Lido from my Windowsill Artwork

The featured work is done on slightly and elegantly yellowing paper, a find from an abandoned East German graphic workshop. It is from a series that marks the beginning of my career: In 1999 I spent spring and early summer on Venice Lido., taking a morning boat to San Marco to explore the city, to Guardini to help artists getting ready for the 48th Venice Biennale, or to Accademia – to become an artistic draftsman. But when times got sweetly gloomy, with fine gray clouds like a ceilink above and all winds still, I stayed in, took in the window view of my place, and let it flow to a sheet of paper. Sometimes it's like painting nothing at all, and end in itself—calming as the resulting work presented here. Completing the arts by adding the self. It is a private work, so maybe a private room is a nice place for hanging. Or, on the other hand, it could add a private note to a space. Dear Collector! Expect an old, arcane work, slightly yellowing, almost like a find from the attic. From a young artist’s ad-lib exhibition a thin rim of masking-tape remained at the verso. It could be removed professionally, but on the other hand adds to the story the work tells.