Our home and  almost all it contained including our family history, our furniture, our car and my years of artwork and materials – all taken in a matter of moments in the catastrophic floods in the Ahr Valley, Germany.

We are so grateful our family is safe.

But we have now just heard our insurance won’t pay out for floods! We are devastated – again.


 

 

WE NEED HELP

I have created a donate button.

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=K3ALFP8MLUGN8

We would be thankful for each tiny help

We only want to somewhere to call ‘our home’  where we can safely live and I can create art again.

Thank you!

Doris, Norbert, Miriam and Nicholas

New Facebook Fan Page

Unfortunately I needed to create a new Fanpage on Facebook and lost all my fans there. The new page is up there now and I hope you do like me with simply clicking on the following button. Thank you very much!

Little girl dreaming in the afternoon sun in the grass – Figurative Painting in Watercolor

"Dreamy Afternoon" Watercolor on stretched watercolor canvas size: 12"x24" (30x60 cm) © Doris Joa I already did this painting a year ago, but I was never really happy with it. In the first version the shadows were looking wrong to me,…

How to make your own watercolor canvas – Youtube Video

I love to do my watercolor paintings on watercolor canvas. Since these canvas are not available here in germany I am making now my own stretched watercolor canvas. It is really easy to do and a big pluspoint is that you can make them using your…
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Gardendreams (Gartenträume) and a Pink Rose Painting in Watercolor (Old Friendship)

I can't resist to have a rose painting going on. I just enjoy to paint roses too much. Beside all other paintings a rose must be there, too! This Pink Rose is so beautiful! The pinks are created with Permanent Rose and Purple Magenta. The inner…
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Rhododendrons and Poppies at The National Garden Show in Koblenz 2011 (Bundesgartenschau)

Some weeks ago we visited the Bundesgartenschau 2011 in Koblenz (The National Garden Show Koblenz 2011). This is a very big event and this year not far away from where we live. And when you are for a visit in Germany so please take the time…