Karin Leroch's Art Blog

2009-02-21T00:32:00.000-08:00

"Path to Freedom and Light"

This will be the last of my acrylic picture series.

I hope to produce something quite different soon...

Stay tuned :-) !

2008-12-18T09:02:00.001-08:00

"Face In The Dark"

Imagine you encounter this face while walking in the dark. What would it ask you?

2008-10-27T11:01:00.000-07:00

"Devil's Ride"

The devil jumped onto a cannon ball and rode off, leaving everything behind him, grinning viciously.

Just like I would like to do sometimes :-)

2008-10-02T08:19:00.000-07:00

Traunstein

From shamanic point of view, the Upper-Austrian mountain Traunstein appeared to me as a sort of dragon.

In Shamanism, every object or being has an equivalent which might be a plant in case of a mineral, or an animal in case of a plant, or vice versa.

2008-07-14T09:46:00.000-07:00

"Nightowl". Acrylic on Paper.

I took lots of pictures at a predator bird show. The owl picture came out best. So I painted it, transferring it from day to night.

2008-06-10T04:29:00.000-07:00

Flyer for an amateur theatre production, title: "(Tales) from half a life"

2008-04-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

"Woman, unafraid"

Acrylic on paper

She is standing in front of that dragon-machine, near the abyss and looks it in the eye, altogether unafraid and unworried. She knows, it cannot harm her.

2008-03-23T02:43:00.000-07:00

"Lighthouse"

Beware of this lighthouse, sailors! You might think it will lead you to safety from the rough sea and the night, but I would not be too sure...!

2008-02-18T10:56:00.000-08:00

"Figure in my Subconscious Cave"

This pictures shows the lead figure I poured last New Years Eve.

(You know the custom to pour liquid lead into cold water, and predict the luck of the coming year by guessing at what the hardened figure looks like?)

So far, my year 2008 has been normal, but...

As all my acrylic paintings are 65x55 cm, I quit writing it every time.

2008-01-19T01:22:00.000-08:00

"Swans", Acrylic on Paper, 65x55 cm

This picture was inspired by a TV documentation about swans near a wintery lake.

For me, painting this picture was a way to play with colours and shapes.

2007-12-16T02:14:00.000-08:00

"Flamenco", Acrylic on paper, 65x55 cm

I tried to catch a certain positive tension between man and woman; also, both should be equals in their dance.

I also wanted to let the colours loose, not confined to restricted areas. The many colours to the right of the man and to the left of the woman stressing the movement, and the red colour between them showing the heat between them.

2007-11-22T09:12:00.000-08:00

"Burning Woman"

Acrylic on Paper 65x55 cm

This painting is dedicated to Andreas, because he sent me a photo from the Burning Man Festival which inspired me to do this painting.

2007-10-27T01:24:00.000-07:00

"Puppet with bursting brain"

Acrylic on paper, 65 x 55 cm

Well, I had had a long and stressful day.... :-)

2007-09-04T23:42:00.000-07:00

"Emu", Linoprint and Acrylics, A4.

I printed this Emu for a friend who loves ostrich kind of birds. I hope she doesn't mind my publishing the picture here.

2007-09-04T23:03:00.000-07:00

"Girlie on a throne". Acrylic on paper, 65x55 cm. This painting was inspired by a photo of Mata Hari, and the strange erotic expression of her time.

2007-07-31T02:08:00.000-07:00

"Fire Dancers"

Acrylic on paper, 65x55 cm

Inspired by a poster for an African dance performance group, the picture turned out to look a little like Snow White and 3 of the Dwarfs.

2007-06-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

"Angel in Vortex"

Acrylic on Paper, 65x55 cm

It is a guardian angel that speaks to you from another world and warns you in case you are about to commit something exceptionally stupid. Behind him, the vortex that leads to another world ...

2007-05-07T04:09:00.000-07:00

"Angry God" Acrylic on Paper, 65 x 55 cm.

When you read the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and you come to day 8 to 14 after death, you will read about some angry gods. This is one of them.

2007-04-19T01:40:00.000-07:00

"Spiderwoman" Acrylic on Paper, 65x55 cm.

2007-04-02T23:32:00.000-07:00

"Three Knights II", Acrylic on Paper, 65 x 55 cm.

Second version.

2007-03-26T23:38:00.000-07:00

"Three Knights" 65x55 cm

The picture is drawn with a black pencil that can be washed out afterwards with water and brush. The red eyes are in Acrylic.

2007-03-20T00:42:00.000-07:00

"Shadow", Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm.

Watch your shadow, maybe it is behaving differently from yourself!

2007-02-26T23:50:00.000-08:00

"Sleepy Man", 3 coloured Linoprint on A3 paper. It's done using reduction print, my second experiment with this method. It is cut a little wildly, but I am learning. And I used a living model for it.

2007-02-13T10:31:00.000-08:00

"Clown", A3 Format, 3 coloured linoprint.

This is my first 3 coloured print using reduction method.

I will get better, but for now, that's it!

2007-02-06T09:49:00.000-08:00

"Devil II"
Acrylic on paper, 50x65cm,
and I don't want to hear any complaints that he looks gay or is too green or anything.

2007-01-22T10:44:00.000-08:00

"City with River"
Linoprint on 3 coloured paper, A4 format.
I took a photo from Dresden, Germany, and alienated it a bit.

2007-01-14T00:19:00.000-08:00

"Elephant Man", Acrylic on Paper, 65x50cm

2007-01-03T12:14:00.000-08:00

"Devil", Acrylic on Paper, 65 x 50 cm

2006-12-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

"Arachnophilia"

Linoprint on 2-coloured paper, each of the 4 prints is in A4 format.

2006-12-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

"Death and me", Acrylic on paper, 65x50 cm. (I look scarier than the skull, I know :-)

2006-11-05T03:58:00.000-08:00

"Somebody Watching"
Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm

2006-10-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

"Ghostdance" Acrylic on Paper, 65 x 50 cm

2006-10-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

"Dancer 3"

2 coloured Linoprint, A4

2006-10-01T06:53:00.000-07:00

"Dancer 2", Linoprint on coloured paper, A4

2006-10-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

"Dancer" Linoprint on coloured paper, A4

2006-09-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

"Vision". Acrylic on Paper. 65 x 50 cm.

2006-09-07T00:13:00.000-07:00

"Encounter", Acrylic on paper, 65 x 50 cm
I stood on my head to take this photo. I got either disfiguring shiny patches, or an un-straight picure.
This was the best I could do with my camera.

2006-07-18T00:58:00.000-07:00

"Lovers", Acrylic on paper, 65 x 50 cm

2006-06-12T23:41:00.000-07:00

"Red Rider at Night". Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm.

Especially dark, because my camera could only take the picture either with disturbing shiny patches, or in a wrong colour.

Maybe I manage to make a better picture. Till then, red rider at night. :-)

2006-05-18T02:17:00.000-07:00

"Bear Spirit", Linoprint, format A3.

2006-05-15T06:33:00.000-07:00

"Angel walking over my grave"

Acrylic on paper, 65x50 cm

2006-05-03T03:33:00.000-07:00

"Mexican", Acrylic on paper, 65x50 cm.

2006-05-03T03:31:00.000-07:00

"Frogs", Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm

2006-04-10T03:49:00.000-07:00

"Wooden Mask"

30 x 25 cm

Acrylic painting on maple wood

2006-04-10T03:45:00.000-07:00

"Two Wolves", Linoprint with watercolor background, Format A3.

2006-04-10T03:42:00.000-07:00

"Lizard", Linoprint, Format A3

2006-04-10T03:36:00.000-07:00

"Hell", Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm

2006-04-10T03:21:00.000-07:00

"Rat", Linoprint, Format A5.

2006-04-07T00:12:00.000-07:00

Linoprint (Format A5)

"Freezing Hell"

2006-04-04T05:31:00.000-07:00

"Clown", Acrylic on paper, 65x50cm

2006-04-04T05:25:00.000-07:00

This was a poster for an amateur theatre play, called "Sauschneiden", meaning something like "Castrating the swine". The swine was my husband in the play...

Acrlyic on Paper, 65x50 cm

2006-04-04T05:22:00.000-07:00

"Meditation in a cave", Acrylic on Paper, 65x50cm

2006-03-30T05:26:00.000-08:00

"My Favorite Shamanic Spirit"

Acrylic on Paper, 65x50 cm

2006-03-28T05:18:00.000-08:00

It's a "Corpse".
Linoprint, Format A3.

2006-03-28T05:15:00.000-08:00

And once more the "Incubus"-Subject,

this time Acrylic on paper,

Format 65x50 cm.

Have some interesting nightmares :-)!

2006-03-28T05:10:00.000-08:00

Linoprint "Incubus"

Format A5

2006-03-27T04:44:00.000-08:00

"Lone Wolf"

Acrylic on Paper

65x50 cm

2006-03-27T04:41:00.000-08:00

Linoprint

"Magician"

Format: A3

2006-03-27T04:38:00.000-08:00

"Lantern", Acrylic on Paper (all other paintings until now are also on paper), 65x50 cm.

2006-03-24T05:34:00.000-08:00

"Ghost",
Acrylic on Paper
Format 65x50 cm

2006-03-24T05:30:00.000-08:00

Linoprint, called "Thin Spirit".
Format A4.

2006-03-24T05:26:00.000-08:00

Linoprint called "Demon"
Format 15x21 cm (A5).

2006-03-23T07:11:00.000-08:00

"Angel", Acrylic, 65x50 cm.
I know, he looks as if he's gotten into mischief.

2006-03-23T07:06:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the scary subject, but I just had to... :-)
"Death as a bride" in Acrylic, format 65x50 cm.

2006-03-23T01:28:00.000-08:00

Wooden sculpture,
called "Man and Woman",
Format about 30 x 30 x 20 cm,
made from thuja wood.
Covered with a waxy layer.

2006-03-22T05:38:00.000-08:00

"Witch flying over skyscrapers"

Acrylic.

My acrylic paintings are (almost) all in the format 65x50 cm.

2006-03-21T00:53:00.000-08:00

This is an Acrylic painting, called "Waldschratt", in English: Spirit of the Forest.

The picture is especially shiny, because I put two layers of wax on the finished painting, then painted over it with red + blue acrylic paint, to get a runny effect of the colours. (Hope you can see it.)

2006-03-21T00:29:00.000-08:00

Linoprint "Wolf".
Format: A4.

2006-03-21T00:26:00.000-08:00

This is a Linoprint, it's called "Dream".
Format A4.

2006-03-20T04:25:00.000-08:00

Hello, from today on, I am going to use this BLOG to post my pictures painted in Acrylic, my Linoprints and some Sculptures made from wood or other material.

This first picture was made with water colours and shows a cat kind of creature (Format: 90 x 60 cm).

Hope to be posting more soon!