Plein Air Berlin/Brandenburg - 9th to 19th May 2015 - Open to All !

[Karen Scannell]

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Continuing on from last years discussion...We're delighted that Marko and Nikoli  are again making plans for another Plein Air Berlin/ Brandenburg Event 2015.Dates will be  May 9th - 19th

The Event will be based again in  Altthymen haus, http://www.altthymenhaus.de/  

The cost will be  € 45 euro/ day, full board. The nearest airport is Berlin 

We had a great experience during this Event 2014. This is a wonderful opportunity to paint in the old, East part of Germany, and immerse yourself in paint :) . Places are still available, if you would like to join us let us know. 

[Marko Fenske]

hello from berlin - the pleinair berlin brandenburg is coming nearer and i was yesterday in hamburg to meet our sponsor mr. meyer - i need from every painter the working  techniques - watercolor, oil, pastell, etc. - and what is with george mc hugh? - he didnt answer to the invitation - can one of the irish friends contact him and ask him if he will participate, please - in the next weeks we have to prepare the poster and the flyer - i need although new fotos in good quality - please send directly to nikolai and me - i want to get for every artist a basic set of colors like 2 blues, 2 yellows, 2 reds, white and a dark brown - so we could work more in touch with the sponsored brands - probably we get colors from south corea - shanart colors - valerie from you i need although some sentences of your artwork and about your person as artist -

greetings to all

marko

[Louise Treacy]

Thank you Marko. I will contact George today and ask him. George has been very busy as his dear wife Maureen has been ill. I will look up the Shanart colours and see what they have in their range. The sponsorship Mr Mayer gave last year was wonderful. I especially loved the Vang brushes and I especially would like to try some more of those, you can not get them in Ireland yet. Is it your personal e mail we should send our photos to?
Thanks Marko and hugs from Wexford

[Valerie Syms Martin]

Hi Marko.  I work in oils and watercolour. 

From what I understand, George's wife is very ill, so he may not be able to come. 

Valerie's paintings in watercolour and oils are representations of her surroundings.  She loves the ever-changing colours of nature, and the rhythms and patterns that can be found there.  In particular, the characteristics of water play an important part in her work.  She look at the play of light on the sea, the dance of reflections, and even how wet pavements and roads can totally transform a scene. 

Much of Valerie's work is local, based on her surroundings in South County Dublin, or in the Irish countryside. Depending on the time of day and the weather conditions, a familiar place can assume radically differing appearances. Details also change between one visit and the next, and the whole colour and feel of a place can totally change.

She works en Plein Air - outside, responding directly to the sights, sounds, smells, and atmosphere of a place as it is in a particular period in time.  The result is not like a photograph, which is a single instant of time.  And the eye sees differently to the camera lens, able to deal with the subtleties within strong lights and darks side by side, in a way that the camera can not replicate. 

I don't think I have your email addresses to send the photos from.  Mine is [e-mail].

[George McHugh]

Hi Marko, Indeed what is with George McHugh? A question I've been trying to answer all my life! I've been hibernating all Winter! I will email you hopefully later this week with my plans. George

[Louise Treacy]

Ah George, grand!!
See you saw the message. Will give you a call later anyway.
All the best , Lou

[Marko Fenske]

wonderful - you are all so awaken - i am proud of such art friends - emails to nikolai [e-mail] and me [e-mail] - george i wish your wife a quick recovery - light and love from berlin - marko

[Louise Treacy]

Thank you Marko a big hello to Nikolai and thanks to him also.
X Louise

[Karen Scannell]

looks like your in full swing with your preparations Marko and Nickoli ! Great stuff :)

[Valerie Syms Martin]

Are you coming Karen?

And hope you are having a good time in the States.

[Karen Scannell]

Hi Valarie..I hope to. :)

[Louise Treacy]

[Louise Treacy]

A couple of photos to whet our appetites for Alttymen Haus in May!!