Sitting by the Elbe: this painting is based on a place close to my house. The cat on the tree is die Socky from my neighbors and the crow is the one that I wait for, to see on my balcony (12.08.2024)

INDEPENDENT THALIA: Beautiful and independent Thalia (02.02.2022)

The Brave Tulip: Stand alone, not attached to groups (19.01.2022)

My last Guinness: I wanted to try drawing a glass. I see my friends often drinking Guinness and here is mine. (22.04.2022)

Novembers’ Red: The Same as I enjoy beautiful flowers and fruits, I enjoy the colourful leaves in the Autumn. (11.11.2021)

November’s Yellow: These beautiful yellow leaves will be the dark soil someday! (06.11.2021)

Lock-down Christmas: I made this picture on the Christmas Day, during the Corona pandemic Lock-down. (25.12.2020)

Christmas Greetings: (27.11.2021)

The Christmas Lights: (13.12.2021)

SHIPPO’S Death: This is my little cat Shippo. I found This little cat in Dittmar Park in Austin, Texas. She was living with a big family of 11 other cats.

One day I was lucky to see her sleeping on the tree branch, my little tiger!

There were two sets of parents and the rest were small. I used to go walking there. Each time I go there, I brought a small box of dried cat food for them.

This little kitten Shippo had a wound on her tail, it was hanging as it was going to fall. To save her life we took her to the vet. Sadly, her bushy tail had to be amputated. Since then, I call her Shippo, which means tail in Japanese.

I was happy that she was safe, clean and has a full tummy now and she is with me.

I remember her mum. She was very small same as Shippo, but she fears no one, no dogs! One day when I was walking in the park a big, big dog came running towards the kittens. There was no owner, no leash. I got scared! And I worried what would happen to the kittens! My heart was beating fast and my legs were shaking!

Shippo's mum was there! She was so, so brave! She stood on her hinds, her fur all standing, making herself, look as twice as big than what she actually is, doing all the Kung Fu moves and Kung Fu sounds, she chased that big dog away! I got tears feeling the amazing power of love! I shall respect animals more; they are much more than what we think that they are. Shippo was a very clever cat. she was not interested in other humans, no matter how tasty their snacks were. She had one connection and it was me. That’s how I saw it. I felt like that she had the understanding of me, and I totally understood her.

Shippo understands time, If I play with her at 10 in the morning today, she would be waiting for me 10 in the morning the next day. Isn’t that interesting?

In 2019, July 6th I went to Japan. The next day I got a phone call saying that something had happened to Shippo, that she could not stand, her paws were paralyzed. She was taken to the vet, but they couldn’t save her! She was 16 years old. The flowers in this painting are the Night Flowering Jasmine. (07.07.2020)

Cold Pomegranate: The beautiful fruit with gem stones inside (04.01.2022)

SWEET CRAB APPLE: (23.01.2022)

“Andy” the Chameleon: Our artist-group was talking in German. It sounded like they were talking about something to do with Chameleon and a party. I didn’t want to interrupt them to ask what they were talking about. I told myself that Party is nothing to do with drawing, so I shall make a painting of a Chameleon and that will be my contribution.

I went home that evening and I rushed to create a Chameleon for me. A day later I brought my little Chameleon to the Blaue Fabrik, the place where we were meeting. I proudly introduced my Chameleon to my friends, the one I made in very short time. Then everybody started to laugh!

One of the artists, “Andy” had finished making his big wooden Chameleon and they were going to set it in the backyard of the Blaue Fabrik. And the party was to celebrate the opening the wooden Chameleon to the public. Well, I enjoyed, it was nice to laugh together, drinking Champagne! I haven’t thought of a name for my Chameleon and ANDY was the name that came to my head. (20.10.2021)

Sweet Crab Apple: Crab Apples are not sweet, but the flowers are (23.01.2022)

You and me: It feels warm, when you are with me (19.12.2021)

THE YELLOW FLOWERS: (28.08.2024)

Magnolia of Liberty: I was half way into drawing this picture, when the Russian war on Ukraine started. I was sad, upset, depressed and disappointed in us humans. All the colors dissappeared from my head, there was only gray. My painting came to a stop. After few weeks break, I pushed myself to get back on painting again, it was difficult, but I did it, I finished my picture, and here it is: The magnolia of Liberty. This picture will always remind me of the Russian War on Ukraine! (04.03.2022)

MY CROW: I can see the car garage and the trees behind it from my kitchen on the second floor. I had some old bread in the kitchen. I didn’t want to throw them into the bin I thought of throwing a small piece to the roof of the garage, to see what happens. I understand, it is nice and clean when I put old bread into the bin, but I also have this feeling that it is a waste. I had so many memories of watching animals eat. I loved it. I felt myself little criminal but I threw one piece of bread to the garage roof. I was excited to see what’s going to happen. Next day the bread was gone. Yes! The start of a new story. I threw a piece of bread again. Again, the next day the bread was gone. Wow! The third day, Hello! Guten Tag! I saw a black crow on the top of the tree, behind the garage. His head was turned towards me!! His eyes and my eyes met!!! looking at each other! What a nice feeling! My new friend! Now, in your head you have me, you think of me throwing the bread for you and you plan to flying there to pick it up. That means, I am in your little head!! You are thinking of me my friend! How wonderful is that to have a crow that thinks about you in his head! So much joy made from a piece of bread! This connection is important. I saw him every day. I gave him peanuts and Sunflower seeds every morning. Not bread. Behind the garage is the fence and there is the balcony of my neighbor. She is Kerstin, my cat made us friends. It was a gift to me from the cat, the gift was connecting me to Kerstin. He used to go there and we became friends. I am very thankful to my cat Chibby. Kerstin is always there for me and I tell her that she is my family. One evening she asked me to come, to sit on her balcony, drink some wine with her. Yes, yes, I wanted to tell her my crow-story! I was excited. It was a nice summer evening, starting to get dark. As soon as she sat down, I started to tell the story. This is so unbelievable! As I was telling Kerstin about my crow, the real one appeared in the sky! Not alone this time, but with a another one!! It’s like introducing themselves to us! It was so surprising and so wonderful! It was a moment with full of joy, I never forget. The whole night, I was enjoying that scene again and again in my head. Next morning I woke up early and I started to make this picture ”My Crow".

They made a nest on the big Oak tree across the street in front of my house. I could see them from my living room. It was nice to watch, spy on them. They had two baby crows. They were there for a long time. One day I heard him cry, it sounded different. And again, the next day it was the same, crying the whole day. I didn’t know what was going on. I could not find the reason. He looked stressed, the feathers were messy, some hanging, some were standing! I was sad! Something was wrong. I saw them less and less. And slowly they disappeared! They left me! I never stopped leaving the food for him. Lot of other birds came to my balcony. Even today there is food on my balcony. My hope for him lives. I asked my neighbors and their children to tell me if they see my black crows. Some have seen them by the river, Elbe. It is ten minutes’ walk from my house. I was always thinking what made them leave this area. I really wanted to find what happened. It is been few years now. The black crows are nowhere to find here. But now I see bigger crows coming to my balcony. They are gray & black. They are everywhere now. It took me few years, but now I understand what must have happened to my small black crows!

The gray ones used to live around the town Centre. During the Corvid 19 lookdown, all the gray crows those lived in the town areas slowly came to the rural areas looking for food. They chased my black crows away from this area, they took their tree. It is been few years now. but they are not going back to where they came from. I would be very happy if that happens. I still leave food on the balcony for my black crows. Maybe someday they will come back! Who would think of what Corvid 19, did to the birds. I still leave food. I see the gray ones getting even bigger and stronger. My heart weeps for my missing crows, I wish them all the best. (27.07.2020)

Wild Park: I was walking with the friends to the restaurant, and we went passing big trees and these flowers. No Asphalt, no concrete, only the green grass to walk on. (24.08.2024)