest draft:

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so far water color pencil on paper, 

let's see what happens tomorrow :-)

30 x 40 cm

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The horse is called *Honey*, 

you may find the original as pic No. 15 here in Gale's beautiful slide-show:

Horses, Horses, Horses

Time vagabonds

The same moment

is morning for you

is evening for me

Different content

right Now the sun for you

right Now the moon for me

Yet we share the same space

in the convention of time

In this same space

no-thing slips through our fingers

our connection is unthinkable absolute here

Kim and Eckhart

Moin,
I now scanned the pics I made from Kim and Eckhart during the ETTV-event 2 weeks ago.
If you would like to see some photos of our trip,
feel free to look here:
http://malibu2010.blogspot.com

Bye,
Yvonne

Happy Mother's Day

Viele Grüße nach Düsseldorf und Saarbrücken :-)

Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle in Malibu.
This is colored pencil on paper.
The pic is taken with a camera and I am missing my Creative Suite on this Laptop.
Gimp couldn't manage to put away the artifical yellow unfortunately.
I will scan it when I am home again :-))