Autorenname: Angelika Ann Kammerer

Week 52 (the LAST ONE!) of my artproject „One Year – One Island“ On the last day of October, I packed my art bag one last time – a little melancholy, of course, but also glad that I would soon be “free” and able to plunge into other artistic ideas again. It wasn’t difficult to […]

Week 50 & 51 of my artproject „One Year – One Island“ Right from the start of this art project, I considered various locations as potential subjects, without knowing if they would actually be suitable. I ended up not painting most of them, while others practically presented themselves because the location and date aligned so

week 48 & 49 of my painting project „One Year – One Island“ Mossberga-Vipetorp Nature ReserveOn a beautiful sunny autumn day in October, I drove along Route 136 to Halltorp, as this was roughly where I planned to paint my next picture. On my way, I considered whether I should paint the large yellow inn,

week 46 & week 47 of „One Year – One Island“ Now it finally happened: all the visitors have left, the holiday homes are winterized, all the hotel beds have been stripped, the refrigerators in the restaurants have been emptied, and even the last service building at the campsites is locked up. The final curtain

week 39 – Skördefest at „One Year – One Island“ SKÖRDEFEST – this is a thing you simply cannot ignore if you live on Öland. It doesn’t matter whether you work with tourists or not, how old you are, or what you’re interested in. Skördefest! It is the most busy weekend of the whole year.

Week 44 – One Year – One Island September 21stI was sitting right in the middle of the main road on Öland, painting a scene that has probably never been captured artistically before: the grocery store in Köpingsvik. The idea came to me as I thought about what exactly is important to us who live

week 42 & 43 of „One Year – One Island“ Just north of Äleklinta lies a small historic fishing port called Bruddesta, dating from the early 19th century. It consists of nine limestone huts thatched with reeds, with walled net gardens and drying facilities for the nets. Between the huts and the water’s edge, you

Week 41 of „One Year – One Island“ – Lofta At the beginning of September, I arrived in an area I didn’t know very well, or even knew at all: the coastal strip south of Sandvik all the way to Äleklinta (I’ve marked this part on the map). I found it difficult to find the

Week 40 of my painting project „One Year – One Island“ About 10 days after Gillberga – a cloudless day – I settled in in Sandvik: a folding chair, the small green stool for the water containers, the art backpack with the blocks, the tape, the brushes, and of course, my water bottle. I had

Week 39 of my painting project „One Year – One Island“ The village of Gillberga lies on the edge of the Alvar and consists of two parts: Norrbyn in the north and the old row village Sörbyn in the south. The villages is named in the 14th century as Gilbergum and in 1539 as Gilberge,