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Pastel Journal Bronze Medal Award

23rd, February 2013 - 12:05 AM

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Blick zum Meer II, 30 x 125 cm, 2012
Pastel Journal Bronze Medal Award
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I am proud to announce that I was awarded the bronze medal in the 14th Pastel 100 competition for my painting »View to the sea.« Every year this prestigious international competition is held by the Pastel Journal and this time over 2000 artist took part.

12012-30x125-blickzummeer2-cut2I am deeply honored because this awards is given by some of the best pastel painters around, whose work I admire. Juror Liz Haywood- Sullivan remarks, the painting »has captured perfectly a windswept coastline, with beautiful subtle values and a supporting composition.«

The March/April issue of the Pastel Journal is featuring all winners and the editor Sarah Strikely again has done an interview with me. Covering five  pages further works of my are shown and in the article you get a pretty good insight about my development in the past two years.

12012-30x125-blickzummeer2-cut1I have taken this award as an opportunity for a new video shooting which gives insight in my work as a pastel artist. We went to the port of Hamburg, the Northfriesien island Sylt and of course you can watch me as I work in my studio.
I have added this winning pastel painting in the video and the camera shows many details.

 

We have created an English version of the video for my international readers. I hope you enjoy it.

Tags: From my work • Northern Lights • Pastel Journal • The Isle of Sylt • Video
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The artistic journey continues in 2013

3rd, January 2013 - 09:39 PM

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To all my readers a very happy new year and may the positive aspects of life be with you.

The past year went very well for me and I am looking forward to my new projects, ideas  and journeys as they are lying ahead. Some of them will be quite exciting and I will post about them at given time. The winter months I spend with continuing to paint my seascapes from North Denmark/Skagen. As well, I can’t wait till the weather turns more pleasurable and my excursions at Hamburg Harbor are more fun.

Again I am already very busy and it has made me think how important it is to enjoy the moments. As an artist you live a life of constant artistic development and sometimes it might be easy not to be satisfied what your are doing. Probably you can compare this to sports. You want to be faster, higher. On one hand this is good, because no growth without effort. On the other side there lies danger: You might never be satisfied with your work and tend to live in the future. »When I have accomplished this, when I am capable of that…«  After all these years living a creative life I know one thing for sure: It is impossible not to develop your artistic growth. If you put in the hours and keep going there will always be some kind of development. For me this means I can be much more relaxed and actually enjoy much more the moments. This doesn’t mean that I am constantly happy behind my easel. Even though I might not be satisfied with my painting I can endure this in a much more relaxed position and enjoy the little moments. Being grateful for the feeling to apply color or how some red turned out, even though the painting as a whole might be crap. To keep this is mind shall be my greatest new year resolution for 2013.

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New Gallery on my website (5×5)

11th, September 2011 - 05:06 PM

Neue Galerie 13x13
© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011

I have added a new gallery to my website. It’s called 5×5 inches and there I show pastelpaintings which are studies for bigger pictures or where I try out new techniques or subjects.

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Shadows

5th, June 2011 - 02:52 PM

Schattenspiel

Schattenspiel, Pastell,13×13 cm, 2011
© Astrid Volquardsen

This is another warm-up from last week. The sailingship Banjard has got these white masts and the morning sun plays her wonderful game of shadows.

Tags: From my work • Flensborg Fjord
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On board of the Banjard

15th, May 2011 - 08:37 PM

Banjard Detail I

Banjard/ Detail I, 13×13 cm, 2011
© Astrid Volquardsen

In the warm morning sunlight the shadows glow on the sailingships. These small pastels are now my warm ups at the beginning of my studio time. It’s great fun.

Banjard Detail II

Banjard/ Detail II, 13×13 cm, 2011
© Astrid Volquardsen

 

 

Tags: 5 x 5 • From my work • Flensborg Fjord
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At the sea

20th, June 2010 - 10:38 AM

Am Meer, 13×21 cm, Pastell, 2010,
© Astrid Volquardsen,
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This goes to a friend of mine who said, that looking at the distance of my pastells gives him so much energie and strenght. Can there be a greater compliment?

Tags: From my work • A small picture • Northern Lights • North Sea
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