2009 November 1 Time-Out ... but not for you
Hello! I'm glad to announce the coming birth of my second son. For spending a lot of time with the two of them I decided to take a time-out for one year. In this time I also don't want to lose the contact with you. You can cover me with questions, but unfortunately there won't be time for custom wishes. But still: Ordering prints, note cards and cardboard models is still possible for you. A mother in law who is a pensionar and a former English teacher is good to have for this reason. For the next year I assigned all rights for doing my job as a seller to her: Ute Schwulst (ute.schwulst@web.de). I enabled her to print and deliver all artwork the same way I do and did and to supply you with my illustrations the next year.
 
2009 October 3 A Tribute to Twin Peaks ! (and David Lynch)
Happy Birthday Twin Peaks! My very favorite series turns 20! For this reason the Black Cat Bones Café in Puebla (Mexico) initialised a Twin Peaks exhibition this month which starts today. A lot of different artists represent their different interpretations of the Twin Peaks theme. One of my favourite characters is the "log lady". For this I draw this mysterious woman in December 2007. Everbody who is interested and by accident on the way to Mexico enjoy the "log lady" and her old friends at Puebla.
 
2009 September 29 Cardbord Models
Since I've seen the small miniature exhibition of all kinds of cardboard models in the "Verkehrs-museum" of Dresden I couldn't get rid of the idea to create my own models. "house harbour island" and "skyscraper" are the first ones which btw. relate to my illustrations "sunset over harbour island" and "skyscraper (part one and two)". Now they are available in my shops in form of pdf-download files.
 
2009 August 27 Collaborative coloring book

I wish it would have been mine, but Yael Frankel (yaelfran) had the fantastic idea of a coloring book for kids. Every month she features now a group of 15 illustrators who will showcase their interpreation of a different theme. On the picture below you can see my interpretation of September's issue "We are STRONG". This and the following issues you can order on her etsy page www.yaelfran.etsy.com. (August: "We are HAPPY", October: "We are HEALTHY" and two special editions for Haloween "We are SCARY" and for Christmas "We are SPIRITUAL" - the last one will include an illustration from me).
 
2009 June 17 Hello again, Dresden
Obviously there are also positive things of engaging trainees. Some of them will be infected by your ideas and will continue it in any way. So did Nina Buttendorf who was a short term trainee in 2008 in Dianas store "Auf der Pirsch" and now opened a new store in Dresden-Neustadt. What's new: At the "buttendorf" you can buy handmade products and have a cup of coffee and a muffin before you leave.
No, it's not me among the girls... Check out her lovely store and take a look at my prints in person. buttendorf: Kamenzer Straße 17, 01099 Dresden (opens mo-fr 12-20 and sa 11-16).
 
2009 April 11 Big in Berlin
Although it is long time ago I came to visit our capital some of my prints do now. They are lying and hanging in the little store of Nici and Benny in Berlin-Kreuzberg with the name "supermarché".
supermarché: Lausitzer Platz 11, 10997 Berlin (opens mo-sa 11-20)

 
2009 Feb 13 CD artwork for Bergen

One month to go and I already am quite excited about the release of Bergens new album called "Gegenteil von Stadt". When I was doing the 9-pages artwork I coundn't get the lyrics out of my mind: "Mal mir auf ein Blatt / mit grau-schwarzen Kästchen / das Gegenteil von Stadt / mal Bäume, einen Turm / dazu ein paar Mädchen, die's in der Gegen hat". I am happy and a little proud to hold the CD already in my hands. Thanks Bergen for letting me do this for you and congrats to your fabulous album!
 
2009 Feb 04 Hello and Welcome!
Finally I made it... ok at least I did my first steps in designing the web with doing some exercises with my own Website. Yes: My own website!