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  To bid farewell to this great artist, loving mother, and wife, we commissioned a song about her life. Kat Wulff captured her spirit well. Here are the lyrics to her song “Du strahlst /​​ You’re smiling”: It began with a smile  Freckles … Read More

I’ve been blogging for 10 years now, more precisely since July 2008! I can hardly believe that. Especially when you consider that followers have been there since the first day. In the last 5 months it has been interrupted by clinic and rehabilitation stays, … Read More

Sorry, I still have only the German translation. The English one follows soon. Related Posts Plein Air: View across the Alster in winter Plein Air: Sunday Evening Plein Air on the Island of Sylt in North Germany: »Tjen di Biiki ön« Plein … Read More

The word Hamburgensien derives obviously from the word Hamburg and is well known to people who live in Hamburg. It describes paintings or lithographs that show something that relates to to Hamburg.     Related Posts Frozen, 5×5 inch, Oil on bord … Read More

Exhibition at the Galery Levin, Holm-​Seppensen Exhibition opened from 5^th til 19^th November 2016: Monday to Friday — 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Samstags und Sonntags — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Vernissage Samstag, 5. November, 3 p.m. Kunstraum Galerie Levin Buchholzer Landstraße 62 21244 Holm-​Seppensen GERMANY In … Read More

I feel very honored to have been asked to exhibit along 104 international artist and 312 paintings on the show. I participate with three pastel paintings, one of them from my harbor series. In the dock, 20x20cm, Pastel, 2016 Astrid Volquardsen … Read More

Unfortunately to quite complicated German laws right now anybody who orders from outside of Germany can’t use my shop. I ›m working on that to fix it. If you’re interested in a painting of mine you have to contact me directly … Read More

From the 18^th of January I am part of a group exhibition at the Elbschlossresidenz in Hamburg, beginning with a private view at 5.p.m. I will be represented with 10 of my smaller works as pictured above. Those are all 18x24 cm and from my … Read More

This will be one of the rare opportunities to watch me painting in puplic. So if you are interested in how I create my pastel paintings come to the gallery in November. Tuesday to Saturday (November 4^th — 8^th) from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. … Read More

The summer exhibition is on at the Galerie Chaco in Hamburg. I am represented with ten paintings from my Hamburg Harbor series and from the North Sea. Photograph: © Marc Volquardsen, 2014 The large Tripty is now waiting for a new home: Photograph: … Read More

I am very happy to tell you that I now have a new gallery representation in Hamburg, Galerie Chaco. It’s located right in Hamburg in the district Ottensen. I can hardly believe my luck that my pastels are shown in such perfect fitting. … Read More

Well, well, well. Where to start after this exciting afternoon with the opening of the annual exhibition of the Pastel Society UK in the Mall Galleries in London. It was such a surprise and honour to find out that I have been … Read More

I am pleased to inform you that I have been accepted for the annual exhibition of the Pastel Society UK in the Mall Galleries in London. After I had made it through the online preselection, I went to London this weekend in order … Read More

Blick zum Meer II, 30 x 125 cm, 2012 Pastel Journal Bronze Medal Award © Astrid Volquardsen sold I am proud to announce that I was awarded the bronze medal in the 14^th Pastel 100 competition for my painting »View to the sea.« Every year … Read More

»Home at Sea«, Pastel Journal 08/​​2011 © The Pastel Journal I am very happy to let you know that my work is featured in the current issue of the Pastel Journal (August 2011). The interviews with the diverse pastel artists … Read More