Umbrella

Umbrella   Mixed media on paper 14 x 21 cm 

Memories  sketchbook 15x30cm 

After a long break, I am starting to get back into painting. The best way for me to start, is to start small and with not much exception ( which actually is always a good starting point !) 

More playing than planing.... 

This year I will have less time to paint as I will start to study ( interior design ) , but my plan is to still work in my sketchbooks and maybe to combine interiors with painting.... Not really sure how all that is going to work together ! But the idea of course is to keep painting  !!!

Happy new year

Wishing everybody a 'happy new year' ! Hoping that 2012 will bring us more peace and more awareness .

HAVE  A WONDERFUL CREATIVE 2012 !!!

Europe

Europe   Mixed media (Verdigris, biro, coffee and collage) on paper   29x41cm.

A little bit of Greek Mythology painted on an old wine menu ! The meaning of the Greek writing  is 'poor Europe'.

I know I just had a break, but around Christmas time ( the same everywhere ) there is just not enough time for the 'to do list' .... So I am not having a break, but will be posting probably not as regularly here as I wished for :)

Burning   Mixed media and collage on paper   29x41cm. 

a little break....

Buddha.... Mixed media on paper 

Just to let everybody know, that I didn't stop working or stopped blogging.... I am having a little break, also from the computer world, and will be back very soon !! I hope you are all well ..... :)

the sisters

The sisters   Mixed media on recycled paper   29x43cm.

This painting has been inspired by the Greek movie Attenberg that I saw the other day. A very intense movie. The two women where actually not sisters but friends .... but very close.

The mixed media in this one are coffee ( as usual...) mascara, shoe polish, ink and a little bit of acrylic !

the hug

The hug   mixed media on recycled paper   29x41cm.

Melancholia

Melancholia   Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm. 

Remembering the light 3   Original art work ( "fall") edited in Photoshop

'Remembering the light 3' is a work done on Photoshop. This is how sometimes new ideas start, with a photo of an original art work and times on my hands with Photoshop .... Something like that might become my next work . I like the idea of 'sisters' .....

grown up 3

Grown up 3   Mixed media on recycled paper  29x41cm.

Fall

Fall  Mixed media and collage on recycled paper  29x41cm.

The third painting after my 3 weeks break, and it is the first one, that I am happy with ! 

Like with everything, painting needs exercise and work and work and work :) I heart from one artist (Horst Janssen) that he would draw first thing in the morning 50 (!!!!) hands, before he would even start to do his own work for the day .... Just to loosen up. I think I need to get back to my small sketchbook to loosen up again and be more experimental ! How do you loosen up ? 

Protected

Protected  Mixed media and collage on paper  29x41cm.

Heart

Heart  Encaustic and mixed media on paper   29x41cm.

Back at work since yesterday ..... After just 3 weeks of a break, I have the feeling I need to relearn to paint ... and the big questions comes : "WHAT" to paint .... and also a little bit "WHY" to paint ! 

I just need few days to get back into the rhythm I suppose.

 I did enjoy the smell of the hot wax and the oil though :)

a short brake !

Famous Chairs   Mixed media on A6 cards 

I am having a little bit of a brake to relax and sit down :) 

It is that time of the year again, one more school holidays ! As always I want to keep working , but it somehow never works that way .... So I am just accepting it and I will be back  painting in 10 days !

My first book !!

I have been working on it for a while, and  here it is :)

My first book !

I thought that this series of Red Ridind Hood  is complete and I also wanted to have them all together... also the ones form  my sketchbook !

Michèle Meister

...about Red Riding...

By Michèle Meister

Book Preview

always in my thoughts

Always in my thoughts   Mixed media and collage on recycled paper   29x41cm

Solo Exhibition

Join me at Michele Meister's Solo Exhibition,

Exploring Inner Sanctum – select works on

paper and canvas by Michele Meister


I am having a solo show at Red Bubble, where you are able to see my work in larger so you can see more details! I hope to 'see' you there !!

portrait of a woman

Grown up 2   Mixed media on paper   29x41cm.