Posts for »November, 2011«:

Kehrwieder – Etching from Friedrich Gocht

27th, November 2011 - 09:39 PM

Friedrich Gocht Radierung

Kehrwieder
Etching from Friedrich Gocht, app. 1920

This etching from the German artist Friedrich Gochts was done in the 1920 and shows a tug boat of that time. In the back you can see the so called emperor store house. On top of the storehouse was installed a time ball. Every day at noon the ball was dropped down and  crews were able to adjust their chronometers on the ships. To know the exact time was essential for the longitude determination on sea.

Most of this area was destroyed in the second world war and a new storehouse was built in the sixties to replace the old one. On this very base there are currently building the new concert house of Hamburg, the Elbphilharmonie.

 

Tags: Hamburg Port • Tug boat
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Red Tug (II)

20th, November 2011 - 08:36 PM

Roter Schlepper (II)

Red Tug (II), 13×13cm, Pastel
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

This is a second pastel of the red tug. The work of the skippers always fascinates me: One controlling error and the RoRo ship would hit the big pier with all the tourists.

Tags: 5 x 5 • Hamburg Port • Tug boat
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Red Tug

16th, November 2011 - 07:00 AM

Roter Schlepper

Red Tug, 13×13cm, Pastel
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

I love doing these little pastels and this tug will probably make it into a bigger painting. When have I ever used the color combination of red and yellow?

Tags: 5 x 5 • Hamburg Port • Tug boat
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Dock 10

13th, November 2011 - 04:54 PM

Dock 10

Dock 10, 25×78cm, Pastel
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

Everybody who lives in Hamburg knows this view: the dockyard of  Blohm & Voss. When I come down to the harbor I ask myself what kind of ship I might see in dock 10.

The colors in this painting are a bit unusual for me, but this was an unusual evening as well. I returned from a trip on the river Elbe and when the ferry had left the pier the skipper almost stopped the ship so everybody could take in this glorious light. I have never experienced that the skippers have done something like this. Close before the terminus pier the captain said: » Because every beautiful journey has to end, please disembark at the next pier….. and the last one helps cleaning up.«

Tags: Hamburg Port
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Fender

9th, November 2011 - 07:38 AM

Fender

Fender, 13×13cm, Pastel
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

This is an impression from my last sailing trip on the river Elbe. When I see fenders I recall a most loved sailing trip in the Danish South Sea a couple of years ago. Every time we docked in a harbour the »fender girls« got ready in position. One day one of us sang a tune of Elvis with slightly different lyrics, which became our hymn: »Love me fender, love me sweet, never let me go…«

Tags: 5 x 5
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View to the See

5th, November 2011 - 08:04 PM

 

Blick zur See

Blick zur See, 13×21cm, Pastel
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

After a long walk along the shore in the afternoon,we were tired from the wind and the spray and longing for a cup of tea. On our way back to the parking lot we turned around and in this very moment the sun broke through once again and  the beach and the dunes were bathed in this glorious light.

Tags: Northern Lights • North Sea
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