Smalltalk, 20×20 cm, 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
450,- EUR
Before the oil drums are loaded onto the ship Stettin, the workers have a small talk.
The figure is coming into my paintings. The life of a harbor is somehow incomplete without the people.
Posts Tagged »Hamburg Port«:
Smalltalk
18th, May 2013 - 03:49 PM
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Coating
12th, May 2013 - 07:50 PM
Coating, 20×20 cm, 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
450,- EUR
I watched as one of the pilot changed to the bigger ship. Suddenly I realised that one of the seaman hang on the outside coating the ship. Seems quite brave to me.
Icebreaker Stettin
9th, May 2013 - 10:56 AM
Every year we celebrate the anniversary of the harbor (something around 800 years) and it gets extremly busy by now. Yesterday we went on the icebreaker Stettin, which is the biggest coal fired steamboat on earth that is still running. (But not in its original use).
2013
© Marc Volquardsen
While I was sketching sailor Willy approached me and this led to a very pleasant trip on the Stettin in the evening.
2013
© Marc Volquardsen
Right now I am experimenting with a new sketchbook (Canson Art Book 180) and my gouache and a more bolder approach. This sketch took me about 40 minutes but I was constantly disrupted to talk with different crew member (which was so nice and funny).
Sketchbook, 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
Mooring Boat L&R 1
6th, May 2013 - 07:25 AM
Mooring Boat L&R 1, 23×60 cm, 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
950,- EUR
The mooring vessels can be seen anytime in the harbour. Their job is to moor vessels quickly and safely to the quays. It is said to be one of the most dangerous jobs in a harbor, because the men have to do this job day and night regardless of the weather conditions.
Light Vessel Elbe 3
17th, April 2013 - 12:27 PM
Light Vessel Elbe 3, 13×13 cm , 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
sold
In German a light vessel is called a fire ship. So as a small kid I always thought that the light vessels were something like a firefighter ship on sea. Well, it is actually a navigation sign (something like a light house) which were posotioned in the rivers.
Cap San Diego
13th, April 2013 - 04:52 PM
Cap San Diego I, 20×20 cm , 2013
© Astrid Volquardsen
sold
Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship and today the only seaworthy museum freighter in the world. This ship belongs to the Hamburg skyline like one of our most famous churches, the »Hamburger Michel«.
It was build 1961/62 and ran a regular schedule between Germany and and South America. However, even on this route, the inexorable rise of the standardized shipping container left less and less room for conventional cargo freighters.
Notable for its elegant silhouette, it was the last of a series of six ships known as the »White swans of the south Atlantic«
