Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Oslo

It’s February and I lose myself in an unusually deep sky. The view from the window of my Oslo-Fjord suite greets me with a monochromatic play of colors: white-gray, green – ocean blue. A breathtaking stillness holds me under its spell. The light behind the clouds doesn’t give me any idea of the time, so

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Hotel Louis C. Jacob, Hamburg

I am looking at the Linden Street from the atmospheric Max Liebermann room, whose painting eternalized the view. I can see the goings on at the Elbe from here as well. As the Queen Elizabeth grandly sails by my window on its way out to sea, I paint this spectacular occasion. The hotel staff and

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Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg

I’ve hardly entered the most beautiful suite of this house and it is transformed into my atelier in which I organize everything perfectly and sort out my colors. The completely new viewpoint of Hamburg from my panorama window surprises me, an unexpected perspective … I can spot the harbor from far away, but it is

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Rainvilles Elbterrassen, Hamburg

This harbor panorama fits best on an extreme rectangular format. Actually, it pulls me out onto the huge roof terrace of a small, 6-room hotel to paint, but the weather changes my plans: It is an icy cold February in Hamburg. Despite the pouring rain, the view from my room cannot be more perfect. It

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