oil painting

The Headless (September 2021)

Art, oil painting, Painting

In 2021 and 2022, I painted a lot with my close friend Daria. Both of us also redecorated our teenage rooms in black and red, each in our own style. With her birthday approaching, I wanted to gift her a special painting for her walls. I found inspiration in a culture/theater/art magazine at the bottom of our stairs and immediately knew I wanted to use it as a reference.

Having just come out of my K-Pop watercolor phase, I aimed to create something more significant than a simple watercolor piece. I decided to revisit my oil paints, which had been sitting in my wardrobe for a few years.

If you compare this work to my recent pieces (some of which you can see on my Instagram, with more coming soon on here as well), you’ll notice that my style wasn’t as defined back then. Artistic style is always an evolving process of preferences and learning. Sadly, this painting is no longer hanging on any walls, but prints are always available. 🙂

The painting looks rather small on here, but it is quite tall. Click Here to watch the painting process

Ancestral Gallery: Lena (2021)

Art, oil painting, Painting

When we were kids, my sister and I had two rabbits. Lars and Lena. After some years Lena sadly passed away and we got Lilly.

As a birthday present I painted Lilly ( I can’t quite remember, whom it was a present for) but my mom thought the painting looked like belongs in an Ancestral Gallery. I loved the idea and over time I painted the other two rabbits. Now we have this Ancestral Gallery in my parents corridor and the only one still missing is Maja, the Labrador I grew up with.

Here you can see the painting for Lena. I love how I can notice that I did improve with oil colors by painting the three cuties.

Funfact: My sister wanted to have a little brother named Lars instead of a sister (me) and was rather disappointed when she couldn’t give me that name. Since she was a big fan of “Lars der kleine Eisbär” she picked out Lars when he was a baby, since he is completely white.

The story is about a small polar bear that also has a snow rabbit friend: Lena. In the story, Lena looks exactly like the rabbit I picked out. That’s how we found both of the names for our little rabbits.

Lena, the rabbit