Anne-Elisabeth Seevers

The painting technique of these Illuminations comes from the painting school of the Top Kapi Palace in Istanbul and from the private seminar of Prof. Dr. Süheyl Ünver.
Each work begins with a design, a drawing that is constructed with compass and ruler and has to be transferred to the prepared paper. Then 22ct gold is painted with a brush on all designated surfaces, afterwards the colors. Each one is contoured black, so the work unfolds from the center gradually like a rising flower.
I am focussing on traditional bookpainting and miniaturepainting since 2004 with Illuminations and by teaching in courses and workshops.

Studied Islamic Illumination since 1994 in Germany and in Turkey in the class of Ilona Klautke (illuminations and miniature painting) and with Mehmet Gürsoy (faience ceramics)