Finished 25th March 2022

  

1200 Pieces

 Palace and garden in the baroque era

Illustrated by Hans Joachim Dräger

Swans have always been a symbol of royalty

 

people in the gardens, dressed in typical baroque garments and hairstyle

Guests arrive in a carriage and pair of white horses on the "courtyard of honours"

 A special flower-bed called "Embroidery", because it looks like an embroidered fabric

A maze or Labyrinth

 Sometimes small castles have been extended to huge palaces. In this illustration the castle has been built inside a lake. It is now connected to the palace.

 

This is the so-called "grand terrasse" with bassins, flower-beds and fountains. In the baroque era the guests should be impressed by the beauty and extraordinary design as well as the possibility of the landlord to subordinate nature to his will and "power".

Violinists Across the World Play for Ukraine

Violinists across the world have joined together to perform the Ukrainian folk song "Verbovaya Doschechka" in support of Ukraine.

 

 

 

https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20223/29139/

Finished 15th March 2022

  

940 Pieces (-2)

Summer breeze

by Sharie Hatchett Bohlmann 

A Ravensburger Relief Line jigsaw puzzle

Finished 6th March 2022

 

1000 Pieces

Austrian Mountains (Karwendel)

47° 25′ N, 11° 26′ O

Photography by Reinhold Kirsch

Ravensburger, 2010

I visited an exhibition in Hagen - Photographies by Bryan Adams

Being a renowned photographer, Bryan Adams took advantage to put on display several of his portraits

EXPOSED

WOUNDED: THE LEGACY OF WAR

HOMELESS

PIRELLI CALENDAR 2022

 

Let's go!

 

Sir Ben Kingsley (2010), Malgosia Bela (2013), Michael Shannon, NYC (2012)

Mick Jagger - detailed view

Michael J. Fox, Toronto, 2009 - detailed view

Julianne Moore, New York, 2010 - detailed view

Mickey Rourke, London, 2005

Rammstein, Berlin, 2014

Dustin Hoffmann, Malibu, 2006

 

Sir Ben Kingsley, London, 2010 & L'Wren Scott, London, 2006

 HM The Queen, Buckingham Palace, London, 2008

Christoph Waltz, London, 2014

 

Amy Winehouse, London, 2010 - detailed view

Victoria Beckham, London, 2005

 

Pink, New York, 2006

Danny Trejo, Los Angeles, 2011

 Linda Evangelista, New York, 2015

Amy Winehouse, Mustique + Boy George

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HOMELESS

Daughters, Sons, maybe mothers and fathers, siblings

Homeless, but not nameless!

 

 

 

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PIRELLI 2022

(Photos taken in 2021)

 

Jennifer Hudson, Grimes, Guitar on Corvair, St. Vincent

Grimes, Guitar on Corvair, St. Vincent, Iggy Pop

St. Vincent, detailed view

Grimes, detailed view
 

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WOUNDED - just a few - enter at your own risk

Is war an answer to fight for peace, freedom and democracy?

Often ... maybe ... yes??

The soldiers shown in the exhibition paid the highest price possible 

(except of the death on the fields). They show their injuries with pain 

and pride and need respect. They fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.

All soldiers are shown with name and military rank!

 

When the exhibition was announced, I was a bit afraid of "Legacy of War". 

I was afraid that I might feel like a voyeur although these are portraits 

of soldiers back from war, not a documentary of war.

 

When I decided to go to the museum, the war of agression of Wladimir Putin 

against the Ukraine started....