Original artwork description:

One of my fondest childhood memories was the potato harvest. On golden October days, with bright skies and warm sunshine, we dug potatoes out of the ground and filled baskets with them. Those were the days when my grandmother made the rather long walk to bring us freshly baked plum cake during our well-deserved break. The aroma of the warm, delicious cake, the smell of the sun-warmed earth, the muscles strained from the hard work—these sensory impressions are combined in this image. Above all these impressions is one very essential feeling: the certainty of a sheltered childhood, the feeling of family.

I spent my childhood and youth on a farm. It was a picture-perfect life. Endless fields surrounded our family home, with grass so tall that little Jutta was swallowed up by it like an impenetrable jungle. But there was also a lot of work for us three children to do. I loved haymaking: the smell of dried grass, hot summer days, and our father's talent for turning this strenuous work into a game with a competition made it almost fun.

Throughout my school career, I was repeatedly recognized for my artistic talent.

Everything I do in painting today is characterized by intuition and concentration on the result. When I paint, there is only the now, the present moment. And that can be very challenging. It demands my complete attention; it wants to be well represented. The moment can come easily and be kind to me, but it can also feel difficult and admonishing: Is this really the best you can do? This is the challenge I set myself with every painting: I want to improve from painting to painting, to give the canvas the expression that you, the viewer, deserve.

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Materials used:

Acrylic painting, UV protection sealed

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