Author: Birgit Pauli-Haack
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Kunstpause #9 Sky Sailing
In a series of four 8 x 8 square paintings, done in an afternoon in automaton fashion on the lanai on a winter afternoon in December 2008. Oil on canvas, testing out how dark the background can get with blues, and green, purples and red. And what bright colors can bear to stand on top…
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Kunstpause #8 Still life w/ Flower
Having a “kunstpause” literally, when catching this still life with Flower at Bella Maria Tapas Bar on 5th Avenue South in Naples. We just wandered about three hours around the Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair 2012 and admired a few artworks along the way. We bought from Janet Miller, www.pewtervessels.com and from Conni Togle, @sheepincognito.
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Gesten Gesehen
Lebhaft gestikulieren die Zeigefinger regelmaessig auf den Titelseiten der amerkanischen Tageszeitungen. Man moechte fast glauben, geheime Zeichen wuerden ausgetauscht zwischen den europaeischen Staatsoberhauptern.
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Kunstpause #6: Dust devil over landscape
Automatons is what I call these fast passed little treasures. They are 8 x 11 canvas boards, created after a painting project is finally done. Now I need to clean the color palette and by doing that I also clean the soul of the residue of the finished painting. The colors are newly mixed and…
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Kunstpause #5 Happy Place
Every time life gets a little too hectic and I feel rushed. I take a deep breath and look at the beaches in Naples, Florida. I never get tired of the place. I probably have hundreds of photos of sunsets, sunrises, dramatic Florida clouds. And then I painted quite a few sunsets and beach views…