Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
New Slogan for Grateful Dogs Rescue
Grateful Dogs Rescue is a Non-Profit Organization that is dedicated to saving dogs which are not made available for adoption (for medical or behavioral reasons) from the ACC (Animal Care and Control) in San Francisco. On their official Facebook page, GDR has recently launched a slogan contest: “Slogans! GDR is looking for creative ideas for [...]
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Ich bin für die Leporidae zuständig –Reflexionen eines Tierpflegers
Kurzgeschichte. Sie starrte mir direkt in die Augen. Dann drehte sich ihr Kopf um hundertachtzig Grad und wieder zurück und starrte mir direkt in die Augen. Da hat mich die Angst gepackt. Heute bin ich nicht mehr bei den Eulen- ich meine bei den Strigiformes. Seit Dezember bin ich bei den Leporidae. Ich war schon [...]
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Book Illustrations
As an ongoing project without an expiration date-so to speak-I illustrate children’s poems by Dr. Franz Andres Morrissey.
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Ein von Wilde inspiriertes Gedicht
Im Sommer lag er in der Luft, der schwere Geruch vom Rosenduft. Er strömte in die Gemächer ein, wo Dorian Gray nur konnte sein. Wie ein Adonis sass er da, seine Schönheit war zu sehen- von fern und nah. Sein Antlitz liess alle Welt erblassen- ach, ihr Rosen, wie musstet ihr den Jüngling hassen! Auf [...]
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Antonin und der Wind -Eine Kurzgeschichte
Der laue, süsslich duftende Frühlingswind trug die fröhlichen Klänge des Jahrmarkts bis in die schwärzesten Ecken der Stadt. Dort hallten sie weiter, bis sie schliesslich von den hohen Stadtmauern verschluckt wurden. Antonin blieb draussen auf der Treppe sitzen um diesem melancholisch klingenden Konzert zuzuhören. Es war ein sonderbares Gemisch aus munterer Fröhlichkeit und bitterem Klagen, [...]
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The Beatrix Potter Backdrop Approach
Lately, I have been thinking about anthropomorphized animals, so I flipped through what my art history professor would call a coffee table book on Beatrix Potter. In Beatrix Potter. At Home in the Lake District, the author, Susan Denyer, juxtaposes Potter’s home in the Lake District in Northern England, with her art. By doing so, [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Cat in Outer Space
I made this illustration for my friend Sandro, the craziest cat-lover of all time. Don’t worry, this furry friend wasn’t sent to outer space for experimental reasons-he’s the feline explorer who’s got it all under control!
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Working with Different Brands of Watercolors-And Overcoming Other Artistic Obstacles
For my book illustrations I use Royal Talen’s finest Rembrandt watercolors. Water colours are a transparent paint based on Gum arabic. Painting in water colour is a technique whereby the paint, thinned with water or as it is, is applied on special water colour paper. The paint has various constituents including pure pigments and Gum [...]
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Nicolas
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Read All Your Books Before Purchasing New Ones – Part 1: Agatha Christie
I do not know why books get bought enthusiastically only to be read decades later. Which is why I recently made a vow not to buy any new books before I have not read all the ones which are left untouched on my bookshelf. When I look at all those neatly stacked volumes, I notice [...]
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Arisen from the Dead-Thrill the World Sausalito
On October 24, 2009, people of all age groups got rid of their everyday clothes and slipped into something more zombie-esque. For a change, makeup palettes were not used to create an understated/sophisticated autumn-look; instead, they served as a means to create that fascinatingly grotesque complexion of decay. The occasion was the annual Thrill the [...]
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Code-Switching
The paper, “Code-Switching Among English and Swiss-German Speaking Couples” is a proposal for a hypothetical research project in linguistics, and it was a collaboration between Azra von Niederhäusern-Hodzic and me. We worked on the premise that native speakers of both languages will eventually code-switch during a conversation, no matter how consistently they try to stick to one language.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Accent/Dialect Discrimination and Grice’s Cooperative Principle and Implicature
“Accent/Dialect Discrimination in the English Language in Institutions and the Media” and “Grice’s Cooperative Principle and Implicature” were the topics I chose for my 45-minute oral examination in linguistics. The material which I upload with this post includes my discussion topics for the exam and a bibliography. (This information might be useful for students who [...]
Friday, May 1st, 2009
What Makes a Yuppie?
How is the yuppie in Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho portrayed? Does s/he need to look a certain way, in order to be part of an unanimously approved group identity? What is the yuppie’s consumer behavior – and what is his or her stance on love and moral values? It is not easy to break down stereotypes, for there appears to be a very thin line between an exaggerated and a truthful depiction of a novel-yuppie.
Monday, March 9th, 2009
The Duel in Chaucer’s ‘Knight’s Tale’
1. Introduction In The Knight’s Tale , the two cousins Arcite and Palamon duel over Emelye’s hand in marriage. The concept of dueling is commonly portrayed in literary works as a means to resolve a quarrel between two men. In The Knight’s Tale the duel is depicted in much detail. To readers of medieval tales [...]
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Thesen über die Skizzenbücher Jacopo Bellinis-Ein Literaturbericht
1. Vorwort In diesem Literaturbericht über Jacopo Bellinis berühmte Skizzenbücher werden Thesen verschiedener Kunsthistoriker aufgegriffen, welche sich mit Fragestellungen zur Materialität, Datierung, Reihenfolge, – und Stilistik der Skizzen, auseinandersetzen. Hauptsächlich wird Albert J. Elen erwähnt, der unter anderem, eine These über Bellinis Gebrauch von Papier und Pergament geschrieben hat. Ein weiterer Forscher ist der russische [...]
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Accent Awareness
The study of accents is by no means a field of interest that is solely claimed or dealt with by linguists in academia. The aim of this paper is to discuss the general awareness of accents in the United States of America, which becomes particularly obvious when browsing the Internet. I discuss three different ways [...]
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Summary of Foucault’s “What is an Author?”
In “What is an Author”, Michel Foucault addresses the relationship between author and text. In addition, he wants to focus on the manner in which the text points to the author-“figure”. Foucault acts on the suggestion once made by Beckett. The latter asked, “What does it matter who is speaking?” Foucault concludes that this exclamation [...]
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Education: Liberation or Imprisonment? The Case of Amitav Ghosh’s “The Shadow Lines”
Amitav Ghosh’s, The Shadow Lines revolves around two families. One lives in Calcutta and the other in London. Also, both of them know each other, as the older generation experienced the events in London during World War II. The unnamed autodiegetic narrator is also the son of the Indian family. Since the narrator switches from [...]
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
House by the Shore
House by the Shore (2008) I began photographing this painting in its different stages. This I find very helpful because to retrace one’s steps can help in one’s future artistic endeavors: For instance, in the first two stages, the painting, in my opinion, looks lighter and more vivid than its final version. Keeping this in [...]
Monday, November 27th, 2006
Channel 4 with Mistakes
Acrylic paint on wood, 51cm x 45,5cm, 2006. This painting was inspired by the movie, “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”.
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Channel 4 News Team
Acrylic paint on wood, 51cm x 45,5cm, 2006. This painting was inspired by the movie, “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”.
Friday, June 17th, 2005
Jeff
Tuesday, June 15th, 2004
Loretta
Monday, May 10th, 2004
Trinidad
Acrylic paint on aluminum, 1,25 x 1,25cm, 2004.
Monday, April 26th, 2004
Beach
Acrylic paint and spray paint on aluminum, 1,25m x 1,25m, 2004.
Sunday, October 26th, 2003
Man With Cowboy Hat in a Car (Iggy)
Acrylic paint and wood carving technique on chipboard, 39,7cm x 40,3cm, 2003. This painting was inspired by a picture I saw, showing Iggy Pop in a car.
Sunday, July 20th, 2003
The Terrible Tooth Monster
Acrylic paint, spray paint, permanent marker, collage on wood, 2,40m x 2,60m, 2003. The Terrible Tooth Monster is a fictional B-movie character I came up with in 2003. Back then I thought extensively about the kind of flicks I saw as a teenager. I think watching television in the 80s and 90s was more fun. [...]
Monday, May 26th, 2003
Two Trucks
Saturday, February 8th, 2003
Dashing Young Men
Acrylic paint and wood carving technique on chipboard, 29,6cm x 28,9cm, 2003. This painting was inspired by the movie, “American Psycho”.
Thursday, August 8th, 2002
Whiteman
Monday, May 20th, 2002
A Tribute to the Eighties
A Tribute to the 80s (Mixed technique, 34.7x 34.7cm. 2002) This is a series -I named it “A Tribute to the 80s” – which I did during my studies in Lucerne, Switzerland. Back then, I found that films from the 1980s were a great source of inspiration. This series depicts scenes from films such as, [...]