Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Berlin paintings, Berliner Weisse and late night drawings

Originally I planned to attend the Providence gallery night extensively on friday. However, time was rare and I just made it to go to one gallery. This was not actually a gallery and just a bank that exhibited some paintings of Mollie Hosmer-Dillard. When I watched her pieces I wondered about the names of two them as they included the words "Temepelhof" and "Emmas Friedhof". On the infoboard I figured out that Mollie lived four years in Berlin and moved back to Providence in 2009. I am in the US and Berlin seems to present everywhere. I talked to Mollie for a while how much we love the enjoyable area of the Tempelhof airport and miss pleasant Berlin. Berliner, it is fall. Go out to Tempelhof and have a walk there! It is lovely. Mollie also told me about the little box gardens you find in the area. I have not seen them before. But they look nice (https://picasaweb.google.com/115023284387629053061/UrbanGardeningBerlin#slideshow/5627700456164795010)
Anyway, the urban gardening project inspired the following painting...


I love Mollies playful paintings that have an impressionistic note. My most favourite painting is this. Her somewhat comic style is cute I feel.


When I went with Joanna and Christine to the E&O bar next night, I was faced with Germany and Berlin again. One of the bartenders told me when she heard I was from Berlin that I could talk to father, who owns the bar, in German. So I talked for a while to Mr. Richard Dannenfelser, who was stationed as a U.S. soldat in the 1960s and studied Theology in West-Germany later on. He even bought a round Berliner Weisse - Weihenstephan wheat beer with raspberry sirup. It had not the signficant red tone, but was delicious anyway. Thank you Mr. Dannenfelser. That was very generous.


The night ended with a two rock concert in Local 121, where Christine and me perpetuate with drawings on the table cloths. My lack of skills and creativity indicates clearly who draw what...



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