<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252</id><updated>2012-02-02T15:04:21.398-04:00</updated><category term='Aquarellgemaelde'/><category term='Bodensee'/><category term='Ritter'/><category term='Boat painting'/><category term='Renovierung'/><category term='hotel gierer'/><category term='fall painting'/><category term='sunbury shores'/><category term='sea scape'/><category term='Simone'/><category term='Painting for Sale'/><category term='artists helping artists'/><category term='tryptich'/><category term='barbara neilson'/><category term='Lupinen'/><category term='abstract wave'/><category term='renovation'/><category term='yupo'/><category term='Meersburg'/><category term='lupin painting'/><category term='en plein air'/><category term='Acrylic'/><category term='hotel ratsstuben'/><category term='watercolor'/><category term='Dance painting'/><category term='spring'/><category term='europa inn und restaurant'/><category term='watercolour'/><category term='Aquarell'/><category term='Acrylfarben'/><category term='St. Andrews Painting'/><category term='Watercolour painting'/><category term='primary colours'/><category term='acrylic painting'/><category term='plein air painter of the bay of fundy'/><category term='fundy artists'/><category term='limited palette'/><category term='tulip painting'/><category term='St. Andrews'/><category term='abstract'/><category term='cat painting'/><category term='Music painting'/><category term='city scape'/><category term='pool painting'/><category term='da vinci paint'/><category term='Gillmor&apos;s Coach House'/><category term='still life'/><category term='oil painting'/><category term='fish market'/><category term='plein air painting'/><category term='cooke aquaculture'/><category term='Orange stilllife'/><category term='Fischmarkt'/><category term='kunstwettbewerb'/><category term='east coast paintings'/><category term='watercolour palette'/><category term='Art'/><category term='kitchen'/><category term='fish market painting'/><category term='Lupins'/><category term='pears'/><category term='Acryl Gemaelde'/><category term='seascape'/><category term='fire and ice'/><category term='Landschaftsgemaelde'/><category term='kueche'/><category term='Exhibition'/><category term='Drink Painting'/><category term='Birnen Stilleben'/><category term='paint-out'/><category term='art competition'/><category term='Apple stillife'/><category term='Simone Ritter'/><category term='landscape'/><category term='painting'/><category term='Plein air'/><category term='Winter Landscape painting'/><title type='text'>Simone Ritter</title><subtitle type='html'>Maritime Artist</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-1004058775653978590</id><published>2011-10-02T22:18:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T22:18:06.988-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drink Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dance painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone Ritter'/><title type='text'>lots of painting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J96Ex5lVqz8/TokGwUDBpaI/AAAAAAAAA24/uG__ja0zS5I/s1600/IMG_2213-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J96Ex5lVqz8/TokGwUDBpaI/AAAAAAAAA24/uG__ja0zS5I/s320/IMG_2213-1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;'la musica'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oil on canvas/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Leinwand&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;30x40in/ &lt;i&gt;76cm x102cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;yes, the weeks have passed since my last post, and life has been busy here...&lt;br /&gt;Our &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Europa Inn&lt;/a&gt; is still hoppin', Sabrina is back to school, and i have been busy painting for&lt;br /&gt;commissions and my upcoming solo christmas show starting november 16th at the &lt;a href="http://www.imperialtheatre.nb.ca/"&gt;Imperial Theater.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say the theme will be somewhat 'entertainment' inspired...and the time when i played the Cornet at the '&lt;a href="http://www.musikkapelle-opfenbach.de/"&gt;Musikkapelle Opfenbach'&lt;/a&gt; comes in handy knowing the anatomy of the instruments, haha!&lt;br /&gt;A bit of homesickness I have this time of year- it's Oktoberfest time...&lt;br /&gt;without giving too much info our here, i'd like to post a couple of pix of what i've&lt;br /&gt;worked on the last little while. It's so much fun to explore further into the abstraction process which is still pretty new for me. i enjoy the oil paints, but have painted watercolour this summer quite a bit.&lt;br /&gt;any time spend painting is a treat for me and the kids start laughing when their crazy mother drags her painting bag with her while at an outing...haha!&lt;br /&gt;all paintings will be for sale- please drop me a line if you are interested!&lt;br /&gt;blessings and thanks for stopping by! &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Simone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5aKx3bGg7cQ/TokGvY31C7I/AAAAAAAAA20/Ogymsbm2seY/s1600/IMG_2199-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5aKx3bGg7cQ/TokGvY31C7I/AAAAAAAAA20/Ogymsbm2seY/s320/IMG_2199-2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Dance, love, sing, live'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oil on canvas/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Leinwand&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;3ft x4ft/ &lt;i&gt;91cm x 120cm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ja, die Wochen sind nur so vorbeigeflogen seit meinem letzten Eintrag, unser Leben war vollgepackt!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Unser kleines Hotel 'Europa Inn' ist noch super gebucht, Sabrina ist wieder in der Schule und ich habe viel gemalt: Auftragsarbeiten und auch fuer meine kommende Solo show im &lt;a href="http://www.imperialtheatre.nb.ca/"&gt;Saint John Theater&lt;/a&gt; welche am 16. November anfaengt... Keine Frage eines der Themen meiner Bilder wird 'Entertainment' sein...und ich muss sagen, meine&lt;a href="http://www.musikkapelle-opfenbach.de/"&gt; Musikkapelle-Opfenbach-Zeit&lt;/a&gt; kommt mir jetzt gut gelegen mit all den Instrumenten die ich hier malen sollte! (und ein kleines bissle Heimweh hab ich doch grad jetzt- Oktoberfestzeit)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;ohne dass ich hier nun schon zu viel Info's rausgeben will (haha)- hier sind ein paar Bilder an denen ich die letzte Zeit gearbeitet habe. Das Oelmalen macht Spass und ich werde mehr ins Abstrakte gehen, ist ja doch noch recht neu fuer mich. Ich habe trotzdem recht viel in Aquarell gemalt diesen Sommer.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neue Bilder werde ich hochladen bis zum Showstart.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bilder sind zum Verkauf, bei interesse, bitte mir ne kurze email schicken!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gottes Segen und Danke fuers Vorbeischaun! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Simone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gYgPd6WuLqw/TokGt6LypLI/AAAAAAAAA2w/JpAgPhY2lnE/s1600/IMG_2106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gYgPd6WuLqw/TokGt6LypLI/AAAAAAAAA2w/JpAgPhY2lnE/s320/IMG_2106.JPG" width="61" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pat and Megan's drink&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour/ &lt;i&gt;aquarell&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;30x6in approx./ &lt;i&gt;75cm x 15cm ca.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;commission sold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-1004058775653978590?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/1004058775653978590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/10/lots-of-painting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1004058775653978590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1004058775653978590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/10/lots-of-painting.html' title='lots of painting'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J96Ex5lVqz8/TokGwUDBpaI/AAAAAAAAA24/uG__ja0zS5I/s72-c/IMG_2213-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>St Andrews, NB, Canada</georss:featurename><georss:point>45.073986 -67.05211500000001</georss:point><georss:box>45.041602 -67.08594650000002 45.10637 -67.01828350000001</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-4862495442622773145</id><published>2011-07-08T11:53:00.002-03:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T18:37:13.519-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air painter of the bay of fundy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbara neilson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundy artists'/><title type='text'>Plein Air Painting the Eastcoast</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4eUfteoZros/ThcXeSncZyI/AAAAAAAAA1s/8FbO3O54C-w/s1600/IMG_1351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4eUfteoZros/ThcXeSncZyI/AAAAAAAAA1s/8FbO3O54C-w/s320/IMG_1351.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Summer is here and with it lots of opportunity to go out and paint!&lt;br /&gt;last week was the opening of our annual paint out with the '&lt;a href="http://www.pleinairfundy.org/events.htm"&gt;plein air painters of the bay of fundy&lt;/a&gt;' in Eastport, Maine. it was misty, but magical. i had so much fun painting!&lt;br /&gt;here are some of the paintings i have done...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Eastport Fishing boat 5x7approx. watercolour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6KVAYiwR28A/ThcXiH4G1BI/AAAAAAAAA1w/f34n9CgssVY/s1600/IMG_1352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="216" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6KVAYiwR28A/ThcXiH4G1BI/AAAAAAAAA1w/f34n9CgssVY/s320/IMG_1352.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;downtown Eastport, watercolour, 5x7in approx.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the exhibit is up at the NextDoor Gallery at 8 Boynton Street until july 13th, 2011, if you are in the area- stop by it would be a great pleasure!&lt;br /&gt;from July 27th- 30th, 2011 i will take part in our annual art show and sale at the Fairmont Algonquin Ballroom. It has been a well received art event drawing locals and vistitors alike to view a variety of&lt;br /&gt;one-of-a-kind crations. Fellow artists of our 'Fundy Five' Art Group include: Barbara Neilson,&lt;br /&gt;Pat Staples, Paula Cooper-Bertke, Bertha Day, and Morag Walsh and guest artists this year:&lt;br /&gt;Lydia Five, Bernadette Cunningham, Joe Hunt.&lt;br /&gt;For the first time i have collectors contact me prior to the show for a pre-view of my works and so i have had collectors stop by and choosing framed and even unframed works! what an honour!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0VOeqE99BA0/ThcXnJmatBI/AAAAAAAAA10/pKm9mbOxsUM/s1600/IMG_1501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0VOeqE99BA0/ThcXnJmatBI/AAAAAAAAA10/pKm9mbOxsUM/s320/IMG_1501.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Docked at the Wharf, watercolour 5x7in approx/ &amp;nbsp;13x18cm&lt;br /&gt;watercolour/ aquarell&lt;br /&gt;available at &lt;a href="http://www.fireballbeeds.com/gallery.html"&gt;Fireball Beeds Gallery&lt;/a&gt; in Deer Island&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now i have to head out- my dear hubby Markus is taking me out for lunch to &lt;a href="http://kingsbraegarden.com/"&gt;Kingsbrae&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the kidlets are in daycare today!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-4862495442622773145?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/4862495442622773145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/07/plein-air-painting-eastcoast.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/4862495442622773145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/4862495442622773145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/07/plein-air-painting-eastcoast.html' title='Plein Air Painting the Eastcoast'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4eUfteoZros/ThcXeSncZyI/AAAAAAAAA1s/8FbO3O54C-w/s72-c/IMG_1351.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-5660173976392773691</id><published>2011-06-24T14:16:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T14:16:46.480-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meersburg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotel ratsstuben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acryl Gemaelde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotel gierer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bodensee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aquarell'/><title type='text'>Germany trip- 2011 Paintings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhc570sNmU/TgS2Mk86AiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BTqNne6InaY/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ueFO5ooQVM/TgS3n_NT_BI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/9Hlx2vy8nqM/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="251" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ueFO5ooQVM/TgS3n_NT_BI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/9Hlx2vy8nqM/s320/IMG_1232.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meersburg Boote&lt;/b&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic on board,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acryl auf Malplatte&amp;nbsp;24cm x 30cm, 125.-Euro&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;view at Hotel Gierer, Wasserburg/Bodensee, germany&lt;br /&gt;www.Hotel-Gierer.de&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhc570sNmU/TgS2Mk86AiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BTqNne6InaY/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhc570sNmU/TgS2Mk86AiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BTqNne6InaY/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Yours Truly, enjoying Meersburg with its Vineyards, historic downtown and 'thermal springs' pool.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Meiner Einer genoss Meersburg mit seinen Weinbergen, Mittelalterlichen Altstadt und Meersburg Therme.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhc570sNmU/TgS2Mk86AiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BTqNne6InaY/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNmbAgywQfo/TgS2J8LHvkI/AAAAAAAAAy0/fEtQarW8QDg/s1600/IMG_0986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNmbAgywQfo/TgS2J8LHvkI/AAAAAAAAAy0/fEtQarW8QDg/s320/IMG_0986.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weeks fly by and I still remember fondly the great time I enjoyed in germany this spring.&lt;br /&gt;here are the paintings I did during that time. all are available at&lt;a href="http://www.hotel-gierer.de/e/index.htm"&gt; Hotel Gierer &lt;/a&gt;in &lt;a href="http://en.wasserburg-bodensee.de/"&gt;Wasserburg&lt;/a&gt; at the Bodensee. This is also the Hotel where my husband Markus did his apprenticeship as Chef- and also i worked there for a summer making breakfast, rooms and laundry before i started my new job as dental technician. This was in 1999, and by the end of the summer i met Markus there as well- you know the rest of the story, haha! Hotel Gierer has a newly added big SPA area with all kinds of sauna, pool and ice grottas. If you go to Lake Constance for a vacation and you'd like to treat yourself... make a stop at the Hotel Gierer and say Hi from me! If you are looking for a nice hotel in Lindau check out &lt;a href="http://ratsstuben.li/history-en/?lang=1"&gt;Hotel Ratsstuben&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5dkOBxjFY6Y/TgS36dR6ZTI/AAAAAAAAAzU/P1JQwiXn1L0/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="231" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5dkOBxjFY6Y/TgS36dR6ZTI/AAAAAAAAAzU/P1JQwiXn1L0/s320/IMG_1233.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meersburg Altstadt 1+2&lt;/b&gt;: &amp;nbsp;Euro 45.-&lt;br /&gt;watercolour, 4x6inch, &lt;i&gt;aquarell 10x18cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;view at &lt;a href="http://www.Hotel-Gierer.de/"&gt;www.Hotel-Gierer.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5dkOBxjFY6Y/TgS36dR6ZTI/AAAAAAAAAzU/P1JQwiXn1L0/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QrsR98u9gVk/TgS4hHlEo4I/AAAAAAAAAzc/vqGVSMQG14A/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="234" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QrsR98u9gVk/TgS4hHlEo4I/AAAAAAAAAzc/vqGVSMQG14A/s320/IMG_1235.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QrsR98u9gVk/TgS4hHlEo4I/AAAAAAAAAzc/vqGVSMQG14A/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1m-NqVQ8_o/TgS4Nmqu7-I/AAAAAAAAAzY/jH9R1hTpKZo/s1600/IMG_1234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="234" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1m-NqVQ8_o/TgS4Nmqu7-I/AAAAAAAAAzY/jH9R1hTpKZo/s320/IMG_1234.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kleines Bodensee Bootle&lt;/b&gt;, &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Euro 45.-&lt;br /&gt;watercolour, 4x6inch, &lt;i&gt;aquarell 10x15cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;view at &lt;a href="http://www.Hotel-Gierer.de/"&gt;www.Hotel-Gierer.de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5dkOBxjFY6Y/TgS36dR6ZTI/AAAAAAAAAzU/P1JQwiXn1L0/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Die Zeit verfliegt und ich erinnere mich noch gern an unseren Deutschlandurlaub diesen Fruehling.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hier sind die Bilder die ich in dieser Zeit gemalt habe. Alle sind ausgestellt zum Verkauf beim &lt;a href="http://www.hotel-gierer.de/"&gt;Hotel Gierer&lt;/a&gt; in Wasserburg am Bodensee. Dies ist auch das Hotel in dem mein Markus seine Kochausbildung absolviert hat- und auch ich arbeitete dort fuer einen Sommer lang als Maedchen fuer Alles&amp;nbsp;nach meiner Lehre als Zahntechnikerin. Das war im Jahr 1999, und am Ende meines Sommers beim Gierer lernte ich meinen Markus dort kennen- &amp;nbsp;und 'the Rest is History' haha! Das Hotel hat einen neuen erweiterten Spa bereich gebaut mit verschiedenen Saunen, Pool und Eisgrotten. Wenn Ihr am Bodensee seid, schaut doch vorbei und sagt 'nen schoenen Gruss von mir!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Als mein Tip fuer ein schoenes Hotel in Lindau: &lt;a href="http://ratsstuben.li/"&gt;Hotel Ratsstuben&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uIrgFLdJ-qI/TgS27ZrPaNI/AAAAAAAAAzE/e87IwlEnIFU/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uIrgFLdJ-qI/TgS27ZrPaNI/AAAAAAAAAzE/e87IwlEnIFU/s320/IMG_1228.JPG" width="264" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Klatschmohn 2&lt;/b&gt;: &amp;nbsp;Euro 110.-&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic on board, 9.5 x 12inch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acryl auf Malplatte&amp;nbsp;24cm x 30cm, 125.-Euro&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;view at &lt;a href="http://www.hotel-gierer.de/"&gt;www.hotel-gierer.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Der Mohn bluehte an der Lindauer Promenade in grossen staedtischen Pflanztroegen!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;t&lt;i&gt;he poppies flowered profusely in the town's planters along the Lindau Harbour.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cM7gTgyIM_E/TgS3H3-Ba3I/AAAAAAAAAzI/569BmQGomG0/s1600/IMG_1230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cM7gTgyIM_E/TgS3H3-Ba3I/AAAAAAAAAzI/569BmQGomG0/s320/IMG_1230.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="246" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mlX26IcsZK0/TgS3U0uRkSI/AAAAAAAAAzM/TY7XKKgiwrs/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mlX26IcsZK0/TgS3U0uRkSI/AAAAAAAAAzM/TY7XKKgiwrs/s320/IMG_1231.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Strawberry Martini &amp;nbsp; and Juicy Melon slice &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;je&lt;/i&gt; Euro 150.- each&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;watercolour, 16x20inch approx. , &lt;i&gt;aquarell 40x50cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;view at &lt;a href="http://www.hotel-gierer.de/"&gt;www.hotel-gierer.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8824RpO6fQ/TgS2Sf6GZOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/P_0rTjpPe4g/s1600/IMG_1153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8824RpO6fQ/TgS2Sf6GZOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/P_0rTjpPe4g/s320/IMG_1153.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Lindau, Lake Constance, view from the Lighthouse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lindau, Bodensee, Sicht vom Leuchtturm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-5660173976392773691?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/5660173976392773691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/06/germany-trip-2011-paintings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5660173976392773691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5660173976392773691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/06/germany-trip-2011-paintings.html' title='Germany trip- 2011 Paintings'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ueFO5ooQVM/TgS3n_NT_BI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/9Hlx2vy8nqM/s72-c/IMG_1232.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-6764795582215780286</id><published>2011-06-18T07:25:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T18:37:58.412-03:00</updated><title type='text'>lupin paintings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K3SPxTLFAc4/Tfv0RKjwxfI/AAAAAAAAAxU/OqIQtJUiypk/s1600/IMG_3806.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619353535804130802" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K3SPxTLFAc4/Tfv0RKjwxfI/AAAAAAAAAxU/OqIQtJUiypk/s320/IMG_3806.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 238px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K3SPxTLFAc4/Tfv0RKjwxfI/AAAAAAAAAxU/OqIQtJUiypk/s1600/IMG_3806.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lupins in the breeze&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 5.5 x 7.5in, Aquarell 13x18cm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCGy9vBjZnw/Tfv0QzjZtYI/AAAAAAAAAxM/ripTWXgMejE/s1600/IMG_3805.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619353529628603778" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCGy9vBjZnw/Tfv0QzjZtYI/AAAAAAAAAxM/ripTWXgMejE/s320/IMG_3805.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 158px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summer on the Glebe&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 4.5 x 9in,  Aquarell 11x23cm&lt;br /&gt;Sold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCGy9vBjZnw/Tfv0QzjZtYI/AAAAAAAAAxM/ripTWXgMejE/s1600/IMG_3805.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sorry for the long 'vacation' from blogging here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;i had a great time in germany with lots of family time and 4 great days painting at the 'bodensee' with Kim from Texas. i will post the paintings i did the next time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SdlvbAlofQM/Tfv0RC1nJ2I/AAAAAAAAAxc/M6t6UQNHeCE/s1600/IMG_3792.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619353533731514210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SdlvbAlofQM/Tfv0RC1nJ2I/AAAAAAAAAxc/M6t6UQNHeCE/s320/IMG_3792.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 214px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Spa finished (love the eco-bamboo flooring)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in the meantime daily life has a firm grip on me again with last inn upgrades before the high season starts, opening of our new '&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/our-hotel/spa/"&gt;Europa Spa&lt;/a&gt;' facility, Sabrina's last days of school before the summer with many school excursions and &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for mama: an upcoming paint-out and show with the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pleinairfundy.org/events.htm"&gt;plein air painters of the bay of fundy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pleinairfundy.org/events.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;june 25th and 26th &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in eastport, maine. i will be there sunday, so if you are in the area, stop by! the art show will be at the 'next door gallery' from june 27-july 14, 2011 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;reception july 1st , 4-6pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks for Stopping by and Blessings,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Simone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Entschuldigung fuer meinen langen 'Urlaub' vom Blog. Ich hatte eine super Zeit in Deutschland mit vielen Familienbesuchen, Mathias' Taufe und die Hochzeit von meinem Cousin wo unsere Sabrina das Blumenmaedchen sein durfte. Auch 4 super Tage hatte ich mit Freundin Kim beim Malen am Bodensee. Die Bilder stelle ich im naechsten Blogeintrag ein.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Inzwischen hat der Alltag mich wieder fest im Griff mit letzten kleineren arbeiten in unserer Pension bevor die Hochsaison anfaengt, die Eroeffnung unseres &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/our-hotel/spa/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;'Europa Spa'&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;s, Sabrinas letzten Schultagen vor den Sommerferien mit vielen Ausfluegen und fuer die Mama (mich):&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Treffen der&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pleinairfundy.org/events.htm"&gt;&lt;i&gt; Plein air Maler der Bay of Fundy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;am 25. und 26. Juni in&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eastport, Maine (ich werde am Sonntag dort sein und malen)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;mit anschliessender Ausstellung in der 'Next Door Gallery'&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;vom 27. Juni- 14. Juli, 2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vernissage: 1. Juli, 2011, 16-18Uhr.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Danke fuers Vorbeischauen und Gottes Segen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Simone&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-6764795582215780286?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/6764795582215780286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/06/lupin-paintings.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6764795582215780286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6764795582215780286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/06/lupin-paintings.html' title='lupin paintings'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K3SPxTLFAc4/Tfv0RKjwxfI/AAAAAAAAAxU/OqIQtJUiypk/s72-c/IMG_3806.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-5267821460606857457</id><published>2011-03-20T22:11:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T18:39:28.848-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='da vinci paint'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watercolour painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='limited palette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour palette'/><title type='text'>how to prep a palette for watercolour painting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_AXthOrJyc/TYa3YTQCCcI/AAAAAAAAAlI/c_1InOI7D6w/s1600/IMG_3051.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zi6sMVXc_LI/TYa3YMHyPGI/AAAAAAAAAlA/MCZLjAFWHcU/s1600/IMG_3048-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586354013998300258" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zi6sMVXc_LI/TYa3YMHyPGI/AAAAAAAAAlA/MCZLjAFWHcU/s400/IMG_3048-1.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red tulip Series: a Bouquet for Japan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;10x8in; &lt;i&gt;25x20cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;oil on gesso board&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;this painting's proceeds will be donated 100% to the relieve efforts in Japan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;225$&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ro4TC1h9n_w/TYa0YrTXbbI/AAAAAAAAAk4/uZwaN1284xU/s1600/IMG_3044.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zEshdFbHY6Q/TYa0YFi_WeI/AAAAAAAAAkw/otRwnE327tA/s1600/IMG_3046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586350713698474466" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zEshdFbHY6Q/TYa0YFi_WeI/AAAAAAAAAkw/otRwnE327tA/s320/IMG_3046.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Tulip series: 4 beauties SOLD&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oil on gesso board&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;5x5in each, &lt;i&gt;je 12x12cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NSjKxVN_uMs/TYa0X3mMNVI/AAAAAAAAAko/maDUJAYPaAY/s1600/IMG_3049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586350709953803602" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NSjKxVN_uMs/TYa0X3mMNVI/AAAAAAAAAko/maDUJAYPaAY/s320/IMG_3049.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Tulip series: 'leaning over' NA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oil on board&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;6x8in; &lt;i&gt;15x20cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;it seems every artist has his/her own little method of filling a painting palette with the selected tube colours or watercolour pans to create an easy to use set up for the later painting process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;as you might know i am a follower of Chinkok Tan's method using a limited colour palette consisting of the following primary colours:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-hansa yellow light&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-red rose deep (quinacridone)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-phthalo blue&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;often i use 'da Vinci' paints, but any high quality artists brands work well (do not save on your colours and supplies, you will not get the vibrant colours with inferior quality paint making it frustrating and laborous without getting a satisfactory result). i especially enjoy the 'grumbacher' line for its pigment load and creaminess.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;yellow seems to be the colour i use more of than red and blue, so the ratio is something like this: 4 tubes yellow, two tubes red, one blue. this has to be taken in consideration for longer painting trips where art supply stores might not be close by.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;now, as i stated above, an artist has the choice of purchasing tube colours or pan colours (cakes). tube colours are squeezed out on the palette whereas cakes are put in the brand specific palettes. i don't have much experience with pan colours, hence i write here about setting up a palette with tube colours only.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for a beginner artist it is challenging to pick up the right dose of pigment, so that the brushmark on the paper is neither too dark/saturated (too much pigment picked up) or too light/watery (not enough pigment picked up by the brush). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to make this challenge easier and more manageble, i prep my palette &lt;b&gt;at least&lt;/b&gt; a couple of days before the painting day and let the paint dry in the palette.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i kind of create my own 'watercolour cake' this way. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i place the colours from lightest to darkest (yeah, really tricky with three colours, haha).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;often i leave an empty well between each colour;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;as later, while i'll be mixing back and forth using the three colours, pigment might travel over from the neighbouring colour 'cake'- resulting in contamination of the colour next to it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;if space is limited of course, just place your colours next to each other.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586354015911938498" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_AXthOrJyc/TYa3YTQCCcI/AAAAAAAAAlI/c_1InOI7D6w/s400/IMG_3051.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;then, once dry, i can easily close the palette shut, put it with my other supplies in the bag and am ready to go without worrying of wet paint running out and dirtying my bag and supplies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in the photo you see some of my palettes in use.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;yes, here i am attaching a photo taken yesterday at my neighbours yard:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;even the canadian Maritimes have spring arrive!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;thank you for stopping by and god bless!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Simone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586350723833490866" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ro4TC1h9n_w/TYa0YrTXbbI/AAAAAAAAAk4/uZwaN1284xU/s320/IMG_3044.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 214px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-5267821460606857457?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/5267821460606857457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-prep-palette-for-watercolour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5267821460606857457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5267821460606857457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-prep-palette-for-watercolour.html' title='how to prep a palette for watercolour painting'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zi6sMVXc_LI/TYa3YMHyPGI/AAAAAAAAAlA/MCZLjAFWHcU/s72-c/IMG_3048-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-4682052864439814062</id><published>2011-03-04T15:59:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T18:40:14.873-03:00</updated><title type='text'>New Paintings for Europa Inn guest accommodations</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJJGStgrxUY/TXFHfj24AgI/AAAAAAAAAj4/Pm0BYDC0UnY/s1600/IMG_2908.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Af978SqGpTQ/TXFHe72_PNI/AAAAAAAAAjo/J69MjIuNecg/s1600/IMG_2928.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f28DA7Q0C6Q/TXFHeknu9sI/AAAAAAAAAjY/ah83D2LeT_w/s1600/IMG_2937.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580320003840734914" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f28DA7Q0C6Q/TXFHeknu9sI/AAAAAAAAAjY/ah83D2LeT_w/s320/IMG_2937.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 241px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sailboat, Acrylic on canvas, 30x40in painted for Europa Inn guest Rooms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Segelboot, Acryl auf Leinwand, 75x100cm ca., fuer Europa Inn Gaestezimmer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;SOLD&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The last weeks have been- to say the least- wintery, and with still over 5 foot of snow in my backyard and about 2 weeks worth of snow days totalling; yes, spring seems far away... but this is ok as we are still ripping and tearing here at our Europa Inn- putting in new bathrooms, getting the spa framed up and so on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;and as i had mentioned before i am getting busy creating our new paintings for the guest rooms!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;thank you to the people that commented in &lt;a href="http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-happy-new-year.html"&gt;an earlier post&lt;/a&gt; in regards to the theme of the paintings- yes, they will depict maritime seacoast scenes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;here are the first two painted in acrylic, plus #3 in oil- as a work in progress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i started out with photos i took last summer and small sketches to work my way up &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to the 30x40 inch format. the basic block in i try to tackle heads on with little fuss about detail, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i refined then the colour harmonies and wave patterns as i went along.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i have a throw pillow (still in the plastic wrapping) hanging close by the easel where i put little colour smudges on it to see how my mixed colours look next to it. also a curtain fabric swatch is clipped to the pillow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;as i write i hear the carpenters rip open a wall next to the air tub they put in this morning- i made them move the location of the sink for a better bathroom lay out, haha.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i am so excited about our accommodation updates- and i am really looking forward to this summer season to show our guests what we have been up to!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;on another note: i have been working furiously on our &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;new website for Europa Inn&lt;/a&gt; and it went live last week. please check it out: &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;www.europainn.com&lt;/a&gt; . the online booking software and  the many links were challenging to tackle, but i am satisfied with the results! let me know what you think- input welcome as it is a work in progress also!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;now, i am ready for spring- to get moving and out off the heavy down coats, haha!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;thanks for stopping by! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gods blessings,  Simone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580320006724836866" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eVWWw7nAl0Q/TXFHevXW3gI/AAAAAAAAAjg/Nsj0B5VMkok/s320/IMG_2939.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 236px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;Fishing boat 30x40in acrylic on canvas (in real life it's a bit warmer tones) 1000$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fischerboot, ca. 75x100cm, acryl auf Leinwand (im wirklichen Leben ist es etwas 'waermer' im Ton)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Die letzten Wochen waren, nun ja- wie soll ich anders sagen: winterlich. Wir haben noch immer 1.40cm Schnee im Garten und Sabrina hatte insgesamt ca. 2 Wochen 'Schneefrei' in der Schule- drum scheint der Fruehling noch weit entfernt hier in St. Andrews in New Brunswick (Neubraunschweig), in Kanada.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Es ist dennoch ok, da wir immer noch am renovieren und ausbauen sind hier im Europa Inn, unserem kleinen Hotel- neue Badezimmer, Wellness Spa, Fitness Bereich und so weiter...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Und wie ich schon erwaehnt habe in einem fueheren Eintrag bin ich nun beschaeftigt die Gemaelde zu kreiren fuer die neuen Zimmer. Dankeschoen den Lesern, die mir &lt;a href="http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-happy-new-year.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; Feedback gegeben haben in Bezug auf Design und Stil: Ja, es werden 'Seascapes', maritime Landschaften und Kuestenszenen werden! Heute stelle ich die ersten beiden vollendeten Acrylgemaelde vor und Nummer 3 in Oel, welches noch nicht vollendet ist.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Als Vorlage habe ich Fotos vom letzten Sommer genommen und kleinere Sketche, und so habe ich mich hochgearbeitet zum 75x100cm Format.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;In der Anfangsphase beim malen habe ich mich auf das grobe layout 'gestuerzt', ohne Ruecksicht auf Details, Farbharmonien und Wellenformationen habe ich dann nach und nach herausgearbeitet. Neben meiner Staffelei habe ich ein dekoratives Kissen und ein Stuck vom Vorhangstoff unserer Gaestezimmer haengen, in einer klaren Plastiktuete. Da tupf ich dann Farbproben drauf um zu pruefen, ob meine Mischungen mit den Stoffen harmonieren und uebereinstimmen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sowie ich hier schreibe hoere ich die Zimmerleute haemmern und bohren- sie verlegen das Waschbecken, fuer ein besseres Badezimmer Layout- mit der neuen Whirlpoolbadewanne.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ich bin schon richtig in Vorfreude auf die kommende Sommersaison- unsere Neuerungen der Gaestezimmer und der Ausbaus des Spabereiches unseren Gaesten Vorstellen zu koennen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Erwaehnen moechte ich auch noch kurz, dass ich die letzten Wochen unsere neue &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Europa Inn Webseite&lt;/a&gt; designed habe. Vergangene Woche ging sie 'Live'. Schaut doch vorbei: &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;www.europainn.com&lt;/a&gt; und gebt Bescheid ob noch was fehlt da auch die Webseite ein 'work in progress' ist!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ja, alles in allem bin ich wirklich Fruehlingsreif- nicht nur um aus den dicken Daunenjacken rauszukommen, haha!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Danke fuers vorbeischauen und Gottes Segen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;eure Simone&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580320020815675906" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJJGStgrxUY/TXFHfj24AgI/AAAAAAAAAj4/Pm0BYDC0UnY/s320/IMG_2908.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 214px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;Painting #3 work in progress above and below (and Markus said: look at your crooked lighthouse- will be fixed;-) 1000$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gemaelde Nummer 3- Markus sagte: Schau deinen schiefen Leuchtturm an!- ja, der wird noch gerade gerueckt, haha!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580320015357704674" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hH1tIaEf3JY/TXFHfPhl-eI/AAAAAAAAAjw/TfKuxoh5Res/s320/IMG_2941.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580320010078731474" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Af978SqGpTQ/TXFHe72_PNI/AAAAAAAAAjo/J69MjIuNecg/s320/IMG_2928.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 136px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;Today was my restaurant decorating day- Spring time;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heute hab ich die Fruehlings deko im Restaurant angebracht;-)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-4682052864439814062?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/4682052864439814062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-paintings-for-europa-inn-guest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/4682052864439814062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/4682052864439814062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-paintings-for-europa-inn-guest.html' title='New Paintings for Europa Inn guest accommodations'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f28DA7Q0C6Q/TXFHeknu9sI/AAAAAAAAAjY/ah83D2LeT_w/s72-c/IMG_2937.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-1592373250025831445</id><published>2011-01-19T14:00:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T18:40:37.164-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artists helping artists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watercolour painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tulip painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone Ritter'/><title type='text'>fresh tulips call for spring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TTcrSH3R7RI/AAAAAAAAAik/cNwgYxHG67M/s1600/IMG_2652.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563963454988086546" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TTcrSH3R7RI/AAAAAAAAAik/cNwgYxHG67M/s320/IMG_2652.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 67px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Spring Tulips&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour/ aquarell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;29x6in/ 73x15cm&lt;br /&gt;sold&lt;/div&gt;after visiting the florist section in the supermarket, i just couldn't help but pick up some tulips- they were poking their little heads out of the wrappers kind of saying: please give me a good home- so i just couldn't resist;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;as it is 'daycare day' for my kiddies, i chopped away on some need-to-be-done items of my 'bottomless to-do-list' (aka: eat a frog a day) and then rewarded myself with some&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;painting time- those wonderful fresh smelling tulips- &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;their crisp white edges and bright red veins in contrast with the fresh green of the nodding leaves are so invigoration!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;while painting i listened in on some recordings of the artists helping artists radio show which is super informative for art related business advice. thank you Saeta and Dreama for sharing your knowledge! just hung up with a friends- one recovering from an operation and one talking about guys... i am so thankful for my health, my wonderful family and all the goodness the lord brings into my life every day, may he touch you today in a special way, too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-1592373250025831445?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/1592373250025831445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/fresh-tulips-call-for-spring.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1592373250025831445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1592373250025831445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/fresh-tulips-call-for-spring.html' title='fresh tulips call for spring!'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TTcrSH3R7RI/AAAAAAAAAik/cNwgYxHG67M/s72-c/IMG_2652.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-1499678253381239101</id><published>2011-01-10T20:29:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T22:10:22.347-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. Andrews Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple stillife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acryl Gemaelde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Landscape painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orange stilllife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='east coast paintings'/><title type='text'>And a Happy new Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSu573wAAfI/AAAAAAAAAic/Ik8WPFz5OIs/s1600/IMG_2498.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s320/IMG_0642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560734951654330418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orange Slices 6x8in&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;acrylic on board/acryl on malplatte &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;$125 framed/ 95$ unframed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;time is flying and so i should make it my new-years resolution to blog more often, more regularly... right???&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;yes, we had a wonderful Christmas with the kids. of course during special holidays we miss our families and we cannot leave &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;our restaurant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; closed as it is a busy time of year for dining out.  but we make the most of it by spending family time together, baking german cookies and schedule extra snuggles with our children. yes, this Christmas was truly wonderful and a blessing for us- &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and it left me refreshed to start off the new year with enthusiasm to 'get paintin' for my 2 shows coming up this summer and new ideas (not telling yet, haha).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy9jGW8dI/AAAAAAAAAhs/81IgeCcOfAI/s320/IMG_0639.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560734935382684114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Apple Slices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;acrylic on board 6x8in/ Acryl auf Malplatte 15x20cm &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;$125 framed/ 95$unframed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; (sorry for the glare- hard to photograph)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;now i'd ask for your input: as you know we are developing our inn and i have it in my mind that i'd like to have original artwork in all our rooms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;now, here's where i'd ask for your input and advice: as a traveller to the east coast in canada staying at &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Europa Inn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, would you like to see abstract or representational art in your guest room?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i will start painting in the next couple of weeks, so any input is much appreciated!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;my special prayers for this year go for Peace in the world &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and for the people that lost their homes in the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/12/15/nb-fredericton-flooding-536.html"&gt;flood disaster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; just before christmas like our friends Norm and Peggy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This Saturday, January 15th, we are holding a fundraiser dinner here at &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Europa Inn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with all profits going to the relief efforts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;tickets are 30$, and can be purchased directly at Europa Inn: (506) 529-3818. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-O5kmcI/AAAAAAAAAh0/zXvVBGH5Tn8/s320/IMG_0640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560734947140213186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market Square in snow&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;6x8in Acrylic/ 15x20cm Acryl auf Malplatte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;$125 framed/ 95$unframed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;mei, wie die Zeit verfliegt- und ja, ich sollte es mein Vorsatz fuers neue Jahr machen, regelmaessig und oefter zu bloggen, gell?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;wir hatten wunderschoene weihnachten mit unseren Kleinen. Natuerlich vermissen wir unsere Familien ganz besonders an solch speziellen Feiertagen doch koennen wir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;unser Restaurant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt; nicht schliessen da dies ja eine geschaeftige Zeit ist fuer uns mit Weihnachtsfeiern und Familienfesten. Aber wir machen das Beste daraus mit Deutschen Weihnachtsplaetzchen backen, extra Familienzeit und Kuscheln mit den Kindern. Ja, es waren wirklich wunderbare Weihnachtstage und so bin ich frisch und g'richt meine Farben rauszuholen um fuer meine 2 Ausstellungen diesen Sommer zu malen und noch ein, zwei andere Ideen die ich hab (aber wird noch nicht verraten, haha).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;ich habe aber eine Frage/Bitte an euch: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;Wie ihr ja wisst bauen wir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://europainn.com/"&gt;unsere Pension&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt; aus/um und ich moechte gerne original Kunst in den Gaestezimmern haben. Nun, hier ist meine Frage: wenn ihr an der Ostkueste in Canada Urlaub machen und im Europa Inn uebernachten wuerdet, wuerdet ihr lieber was Abstraktes oder lieber was Landschaftliches/Darstellendes in eurem Zimmer haben? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;Ich werde in den naechsten 2 Wochen mit dem malen anfangen, so jedes Feedback wird dankend gelesen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;so, nun wuensche ich euch ein gesegnetes Jahr 2011 und meine Gebete gehen fuer den Frieden auf der Welt und die Menschen die bei der &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/12/15/nb-fredericton-flooding-536.html"&gt;Flutkatatstrophe hier in der Umgebung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt; ihre Haeuser verloren haben (wie unser Freund Norm und seine Frau Peggy, die 4 Tage vor ihrer Pensionierung ihr Haus verloren hat). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Europa Inn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt; haelt ein Benefiz Dinner diesen Samstag um 18.30Uhr, der Profit kommt den Flutopfern zugute. 30$ pro ticket, zum verkauf bei uns: (506)529-3818&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSu573wAAfI/AAAAAAAAAic/Ik8WPFz5OIs/s320/IMG_2498.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560742603147706866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;all our best wishes for 2011 from our family to yours!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy--butbI/AAAAAAAAAiE/A8WqkdT0MFY/s320/IMG_0395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560734959899948466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sabrina's erster Balletbesuch ein toller Spass&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;Sabrina's first visit at the Ballett, we had fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-1499678253381239101?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/1499678253381239101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1499678253381239101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1499678253381239101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-happy-new-year.html' title='And a Happy new Year!'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TSuy-ft0kDI/AAAAAAAAAh8/VtJoytPkh4U/s72-c/IMG_0642.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-3829463873136176222</id><published>2010-11-10T13:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T15:57:36.831-04:00</updated><title type='text'>YOU ARE FIRE, I AM ICE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrgocJ0qWI/AAAAAAAAAgE/mldtAkLytII/s320/IMG_2442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537985677162228066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;You are fire, I am Ice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;6ftx6ft dyptich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;commission, sold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;time is flying and it's been way too long since my last post.&lt;div&gt;life is busy, but rich. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;thank you my lord for all the wonderful things you bring my way!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Die Zeit verfliegt und es ist nun doch schon wieder viel zu lange her seit meinem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;letzten Blog-Eintrag. Mein Leben ist betriebsam, aber wunderbar voll.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Danke mein Herrgott' fuer all die schoenen Dinge die du in mein Leben bringst.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;even though i am not blogging too much these days i am still painting!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;have been busy with commissions which are always fun- and a challenge!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;they make me grow as an artist and push me forward. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i just finished a biggie: this 6ftx6ft abstract diptych with the title&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;'You are Fire, I am Ice'. the title is self explanitory, but i wanted to add &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that the lay-out of the painting shall represent an embrace symbolizing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;unity, closeness and eternity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the painting is hanging in a log-home overlooking the ocean- and it does not &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;look wrong in this rustic setting- it looks perky and makes a bold statement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the owners are world travelled and enjoy visiting the big international art galleries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;what a great honour for me to paint for their home! here's a peek step-by-step.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Auch wenn ich nicht regelmaessig Bloge, bin ich trotzdem am malen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ich war Beschaeftigt mit Auftragsarbeiten, die zu malen ist Spass- und eine Herausforderung!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Und mit der Herausforderung lerne ich viel als Kuenstler und komme voran.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;gerade habe ich dieses Grosse hier fertiggestellt: ca. 180cmx180cm abstrakte Diptychon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;hier ein kleiner Einblick seines Entstehens.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrfE1GYudI/AAAAAAAAAfs/iou-szRGdFk/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537983965871782354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrfESxd6WI/AAAAAAAAAfc/JY4v9NYJUEs/s320/IMG_1925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537983956657236322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrfEiwXmUI/AAAAAAAAAfk/R8RSlUqfmzc/s320/IMG_1926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537983960947595586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrgpBRLzTI/AAAAAAAAAgk/R3cf09OvpHQ/s320/IMG_2455.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537985687125216562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrfFRD5tGI/AAAAAAAAAf0/4pW9nqR6-fA/s320/IMG_1938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537983973377553506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;View from the Cottage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;15x20, commission, sold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the painting here too, is a commission for a friends' anniversary- her husband wanted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to surprise her so i had to sneak out to their cottage without her knowing about it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the painting has already more meaning, as we had a viscious storm with extreme&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;high tides last week, and their cottage yard was badly hit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i hope my painting will remind them of the wonderful summers they spend every summer at their cottage, it was a great honour to paint the view.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dieses Bild hier ist auch eine Auftragsarbeit gemalt fuer eine Freundin zum Hochzeitstag- ihr Mann wollte sie Ueberraschen, so schlich ich mich zu ihrem Ferienhaeuschen am Meer hinaus weil sie ja nichts mitkriegen durfte. Sogar schon heute hat das Bild mehr Geschichte- denn voriges Wochenende hatten wir hier ein grausames Unwetter, mit Fluten und gefaehrlich hohen Wellen, die auch ihr Grundstueck verwuestet haben.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ich hoffe das Bild ist eine schoene Erinnerung an ihre Sommer zusammen als Familie. Es war eine grosse Ehre dies Bild zu malen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrgoVEB9AI/AAAAAAAAAgM/PdCLiSKswb0/s320/IMG_2447.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537985675258885122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;King Street St. Andrews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;6x8, oil, en plein air &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;$ 125.- framed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;last but not least i wanted to share this little painting i did 'spur of the moment' from my balcony &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;looking up king street towards the churches: All Saints Anglican Church, United Baptist Church, Church of St. Andrew Catholic Church (front to back).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;u guter Letzt moechte ich noch dieses Bild einstellen, von unserem Balkon aus gemalt waehrend Mathias schlief. zu sehen: Aller Heiligen Anglikanische Kirche, United Baptist Kirche, St. Andrew Katholische Kirche (von vorn nach hinten).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TNrgokMOTHI/AAAAAAAAAgU/28uxL7yl38Q/s320/IMG_0146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537985679319780466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;My three little troopers at halloween, a snowy one this year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;love them soo much, god's blessing in my life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;thank you for stopping by!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Meine kleinen Racker an Halloween, im Schnee dieses Jahr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Ich liebe sie so arg, Gottes Segen in meinem Leben.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#666600;"&gt;Vielen Dank fuers Vorbeischauen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LDrUNbEI/AAAAAAAAAds/CWXfKtDWlpM/s320/IMG_1377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507281183371521090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Field of gold&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;summer is always hectic around here with the inn and restaurant running full blast. my three little ones enjoy this time of year with swimming lessons and lots of outings to the beach.&lt;div&gt;for me it was very special as i took one week for me, a full week of painting with &lt;a href="http://www.michaelchesleyjohnson.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;Michael Chesley Johnson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; trying out oils. it was my first week-long course in over 4 years! needless to say i was mega excited because he's a very skilled artist and patient and knowledgeble teacher- i have taken in the past a couple weekend courses with Michael painting soft pastel offered at&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunburyshores.org/"&gt;Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;we had a fun group with students come as far as Texas- and good painting weather.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;here are my pieces done during the week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am wishing you all a great late summer and thank you for stopping by!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LDFcd_1I/AAAAAAAAAdk/kjomhceJeXM/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LDFcd_1I/AAAAAAAAAdk/kjomhceJeXM/s320/IMG_1378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507281173205614418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minding the Store&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Die Sommer sind immer hektisch bei uns mit unserem Restaurant und Pension voll gebucht. Meine 3 Kleinen geniessen diese Jahreszeit mit Schwimmkurs und vielen Ausfluegen ans Meer.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fuer mich war letzte Woche ganz besonders, da ich meinen ersten 5-tage-Malkurs in ueber 4 Jahren belegt habe ausgeschrieben vom &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunburyshores.org"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;. Natuerlich war ich voller Vorfreude auf eine Woche malen mit sehr talentiertem, mehrfach ausgezeichnetem  Kuenstler, und geduldigen und erfahrenen Lehrer &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.MichaelChesleyJohnson.com"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Michael Chesley Johnson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;die Woche habe ich dem Oelmalen gewidmet, hier meine Ergebnisse.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3366FF;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;   &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Einen wunderschoenen Altweibersommer wuensche ich euch. Vielen Dank fuers vorbeischauen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LCpdNjiI/AAAAAAAAAdc/2EPeSu1KK5Y/s1600/IMG_1379.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LCpdNjiI/AAAAAAAAAdc/2EPeSu1KK5Y/s320/IMG_1379.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507281165692538402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;'hey, come over take a rest'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; $400 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;16x12in/ &lt;i&gt;41x30cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JKNZLuLI/AAAAAAAAAdU/FKxNPYlceFo/s1600/IMG_1380.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JKNZLuLI/AAAAAAAAAdU/FKxNPYlceFo/s320/IMG_1380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507279096575146162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;High tide at pottery cove&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JJtYuk1I/AAAAAAAAAdM/P5cxahSjlhg/s1600/IMG_1381.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JJtYuk1I/AAAAAAAAAdM/P5cxahSjlhg/s320/IMG_1381.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507279087983301458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Little Red Shed&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JJJvypRI/AAAAAAAAAdE/UcBOlflmXZk/s1600/IMG_1382.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JJJvypRI/AAAAAAAAAdE/UcBOlflmXZk/s320/IMG_1382.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507279078416360722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;outgoing tide at pottery cove&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JIzTyLHI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Cbx-Nltr360/s1600/IMG_1383.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3JIzTyLHI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Cbx-Nltr360/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507279072393309298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Georgiana's Tea House&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LENc1GJI/AAAAAAAAAd0/cLNyI1Qf5v0/s320/IMG_1376.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507281192534481042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sunny umbrella&lt;/b&gt; $225 framed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;oil on board/ &lt;i&gt;Oel auf Malplatte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;palette knife painting&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;8x10in/ &lt;i&gt;21x25cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-3219492214137850317?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/3219492214137850317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/08/painting-workshop-with-michael-chesley.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3219492214137850317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3219492214137850317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/08/painting-workshop-with-michael-chesley.html' title='Painting workshop with Michael Chesley Johnson'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TG3LDrUNbEI/AAAAAAAAAds/CWXfKtDWlpM/s72-c/IMG_1377.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-7866162717378047345</id><published>2010-06-20T22:32:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T23:01:43.286-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='en plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paint-out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pool painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watercolour painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boat painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='city scape'/><title type='text'>Plein air paint-out and 'Pool Painting'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7FVwwG_HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/wUeQiyf3skw/s1600/IMG_9209.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7FVwwG_HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/wUeQiyf3skw/s320/IMG_9209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485038373838453874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Saint John Power Boat Club&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 11x14in approx.   &lt;i&gt;27x35cm Aquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;225$&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;yesterday was a busy day painting with the 'plein air painters of the bay of fundy'- annual paint out. this year in Saint John with the show beeing on display at the Saint John Arts Center from June 24- September 4th 2010.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;it was great meeting up with the other artists and soon afterwards everyone headed to their chosen painting spot and only a couple of us were still at the Saint John Power Boat Club marina painting away mid afternoon. the morning i spent painting this acrylic near the SJAC to be close for the noon meet-up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7CttpUXeI/AAAAAAAAAbw/lWaze_wYfR8/s320/IMG_9209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485035486786641378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;Saint John View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Acrylic on panel 6x8in  &lt;i&gt;15x20cm Acryl&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;sold&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;today i didn't make it unfortunately due to restaurant (our business) obligations and our 3 children missing their mom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;below is the big Pool Painting i did a couple months back and never seem to find the time to blog about in depth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;as it was meant to go into the humid pool area i choose high quality metal primed sign board and ASTM non-toxic sign paint (for the initial 'block in') and artists acrylics for the over layers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;out came a bright swirly and vibrant painting which i hope the viewer finds joyful and stimulating. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;our inn pool will not be built this year- too many delays-  but i had great fun 'going big'. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the size is 8ftx8ft and i had it attached to our living room wall while i painted it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;you can see it 'in persona' at the 'fundy artists' sale and show at the fairmont algonquin end of july.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;thanks for visiting!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7CDtA7pYI/AAAAAAAAAbo/mLJbYGcUaiE/s320/IMG_8749.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485034765062743426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fire and Ice- and me diptych&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;acrylic on sign board &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;8ftx8ft &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7CttpUXeI/AAAAAAAAAbw/lWaze_wYfR8/s1600/IMG_9209.JPG"&gt;7&lt;/a&gt;200$&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7CDtA7pYI/AAAAAAAAAbo/mLJbYGcUaiE/s1600/IMG_8749.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-7866162717378047345?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/7866162717378047345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/plein-air-paint-out-and-pool-painting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/7866162717378047345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/7866162717378047345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/plein-air-paint-out-and-pool-painting.html' title='Plein air paint-out and &apos;Pool Painting&apos;'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TB7FVwwG_HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/wUeQiyf3skw/s72-c/IMG_9209.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-6759879478770562919</id><published>2010-06-14T20:32:00.009-03:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T22:48:27.116-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='en plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aquarellgemaelde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lupin painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watercolour painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Painting for Sale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='east coast paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lupinen'/><title type='text'>painting palooza</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQOlfvmOI/AAAAAAAAAbc/fXakVYddW9s/s1600/IMG_1018.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQNqTLd1I/AAAAAAAAAbM/dCBwm9QXkE8/s1600/IMG_1025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQNqTLd1I/AAAAAAAAAbM/dCBwm9QXkE8/s320/IMG_1025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482798529481766738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The day of the Launching&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 30x22in,  &lt;i&gt;75x56cmAquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;$ 800&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQOlfvmOI/AAAAAAAAAbc/fXakVYddW9s/s320/IMG_1018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482798545372158178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 118px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;'Summer on the Glebe'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;watercolour 3.5x9.5in, &lt;i&gt;9x25cm Aquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;$ 85 unframed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQOCs77PI/AAAAAAAAAbU/nfqI05phPqI/s320/IMG_1020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482798536032251122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbL9ghblXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/F09qdsfpm_o/s1600/IMG_9160.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbL9ghblXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/F09qdsfpm_o/s1600/IMG_9160.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbL9ghblXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/F09qdsfpm_o/s1600/IMG_9160.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Summer lupins'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 5.5x7.5 approx.,&lt;i&gt; ca 14x19cm0cm Aquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;70$ unframed &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;the last view days with great weather and gorgeous lupins growing luscious, i just couldn't help but praise the lord with some 'quiet time'- just him and me and the paint brush.&lt;div&gt;so i escaped the reno (the never-ending-story) and took off with my gear.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i downsized my watercolour travel/plein air kit, as you can see in the picture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;it's now just &lt;a href="http://www.judsonsart.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=37&amp;amp;idproduct=30"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;the palette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; filled with my three primary colours, one brush, a little portfolio i cut from left over corrugated plastic i had kickin' around and the little &lt;a href="http://judsonsart.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=48&amp;amp;idproduct=128"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;stool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to sit on. weight incl. water: 2 pounds 12 oz! (without chair: 1 pound). the corrugated platic portfolio serves double: to transport the paper and as a 'pochade box' to set the palette on and to clip the paper onto. i can stand up painting or sit with it on my knee, both work (of course this is not the luxury version,but works great for little 6x8's and sketches. i do not wash the brush directly in the water, but rather dip it in and 'flick' it dry/clean to the side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you very much for visiting- and please leave me a note if you'd like to know more about a specific topic i could blog a post;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbL9ghblXI/AAAAAAAAAa8/F09qdsfpm_o/s200/IMG_9160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482793853932770674" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;die letzten Tage hatten wir super Wetter und traumhafte Lupinen ueberall am bluehen, so konnte ich mich einfach nicht zurueckhalten, hinauszugehen um Gott zu danken- in Stille: nur Er und ich und die Farben. So liess ich die 'Ewig waehrende Baustelle' zurueck und ging hinaus mit meinem Malsach'. Ich vereinfachte mein Aquarell 'Reiseset' um noch mehr Gewicht und Platz zu sparen- siehe Bild.  Jetzt wiege&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.judsonsart.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=37&amp;amp;idproduct=30"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Palette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;, Klappstuhl, Wasser, Papier und Mappe (zum Malpapier transportieren und als Malmappe/Pochade box um Palette aufzulegen und Papier an den hochgeklappten 'Deckel' zu klipsen. damit kann ich im stehen malen und im sitzen- Mappe auf Oberschenkel)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gewicht inkl. Wasser und Stuhl: 1200gr.! natuerlich nicht eine Luxusausstattung, aber funktioniert super fuer kleinere Aquarelle um 15x20cm und zum sketchen. wenn ich 'en plein air' male, wasche ich den Pinsel nicht direkt im Wasserkanister (die ausgewaschenen Pigmente machen das Wasser sehr schnell schmutzig), sondern tauche den Pinsel  ins Wasser und 'schuettle' (in Allgaeu sagten wir immer: schlentzen) ihn zur Seite hin trocken/sauber.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vielen Dank fuers Vorbeischauen! und falls Du einen Blogeintrag zu einem speziellen Thema haben moechtest, bitte lass' mich wissen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-6759879478770562919?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/6759879478770562919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/painting-palooza.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6759879478770562919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6759879478770562919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/painting-palooza.html' title='painting palooza'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TBbQNqTLd1I/AAAAAAAAAbM/dCBwm9QXkE8/s72-c/IMG_1025.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-7637076600561740641</id><published>2010-06-03T15:16:00.007-03:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T17:01:05.659-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yupo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lupin painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tulip painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish market painting'/><title type='text'>recent paintings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf0KqFJYAI/AAAAAAAAAZg/JWxKNc9Q1Zo/s1600/IMG_0531.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf0KqFJYAI/AAAAAAAAAZg/JWxKNc9Q1Zo/s400/IMG_0531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478615935651241986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf-ZVb4T9I/AAAAAAAAAao/apXU8zB0nHY/s1600/IMG_8751.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tulip Bouquet 2010&lt;/b&gt; $ 750 unframed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;waterbased media on Yupo 35x22in, 68x58cm Aquarell+Acryl auf 'Yupo'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;again, time seems to fly- and i have been painting- but not blogging!!!&lt;div&gt;sorry for that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i am posting some of my recent watercolour paintings, so you see what i've been up to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the big 'pool painting' is finished, too, i will blog about it in depth next time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the lupins are out here at the east coast and they are gorgeous! i am itching to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;go out and paint more of them- but it has been raining this week so i wait for a few&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;nice rays. if the weather doesn't improve, i'll paint from photos i took last week at&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kingsbraegarden.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Kingsbrae gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and along the roadside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;my dad was here for a visit from germany as we are still under construction with &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;the inn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;and time gets tight as the busy summer season is starting. We all miss him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf9TgnDE8I/AAAAAAAAAaY/kwgg4ukM1nw/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf9TgnDE8I/AAAAAAAAAaY/kwgg4ukM1nw/s320/IMG_0494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478625983332553666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;little Kitty (our little Cleo)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; watercolour, 5x7in, &lt;i&gt;13x17.5cm, aquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;$70 unframed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf5blSKXzI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/gWxUS4MCbuY/s1600/IMG_0904.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf-ZVb4T9I/AAAAAAAAAao/apXU8zB0nHY/s320/IMG_8751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478627182923763666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fishmarket 2010, #1+#2&lt;/b&gt; (#2 Sold, #1 $680 Unframed)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; watercolour 22x30in each, &lt;i&gt;je 56x76cm aquarell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf5ccZWQ7I/AAAAAAAAAaI/QNUqhWE3cac/s320/IMG_8752.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478621738773660594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf5blSKXzI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/gWxUS4MCbuY/s1600/IMG_0904.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf5blSKXzI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/gWxUS4MCbuY/s320/IMG_0904.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478621723979570994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;lupin dance #1&lt;/b&gt; ($70 unframed)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;watercolour 5x7in, 13x17.5cm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;und schon wieder ist's passiert: die Zeit scheint zu schnell zu verfliegen und ich hab zwar gemalt, aber nicht gebloggt! Entschuldigung.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heute stelle ich einige meiner neuen Aquarellbilder ein-  (die Oel und Acrylbilder kommen dann im naechsten Blogpost).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Das im letzten Eintrag angkuendigte 'Pool Painting' ist fertig, ich werde in einem seperaten Eintrag genauer meine Vorgehensweise und Gedanken zum Bild beschreiben.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;oh, die Lupinen sind am bluehen hier an der Ostkueste- wunderbar! mich juckts rauszugehen und mehr von ihnen zu malen, bevor sie verbluehen- aber leider regnet es seit Tagen und so muss ich wohl auf ein kleines Wolkenloch warten bevor ich raushuepf und mich ins hohe Gras setze. Falls das Wetter nicht besser wird, habe ich aber schon vorausschauend ein paar Fotos gemacht, von denen ich auch malen kann.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mein Papa hat uns fuer 3 Wochen besucht und die lange Anreise aus Bayern auf sich genommen, nun vermiss ich ihn und unsere Kleinen und Markus auch. aber vieleicht koennen wir uns bald schon wieder sehen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-7637076600561740641?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/7637076600561740641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/recent-paintings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/7637076600561740641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/7637076600561740641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/06/recent-paintings.html' title='recent paintings'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/TAf0KqFJYAI/AAAAAAAAAZg/JWxKNc9Q1Zo/s72-c/IMG_0531.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-2889066281156819828</id><published>2010-02-15T16:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T20:42:22.981-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire and ice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abstract'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tryptich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abstract wave'/><title type='text'>Abstract Endeavours</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3m1iT7eIiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/C0SiVRa1Pnw/s1600-h/IMG_8467.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3m1iT7eIiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/C0SiVRa1Pnw/s320/IMG_8467.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;fire, ice and dynamite, tryptich 20x16ea or 20x48total&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50x40cm oder gesamt: 50x120cm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while &lt;a href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;our 'hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-pool' is still beeing dug out, i am anxious to get the decorating end of things figured out. so i started this weekend by painting this tryptich with lots of movement and bright colours. it is not the ful size painting i would need, but it will be helping me by tackling the big painting for the back wall of the pool wall. what i wanted to achive is a painting in bright colours, with lots of movement and in colours of the water and the sun, but still abstract enough that it is not a representational painting.&lt;br /&gt;this is my first abstract and so it was a bit like stepping out in the dark- but a lot of fun!&lt;br /&gt;as i didn't have a plan as such i let the brush and later the palette knife guide me,&lt;br /&gt;midways through, i stepped back and it reminded me of this great artist, &lt;a href="http://www.ellepace.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Laurie Justus Pace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, one of the famous 'daily painters' she paints mostly abstract horses and calls the many layers of thick&lt;br /&gt;acrylic or oil paint 'pulls' . i did not understand what she meant by  her 'pulls' but after finishing this painting, i  understand!&lt;br /&gt;so, all in all i learned a lot, had oodles of fun and look forward to my next project- the 'real deal' for the backwall of the pool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Waehrend unser &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.europainn.com/"&gt;Hotel&lt;/a&gt;pool immer noch ausgegraben wird, bin ich schon ganz damit beschaeftigt mit der Decoration des Wellnessbereichs. So habe ich dieses Wochenende mit diesem 3teiligen Gemaelde angefangen .&lt;br /&gt;Es ist kleiner als das endgueltige Gemaelde fuer die Wand hinterm Pool, aber es wird mir helfen, wenns daran geht, das grosse Bild zu malen.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ich wollte ein Design, das bunt und farbenfroh die weissen waende einrahmt, das viel Bewegung und Schwung hat, das die Farben des Wassers und der Sonne vereint und das Abstrakt ist.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dies ist mein erstes Abstraktes Gemaelde und nachdem ich nicht wirklich einen 'Plan' hatte liess ich mich von Pinsel und MalPalette leiten.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Halbwegs durch, stand ich zurueck und das Bild erinnerte mich etwas an die talentierte Kuenstlerin &lt;a href="http://www.ellepace.com/"&gt;Laurie Justus Pace&lt;/a&gt; , die abstracte Pferde Malt. sie  nennt die vielen Schichten von Acryl- oder Oelfarbe- Pull- und ich  verstand nie ganz was sie mit 'pull' meint, bis ich jetzt selber die dicken Schichten aufspachtelte. ich glaube ich hab da fast ein halbes kilo farbe aufgetragen und das bild schaut richtig plastisch aus.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alles in allem lernte ich viel, hatte riesen Spass und freu mich schon auf mein naechstes Malprojekt: das 'Grosse' fuer die hintere Poolwand!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-2889066281156819828?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/2889066281156819828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/02/abstract-endeavours.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/2889066281156819828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/2889066281156819828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/02/abstract-endeavours.html' title='Abstract Endeavours'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3m1iT7eIiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/C0SiVRa1Pnw/s72-c/IMG_8467.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-6386589587606270449</id><published>2010-02-08T21:59:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T23:03:54.584-04:00</updated><title type='text'>yey, first painting of the year (finally)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3DGptZsSSI/AAAAAAAAAXY/KeM4OfQhdDI/s1600-h/IMG_8433.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3DGptZsSSI/AAAAAAAAAXY/KeM4OfQhdDI/s400/IMG_8433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436063170100480290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kingsbrae Lupin trail&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;acrylic on canvas 30x22in, 75x56cm&lt;br /&gt;(the colours look washed out, if someone has a tip how to take&lt;br /&gt;photographs from oils/acrylics please let me know)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;really, it has been challenging finding regular painting time since baby #3 arrived and our reno started (yes, the guys are still digging that pool by hand- discovering the house is built on rock).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the last days i worked on this painting which you'll see at the Charlotte County Hospital ER in St. Stephen.&lt;br /&gt;They had chosen one that was sold already, so i tried to come up with a similar one without trying to copy (you can see that painting &lt;a href="http://simoneritter.com/art/?cat=13"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;digging through my photo archive, i couldn't find a photo of Kingsbrae Garden parking lot where i painted the first painting 'en plein air', so i used the painting as my sole reference.&lt;br /&gt;master painters such as Kevin Macpherson recommends in his books to use plein air sketches to work from as references as they hold key information about colour relationships, lights and darks a camera never could capture (along with the memory of the place you build while painting the sketch).&lt;br /&gt;now, how well i captured the true colour, i'm not sure, but my mind certainly quickly recalled the day i stood there in that parking lot, in between those clusters of blue and pink lupins, the fog just lifting mid morning as it does so often in the east coast in early summer, and me, happy that the acrylic paints on the palette not drying up as soon as i squeeze them out of the tube as in hot weather, 6 month pregnant (lurking over to a cooler filled with a hefty lunch and snack).&lt;br /&gt;mmmhh, what a treat- the memories of summer in the air and the song of the little birds nesting- indulging in it in the midst of winter without leaving my home!&lt;br /&gt;while painting, Markus came home and said how happy i looked, and that he wants me to keep it up on a regular base again. oh, what a sweetie he is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wirklich, es entpuppt sich als richtiggehende Herausforderung regelmaessig die Zeit zum Malen zu finden, seit Baby Nummer 3 da ist und seit unsere Renovierunsarbeiten im vollen Gange sind (ja, die Jungs hacken immer noch das Schwimmbecken von Hand aus- das Haus ist ja wirklich auf Fels gebaut)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;die letzten paar Tage habe ich an diesem Bild gemalt, welches in der Notaufnahme des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;St. Stephen Krankenhauses zu sehen sein wird. Sie hatten sich eines meiner schon verkauften Bilder ausgesucht und so versuchte ich ein aehnliches zu malen, ohne komplett zu kopieren (das andere Bild ist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" href="http://simoneritter.com/art/?cat=13"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; zu sehen).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ich konnte in meinem Fotoarchiv kein Referenzfoto vom Kingsbrae Parkplatz finden, wo ich das erste Bild 'en plein air' gemalt habe, so hatte ich das verkaufte Bild as alleinigen Anhaltspunkt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bekannte Maler u.a. Kevin Macpherson empfiehlt in seinen Buechern auch mal allein 'en plein air' Studien als Referenzmaterial fuer groessere Studio Gemaelde zu verwenden, da sie wichtige Anhaltspunkte wie Farbharmonien und Hell/Dunkelunterschiede beinhalten die eine Kamera nie in vollem Umfang widergeben kann (und die Erinnerung an die Umgebung die waerend der Zeit des Malens eingepraegt wird).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nun ja, wie wirklichkeitsgetreu ich die Farben widergegeben habe ist nicht gewiss, aber die Erinnerung an den schoenen Tag beim Kingsbrae Garten wo ich das erste Bild 'plein air' gemalt habe kam sofort zurueck- inmitten der bluehenden blauen und rosa Lupinen, der Nebel gerade am verschwinden mitte des Morgens, wie so oft im Fruehsommer an der Ostkueste hier, und ich voll Freude dass die Acrylfarben nicht sofort auf der Palette festtrocknen wenn ich die Tube ausdruecke wie so oft in der Hochsommerhitze und im 6. Monat schwanger (mit einem Auge immer auf dem vollbepackten Picknickkorb voller Schaetze die vertilgt werden wollen)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oh, welch ein Genuss, in Gedanken zu schwelgen von lauen Sommerlueften und froehlichem Vogelgesang inmitten des kalten Winters- ohne einmal das Haus zu verlassen!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Als Markus heimkam und mich mit inmitten meines Malvorhabens sah, sagte er, wie gluecklich ich doch aussaehe und dass ich doch das Malen wieder regelmaessig in meinen Alltag einbeziehen soll.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oh, was fuer ein Schatz er doch ist!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-6386589587606270449?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/6386589587606270449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/02/yey-first-painting-of-year-finally.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6386589587606270449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/6386589587606270449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2010/02/yey-first-painting-of-year-finally.html' title='yey, first painting of the year (finally)'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/S3DGptZsSSI/AAAAAAAAAXY/KeM4OfQhdDI/s72-c/IMG_8433.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-5150287542240509787</id><published>2009-12-02T21:18:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T17:20:13.941-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. Andrews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sea scape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aquarell'/><title type='text'>Celebration of Art at Europa Inn and Restaurant</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Sxcbdw2cRzI/AAAAAAAAATs/ydYei7Cdl9k/s1600-h/IMG_7920-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Sxcbdw2cRzI/AAAAAAAAATs/ydYei7Cdl9k/s400/IMG_7920-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410823675452344114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Waterfront view with 'Cottage Craft' building, watercolour 22x30in, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;56x76cm aquarell&lt;/span&gt; ,SOLD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Saturday, December 5th 2009, 9am-4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we'll host at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Europa Inn and Restaurant &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our annual open house with a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'Celebration of Art'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;featuring 12 local artist and artisans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;showing all from paintings, jewellery, wooden bowls and furniture ,art rugs, wearable art and more&lt;br /&gt;and door prize will: be an a la carte candle light dinner for two&lt;br /&gt;so, stop on by if you happen to be in the area, there is lots g&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;oing on that weekend,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;all listed here:&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://standrewsbythesea.ca/winterfestival/"&gt;www.standrewsbythesea.ca/winterfestival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll be heading up to saint john with some paintings to check out a new venue:&lt;br /&gt;a new doctors office, might be a good opportunity to get a foot in the door in the saint john area.&lt;br /&gt;we'll see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SxcblzSyOCI/AAAAAAAAAT0/4pdFRY-fq6w/s1600-h/IMG_7915-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SxcblzSyOCI/AAAAAAAAAT0/4pdFRY-fq6w/s400/IMG_7915-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410823813547046946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Road to the fish market, watercolour 22x30in, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ca. 56x76cm aquarell&lt;/span&gt; $800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Unser Jaehrlicher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; Tag der offenen Tuer mit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;'Celebration of Art' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;hier im &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Europa Inn &amp;amp; Restaurant&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;ist diesen Samstag, 5. Dezember 2009, von 9-16 Uhr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mit 12 Kuenstlern und Kunsthandwerkern der Region &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;und verschiedenen Waren wie Malerei, Schmuck, Holzschalen und Moebeln, Kunstteppiche,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Garn-schals und mehr...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unter allen Besuchern verlosen wir &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ein A la Carte Abendessen fuer zwei!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so, falls ihr in der Region seid, wir wuerden uns ueber euer 'Besuechle' freuen, da ja wirklich &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'die Post abgeht' in St. Andrews, alle Events sind gelistet hier: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://standrewsbythesea.ca/winterfestival/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;www.standrewsbythesea.ca/winterfestival/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Morgen bin ich in Saint John, eine Arztpraxis anschauen, die meine Bilder ausstellen wollen, &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sieht nach einer guten Moeglichkeit aus, einen Fuss in die Saint John Kunstszene zu bekommen.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Schau 'mer mal;-) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-5150287542240509787?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/5150287542240509787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/12/celebration-of-art-at-europa-inn-and.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5150287542240509787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5150287542240509787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/12/celebration-of-art-at-europa-inn-and.html' title='Celebration of Art at Europa Inn and Restaurant'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Sxcbdw2cRzI/AAAAAAAAATs/ydYei7Cdl9k/s72-c/IMG_7920-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-2047639765513449282</id><published>2009-11-21T21:17:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T21:53:30.647-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='still life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birnen Stilleben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acrylfarben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acrylic'/><title type='text'>new works</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTaEmi97I/AAAAAAAAATk/pGUJMf0VDI4/s1600/IMG_7860-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTaEmi97I/AAAAAAAAATk/pGUJMf0VDI4/s400/IMG_7860-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406733428779579314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'bunch of pears'&lt;/span&gt;, watercolour 13x21 (cropped), ca. 33x53cm aquarell, $275.-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;time seems to fly so i am just quickly posting latest works.&lt;br /&gt;by now most leaves have fallen, autumn has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;never the less the warm temperatures are great, especially for our&lt;br /&gt;house reno- the concrete walls are poured and the floor will be soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;die Zeit verfliegt so schnell, dass ich nur kurz meine neuen Bilder einstelle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nun sind auch die meisten Blaetter von den Bauemen gefallen, der Herbst ist vorueber.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nichts desto trotz sind die warmen Temperaturen wundervoll, im speziellen fuer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;unsere Haus Reno- die Betonwaende im Keller sind gegossen und der Boden kommt dann auch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; bald.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTLJxgmzI/AAAAAAAAATU/EkLRIJ4fH3Q/s1600/IMG_7741.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTLJxgmzI/AAAAAAAAATU/EkLRIJ4fH3Q/s400/IMG_7741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406733172469701426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'fall impression'&lt;/span&gt;, 'open' acrylics on canvas board, 8x10in, 20x25cm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both paintings were done at a friends place overlooking the ocean (www.estatestcroix.ca) - i went painting and she took care of the kids- wonderful! thank you! i had to capture the scene fast, as it started to snow and the paints got pretty 'stiff'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Beide Bilder hier malte ich bei einer Freundin deren Grundstuck direkt am Meer liegt (www.estatestcroix.ca) , ich ging zum malen und sie hat auf die Kinder aufgepasst- wunderbar! Danke! trotzdem musste ich schnell arbeiten, da es zu schneien begann und die Farbe recht 'steif' wurde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiS_l4FuqI/AAAAAAAAATM/ft-tJXrxHjo/s1600/IMG_7740.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiS_l4FuqI/AAAAAAAAATM/ft-tJXrxHjo/s400/IMG_7740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406732973855062690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'Guest House'&lt;/span&gt;, 'open' acrylic on canvas board, 10x8in, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;25x20cm&lt;/span&gt;, 85$unframed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTTk4cXII/AAAAAAAAATc/D_MDGfJnhaA/s1600/IMG_7799.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTTk4cXII/AAAAAAAAATc/D_MDGfJnhaA/s400/IMG_7799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406733317185494146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sabrina and Mama enjoy a fun painting afternoon at the beach (note her own 'equipment'!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sabrina und Mama haben einen tollen Malnachmittag am Meer (zu beachten: ihre eigene 'Ausruestung'!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-2047639765513449282?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/2047639765513449282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-works.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/2047639765513449282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/2047639765513449282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-works.html' title='new works'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SwiTaEmi97I/AAAAAAAAATk/pGUJMf0VDI4/s72-c/IMG_7860-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-3916895025123565189</id><published>2009-11-10T12:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T23:27:34.945-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='renovation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Renovierung'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europa inn und restaurant'/><title type='text'>reno</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svoqmgt_2sI/AAAAAAAAASk/vcKEOfoq5rA/s1600-h/IMG_7738.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svoqmgt_2sI/AAAAAAAAASk/vcKEOfoq5rA/s400/IMG_7738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402677544090589890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last of the summer's hotties, watercolour, 4x11in, 10x28cm Aquarell, 60$&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svop-oQzezI/AAAAAAAAASc/NLOK-SWl90Y/s1600-h/IMG_7367.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svop-oQzezI/AAAAAAAAASc/NLOK-SWl90Y/s320/IMG_7367.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402676858920860466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;almost a month has passed since my last blog entry.&lt;br /&gt;why? we are doing major reno on our restaurant and inn which is also our home.&lt;br /&gt;it all started as: before the winter we need to get the roof redone, and replace a few&lt;br /&gt;windows in our appartement.&lt;br /&gt;however what we ended up is: the whole front fassade and some&lt;br /&gt;of the side got ripped, structural corner beams reinforced, pink and styrofoam insulation installed, all new windows, shindles (hand dipped;-)&lt;br /&gt;and at the back of the building,&lt;br /&gt;which used to be the first catholic church 200 some years ago, new basement walls, foundation work, side walls ripped open- beeing also insulated and the whole back of the building beeing now developed into rooms 'etc'. for our inn. (yes, it's a BIG house)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svopq-3q54I/AAAAAAAAASU/qK-yDyZ5xI4/s1600-h/IMG_7768.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svopq-3q54I/AAAAAAAAASU/qK-yDyZ5xI4/s320/IMG_7768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402676521392072578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the painting end of things am i working right now on some&lt;br /&gt;commissions and try to tie loose ends for our annual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'open house and Celebration of Art' at Europa Inn on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;december 5th, 9am-4pm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;seit meinem letzten Blogeintrag ist nun fast schon ein ganzer Monat vergangen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;warum? wir sind im grossen Stil am Renovieren/Expandieren an unserem Restaurant mit Pension, welches auch user Zuhause ist.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geplant war: Vor dem Winter muss noch das Dach erneuert werden, und ein paar Fenster in unserem Appartement. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hingegen lief es darauf hinaus: die gesamte Frontseite und Teil der Hausseite wurden runtergerissen, tragende Eckbalken neu verstaerkt, pink und Styropor Isolierung installiert,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;und komplett neue Fenster, Schindeln (hand getunkt) vorn.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;und am hinteren Teil des grossen Gebaudes, welches eine katholische Kirche war vor etwa 200 Jahren: neuer Keller, Waende und Boden, Seitenwaende aufgerissen (ein 6x6meter grosses loch, dass der Bagger reinfahren kann)- weches auch komplett Isoliert wird und neue Zimmer 'und mehr' geben wird fuer unsere Pension (ja, unser Haus ist ganz schoen gross)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mal-technisch arbeite ich an einigen Auftragsbildern und versuche Bilder fertigzustellen fuer unsern jaehrlichen &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'Tag der offenen Tuer' mit Kunstausstellung&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;am Samstag, 5. Dezember, 9-16 Uhr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-3916895025123565189?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/3916895025123565189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/11/reno.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3916895025123565189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3916895025123565189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/11/reno.html' title='reno'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Svoqmgt_2sI/AAAAAAAAASk/vcKEOfoq5rA/s72-c/IMG_7738.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-784437992635259554</id><published>2009-10-13T10:02:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T10:57:54.730-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunbury shores'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art competition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kueche'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kitchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kunstwettbewerb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooke aquaculture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europa inn und restaurant'/><title type='text'>first prize at 'art of food' competition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://sunburyshores.org/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;St. Andrews Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, advertised a juried art competition with the theme: the art of food.&lt;br /&gt;i loved the theme, but knew it would be hard to participate, as most of my 'food' paintings were sold over the summer months and starting new ones might be tricky with a newborn, two older children and &lt;a href="http://europainn.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;our restaurant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; still going 7 days a week...&lt;br /&gt;so i tried, i had this idea to paint a painting to be hung in my husbands restaurant kitchen, something bright and cheery, depicting the work in a restaurant...&lt;br /&gt;i started this painting after having Mathias, my third child, a little over a month ago.&lt;br /&gt;    at the award night, i barely made it to he opening in time, but felt very honoured and joyous to be awarded first prize- the&lt;a href="http://www.cookeaqua.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; Cooke Aquaculture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Award! Thank You!&lt;br /&gt;                                         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;                              'Our love of food- serving YOU'- acrylic on canvas, 24x40in, 60x100cm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/StSCqvpszrI/AAAAAAAAASM/Ld4t0Lqkw-U/s1600-h/IMG_7354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/StSCqvpszrI/AAAAAAAAASM/Ld4t0Lqkw-U/s320/IMG_7354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392078324726812338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://sunburyshores.org/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sunburyshores.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;St. Andrews Sunbury Shores Center fuer Kunst&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; schrieb einen Kunstwettbewerb aus mit dem Thema 'the art of food'.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ein Motto ganz nach meinem Geschmack, aber ich wusste dass es nicht leicht sein wuerde mitzumachen, da die meisten meiner 'food' bilder ueber die Sommermonate verkauft wurden und neue Bilder anzufangen- mit einem Neugeborenen, zwei weiteren Kindern und &lt;a href="http://europainn.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;unserem Restaurant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; noch 7 Tage/ Woche geoeffnet- wuerde eine echte Herausforderung darstellen...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ich versuchte es, hatte ich doch eine Idee ein Bild zu malen fuer die Restaurant Kueche meines Mannes, es sollte etwas buntes, froehliches sein, das die Arbeit in einem Restaurant darstellt...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so fing ich also das Bild an, nachdem unser Mathias geboren war, unser drittes Kind, vor etwas mehr als einem Monat.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Um so mehr habe ich mich gefreut und geehrt gefuehlt den ersten Preis ueberreicht zu bekommen- den '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cookeaqua.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Cooke Aquaculture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Award'! &lt;/span&gt;   Vielen Dank!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-784437992635259554?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/784437992635259554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-prize-at-art-of-food-competition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/784437992635259554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/784437992635259554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-prize-at-art-of-food-competition.html' title='first prize at &apos;art of food&apos; competition'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/StSCqvpszrI/AAAAAAAAASM/Ld4t0Lqkw-U/s72-c/IMG_7354.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-5538152656935213894</id><published>2009-09-22T10:53:00.006-03:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T11:26:08.963-03:00</updated><title type='text'>new baby Mathias</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Srjda4Zx35I/AAAAAAAAAR8/-5a2VQUeFf8/s1600-h/IMG_7232-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Srjda4Zx35I/AAAAAAAAAR8/-5a2VQUeFf8/s320/IMG_7232-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384296808408276882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;now i haven't blogged in a couple of weeks- our baby arrived!&lt;br /&gt;Mathias is a cutie and our whole family loves him.&lt;br /&gt;of course every little baby has some adjusting to do- (along with the family members),&lt;br /&gt;but i hope to be up and running to a certain degree very soon;-)&lt;br /&gt;today i am attaching a painting i did just prior to his arrival&lt;br /&gt;and of course i'll post one of baby.&lt;br /&gt;thanks so much for all good wishes and prayers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jetzt have ich schon ein paar Wochen keinen Blog update gemacht- unser&lt;br /&gt;Baby ist gekommen!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SrjdzRoIvuI/AAAAAAAAASE/ci_amlwWZNg/s1600-h/IMG_7231.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SrjdzRoIvuI/AAAAAAAAASE/ci_amlwWZNg/s320/IMG_7231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384297227496242914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mathias ist ein ganz Suesser und unsere ganze Familie liebt ihn.&lt;br /&gt;natuerlich muss sich jeder kleine Mensch erst mal eingewoehnen in sein neues Leben-&lt;br /&gt;(und die Familie natuerlich auch),&lt;br /&gt;aber ich hoffe, dass ich bald wieder etwas geregelte Zeit habe zum malen;-)&lt;br /&gt;heutiges foto habe ich gemalt noch vor Baby Mathias' Ankunft, und natuerlich&lt;br /&gt;stelle ich auch ein baby Foto ein!&lt;br /&gt;vielen lieben Dank fuer alle Guten Wuensche und Gebete!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-5538152656935213894?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/5538152656935213894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-baby-mathias.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5538152656935213894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5538152656935213894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-baby-mathias.html' title='new baby Mathias'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Srjda4Zx35I/AAAAAAAAAR8/-5a2VQUeFf8/s72-c/IMG_7232-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-1097818223548315817</id><published>2009-09-04T11:17:00.011-03:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T13:28:08.363-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='primary colours'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='da vinci paint'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Update, what's new</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEh8e7LcII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/K7FCQeQJghE/s1600-h/IMG_6850.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEh8e7LcII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/K7FCQeQJghE/s400/IMG_6850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377616753034227842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry for not posting in a while- as the photo shows,&lt;br /&gt;i am waiting for the arrival of our new baby- any day now!&lt;br /&gt;still i am painting almost daily.&lt;br /&gt;finished a few commissions from local customers,&lt;br /&gt;which i feel very honoured, thank you all for your continued support and prayers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entschuldigung, dass ich mich schon seit laengerem nicht mehr gemeldet habe&lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ich warte auf unser neues Baby- koennte jeden Tag kommen!&lt;br /&gt;dennoch male ich fast taeglich.&lt;br /&gt;habe einige Auftragsarbeiten beenden koennen von&lt;br /&gt;einheimischen Kunden, die mir treu zur Seite stehen und viel Unterstuetzung geben- vielen Dank euch allen auch fuer die Gebete zur Geburt!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here i am posting pix i took from recent paintings:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hier stelle ich fotos von neuen Bildern ein:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEtEgQU-sI/AAAAAAAAARE/tLdvprudO0A/s1600-h/IMG_6472.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEtEgQU-sI/AAAAAAAAARE/tLdvprudO0A/s320/IMG_6472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377628985458227906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;SOLD&lt;br /&gt;'Anderson House' Portrait commission- watercolour, 11x15in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aquarell, 28x38cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOLD&lt;br /&gt;'Little Rower', watercolour, 22x15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aquarell, 56x38cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqE9tADIxTI/AAAAAAAAARk/S2pcOfo9izs/s1600-h/IMG_6275.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqE9tADIxTI/AAAAAAAAARk/S2pcOfo9izs/s320/IMG_6275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377647273373648178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Apples and Art', watercolour 22x22in approx.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aquarell, ca. 56x56cm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEtZrAsMPI/AAAAAAAAARM/5kTd1eQv76M/s1600-h/IMG_6867.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEtZrAsMPI/AAAAAAAAARM/5kTd1eQv76M/s320/IMG_6867.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377629349122683122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all paintings listed are mixed from the three primary colours, 'hansa yellow light', 'red rose deep (Quinacridone), 'phthalo blue' (&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/da-vinci-artists-watercolors/"&gt;all Da Vinci Brand)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pigment i let dry for a couple of days on the palette before painting, which eliminates too much pigment on the brush and good portion control...&lt;br /&gt;As Brushes i used- as always'&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dickblick.com/categories/orientalbrushes/bambooandsumibrushes/details/"&gt;chinese 'sumi e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt; brushes as they hold a good load of pigment without loosing their exquisit tip- i only need one brush to do the whole painting!&lt;br /&gt;For 'Apples and Art' i used a&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.dickblick.com/brushshapes/hake/"&gt;'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dickblick.com/brushshapes/hake/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;hake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;brush as well, to cover bigger areas loose and fast.&lt;br /&gt;For more information on different Products or Works, please visit my &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://simoneritter.com/art"&gt;'old' blog!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqE5x_vlMJI/AAAAAAAAARc/jS2wDWQu6qw/s1600-h/IMG_6260-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqE5x_vlMJI/AAAAAAAAARc/jS2wDWQu6qw/s320/IMG_6260-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377642961144459410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Alle Bilder hier habe ich mit den drei Primaerfarben gemalt: 'hansa yellow light', 'red rose deep (quinacridone) und 'phthlalo Blau'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(sorry, kenne die richtigen deutschen namen nicht;-)- Alle von &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/da-vinci-artists-watercolors/"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;'Da Vinci'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;die Farben habe ich in der Palette erst ein, zwei Tage trocknen lassen, damit ich nicht zuviel Pigment auf einmal aufnehme und gut portionieren kann...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;als Pinsel verwende ich einen &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dickblick.com/categories/orientalbrushes/bambooandsumibrushes/details/"&gt;Chinesischen 'sumi e' Echthaar Pinsel&lt;/a&gt;- die halten eine gute Ladung Farbe ohne dabei ihre wunderbare Spitze zu verlieren- da brauche ich nur einen einzigen Pinsel um ein ganzes Bild zu malen. Fuer 'Apples and Art' habe ich auch zusaetzlich einen &lt;a href="http://www.dickblick.com/brushshapes/hake/"&gt;'&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Hake' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pinsel verwendet. Der ist grossflaechig, Echthaar, und ist gut um schnell grosse Flaechen zu decken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wenn dann das Baby da ist werde ich mal eine 'step-by-step' einstellen, wie ich ein bild von anfang bis ende male...fuer mehr infos zu producten oder arbeiten, koennt ihr auch meinen  &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://simoneritter.com/art"&gt;alten    blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://simoneritter.com/art"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; besuchen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-1097818223548315817?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/1097818223548315817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-whats-new.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1097818223548315817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/1097818223548315817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-whats-new.html' title='Update, what&apos;s new'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SqEh8e7LcII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/K7FCQeQJghE/s72-c/IMG_6850.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-3201365001037500095</id><published>2009-08-02T22:57:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T23:29:03.330-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. Andrews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ritter'/><title type='text'>Fundy Artists Show</title><content type='html'>the last four days 8 local artists presented their works at the annual 'Fundy Artists' Show and Sale at the Fairmont Algonquin Casino. and i was invited again to take part in it...&lt;br /&gt;the number of visitors was steady and sales were good.&lt;br /&gt;my fellow artists that took part this year were: Pat Staples, the organizer; Paula Cooper-Bertke, &lt;a href="http://barbaraneilson.ca/"&gt;Barbara Neilson&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://berthaday.com/"&gt; Bertha Day&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://artbymorag.com/"&gt;Morag Walsh&lt;/a&gt;, Carolyn Cherry and Rand Marsters.&lt;br /&gt;it was lots of fun catching up with the other artists and talking to the visitors.&lt;br /&gt;i am looking forward to next year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SnZIqTssmHI/AAAAAAAAAQo/bjGmypmpHQI/s1600-h/IMG_6456.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SnZIqTssmHI/AAAAAAAAAQo/bjGmypmpHQI/s400/IMG_6456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365555897737975922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;my display- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mein Display &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Die vergangenen 4 Tage 8 einheimische Kuenstler presentierten ihre Werke in der jaehrlichen Ausstellung: Fundy Artists im Fairmont Algonquin Casino. Auch ich wurde wieder eingeladen mitzumachen....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the Besucherzahlen waren stetig und viele Bilder fanden neue Besitzer;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;meine Mitaussteller dieses Jahr waren: Pat Staples, die Organisatorin des Events; Paula Cooper-Bertke, Barbara Neilson, Morag Walsh, Bertha Day, Rand Marsters und Carolyn Cherry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Es war toll mit den Anderen Kuenstlern und den Besuchern zu plaudern.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ich freu mich schon auf's naechste Jahr!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-3201365001037500095?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/3201365001037500095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/08/fundy-artists-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3201365001037500095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/3201365001037500095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/08/fundy-artists-show.html' title='Fundy Artists Show'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SnZIqTssmHI/AAAAAAAAAQo/bjGmypmpHQI/s72-c/IMG_6456.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-610894477425546211</id><published>2009-07-24T21:09:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T21:33:53.362-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gillmor&apos;s Coach House'/><title type='text'>end of show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmpPjLY-GxI/AAAAAAAAAEo/G8jzHwdnydU/s1600-h/IMG_6345.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmpPjLY-GxI/AAAAAAAAAEo/G8jzHwdnydU/s400/IMG_6345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362185772109536018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with the last days of my present exhibition coming up after the weekend,&lt;br /&gt;i'd like to thank Sara Sparks from the Gillmor's Coach House Gallery in&lt;br /&gt;St. George for her collaboration. thank you!&lt;br /&gt;it was a wonderful experience to have this solo-show and see so many&lt;br /&gt;people stop by to view it- thank you all! i am thrilled and also humbled by&lt;br /&gt;the support shown...&lt;br /&gt;from the 20 paintings on display, 12 have sold so far, which i feel very honoured&lt;br /&gt;about.&lt;br /&gt;today i am posting a photo i took of Sara in her gallery- during my exhibit-&lt;br /&gt;new painting posts coming soon... just finishing up last details.&lt;br /&gt;please visit me at my upcoming show at the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fairmont Algonquin Casino&lt;br /&gt;'Fundy Artists'&lt;br /&gt;July 29-August1st, 2009&lt;br /&gt;9am-9pm daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nachdem nun meine Solo Show sich ihrem Ende neigt, moechte ich Sara Sparks, der Galleriebesitzering ganz herzlich fuer die Zusammenarbeit danken. Vielen Dank!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fuer mich war diese Einzel-ausstellung ein tolles Erlebnis- mit so vielen Besuchern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;und Freunden, die sie besucht haben- vielen Dank euch allen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Heute stelle ich ein Foto ein von Sara, das ich waerend meiner Show gemacht habe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Neue fertiggestellte bilder kommen bald, bin noch an den letzten pinselstrichen...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;naechstes Wochenende sind ich und meine Bilder zu sehen bei den 'Fundy Artists',&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;falls ihr Zeit habt, wuerd mich freuen euch alle zu sehen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-610894477425546211?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/610894477425546211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/07/end-of-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/610894477425546211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/610894477425546211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/07/end-of-show.html' title='end of show'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmpPjLY-GxI/AAAAAAAAAEo/G8jzHwdnydU/s72-c/IMG_6345.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344621173195834252.post-5518129352420791497</id><published>2009-07-22T21:08:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T21:18:50.678-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St. Andrews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fischmarkt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ritter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acrylic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lupinen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish market'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acrylfarben'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aquarell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lupins'/><title type='text'>painting marathon</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;with my pregnancy progressing into the few last weeks, i am feeling bigger by the day, hence my painting energy seems to dwindle a little… however i am still pushing as my upcoming show july29-august 1st, 2009 at the fairmont algonquin is coming fast… so far, i have held up my endeavor to paint every day… here a little update of my finished ones;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Smeq9nah2sI/AAAAAAAAADs/PtRmVO0qgZo/s1600-h/img_6334.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Smeq9nah2sI/AAAAAAAAADs/PtRmVO0qgZo/s400/img_6334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361441856936860354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;watercolour, 22x20in, 55x50cm aquarell, painted 'en plein air' ,SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmerckxEY1I/AAAAAAAAAD0/TzoRgwohSFg/s1600-h/img_6333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmerckxEY1I/AAAAAAAAAD0/TzoRgwohSFg/s400/img_6333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361442388802036562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;stranded, acrylic on canvas, 24x30, gestranded, acryl auf leinwand, 60x75cm, painted 'en plein air'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Smer8pHNqcI/AAAAAAAAAD8/qTSX9ctjMVk/s1600-h/img_6337-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Smer8pHNqcI/AAAAAAAAAD8/qTSX9ctjMVk/s400/img_6337-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361442939724474818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;lupins and foxglove, w/c, 8x10 approx, Lupinen und Digitalis, aquarell, 20x25cm, 'en plein air', SOLD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Da meine Schwangerschaft sich nun langsam dem Ende naehert (33 Wochen), komme ich mir taeglich noch umfangreicher vor, so verlangsamt sich auch meine Malausdauer etwas… trotzdem male ich taeglich- mein Vorhaben an mich selbst bis ende des monats- denn unsere jaehrliche Show ist schon bald: Fundy Artists- Juli 29- August1, 2009, Fairmont Algonquin Casino. Hier ein kleines update ueber meine neuesten  Bilder…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4344621173195834252-5518129352420791497?l=simoneritterart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/feeds/5518129352420791497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/07/painting-marathon.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5518129352420791497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4344621173195834252/posts/default/5518129352420791497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simoneritterart.blogspot.com/2009/07/painting-marathon.html' title='painting marathon'/><author><name>Simone Ritter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02093662313293966250</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/SmZpBX1gqjI/AAAAAAAAAAs/aHwLY4kH8yI/S220/IMG_1274.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rwfprVNMkkI/Smeq9nah2sI/AAAAAAAAADs/PtRmVO0qgZo/s72-c/img_6334.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
