About a year ago, I finished my year-long project “365 Days of Karolina”, and now its available as an online book to flick through.
For an entire year, I created a self-portrait every day and wrote a short text to go with it. With the help of my art and the accompanying words, I embarked on a journey of self-discovery, I was able to peel off the layers and look at all sides of myself, face my emotions, my fears, my dreams. And this is the result.
Through „365 Days of Karolina” I hope to inspire you to use art and go on your own personal journey. Especially now, in these hard times we are going through, art can help us heal. It doesn’t have to be for a whole year, but why not try and make your own journal, use pictures and words, to express yourself, come to terms with the reality around us, or just play and see what happens. Yes, it is scary at first, but I promise you, once you take the first step, you’ll see it’s not so bad. And the good thing is, there’s nobody there to judge you and tell you that what you’re creating is not good enough. You’re in the safety of your home and you have all the time you need.
Enjoy and let the magic happen.
New Art Online
“People in pencil” is a new section on my website under DECORATIVE ART, where I will be showing my recent drawings.
I am very excited and happy to share this work with you, as it combines two of my loves-people and drawing!
Go to “People in Pencil”
An artist and the pandemic
Happy to be featured in “Sichtbare Unsichtbarkeit“ on the STOL online news platform.
I used my artwork to talk about the current pandemic from an artist’s perspective.
Have a look,
"Just in time" for X-mas!
(english language see below)
Kerers Saiten ist soeben erschienen!
Ein schönes, gebundenes Buch mit spannenden und unterhaltenden Texten der Brixner Komponistin Manuela Kerer und 11 von meinen Bildern, die ich extra für dieses Buch gestaltet habe.
Ihr könnt das Buch direkt bei Manuela und mir bestellen (was wir natürlich bevorzugen, darum danke für eure direkten Bestellungen). Kerers Saiten gibt es auch in Buchhandlungen und bei Amazon.
The book Kerers Saiten is finally here!
A beautiful, hardcover book with the interesting and amusing texts by the composer Manuela Kerer and 11 pictures that I made especially for this project.
You can order the book directly with Manuela or myself (preferred option, thank you). It is also available on Amazon and in bookshops.
Two women, music, painting and a book.
I am very happy to have been invited by the composer Manuela Kerer, to paint the artwork for her new book “Kerer’s Saiten.“
Manuela, a female composer from Brixen (South Tyrol), not only creates music, but also writes. For the past ten years, she has been writing a weekly column for the local Dolomiten newspaper. She will be rounding off these ten years with a book of 111 of her favourite articles. And I have contributed 11 paintings, to accompany the texts.
This is a book for everyone, not only for art and music lovers. The texts Manuela has written give us insight into how a musician sees the world, on details they notice and things that are important to them. This is a book for people who are curious of the world, people who like to read, who appreciate beauty, who want to laugh, cry and be surprised.
The 11 pictures I painted are my artistic interpretation of the stories told in the texts. I used ink, paint, charcoal and pencil to create a series of black and white artwork. I hope to be able to show you all the original paintings next year, when circumstances allow.
„Kerers Saiten“ will be available from mid December at bookshops in South Tyrol or directly with Manuela or myself.
Hello from the studio!
The past few months have been difficult for all of us, and I am no exception. Art projects, cultural events and exhibitions have all been cancelled, and the overload of negative news around us has been quite overwhelming.
Art is something that helps in times of crisis, whether you consume art or create it. It’s a way to escape from everything and go to an imaginary world, it’s a way to relax and calm down, it’s a way to create beauty when you can’t see any around you. And many artists thrive in times of crisis, as strong emotions often push us to create our best work.
As a person who likes planning and likes to have things to work towards, it has been quite hard to have this endless void in front of me, with no way of knowing when I can go back to any sort of normal artist schedule. But, I have been keeping busy with reading art books, connecting with fellow artists online and just painting what I want, and what I enjoy.
However, I have to say that not everything has been cancelled, and I do have one exciting project that I am involved in. I can’t wait to tell you all about it very soon!
Stay healthy and happy everyone!