Art and Abart

Neckargemuend is an old and picturesque village on the Neckar River. From there you can see Bergfeste Dilsberg on the hill further along the...

Imagine trying to make these yourself!

The Tchibo coffee shop in Hamburg-Rissen looks out over one of the prettiest buildings in the village, this thatched roof house. Today I sa...

I have an exhibition of work at Gino's Cafe in Rissen. This is one of the watercolours I have on the wall.

This cafe in Uetersen is one of the prettiest I have seen and ...when they bring your tea, they include a small wooden timer, so you know ho...

The Herrenhäuser (mansions) along the Elbe are like a set of large white beads set in green satin. On the other side of the river the lands...

The heart of the city of Hamburg is its huge working harbour. The old warehouse buildings are restored and the whole precinct is a vibrant a...

Hamburg harbour has undergone a transformation in recent years as the old warehouses are rennovated. The most spectacular building of all is...

What a difference a few degrees of latitude make. Back in Hamburg the weather is cool, trees are reflected in puddles ... everything is gre...

Laurence Vittes is a music critic in Los Angeleles. Here his view on the Maribor Festival.

You know you are in a wine growing region when grape vines grow on railway tracks. This picture was taken near Rüdesheim on the Rhine River....

All trees in the back yards from Salzburg to Frankfurt are dripping with fruit. It has been that sort of autumn. On the Kauber Platte (the ...

I closed the painting pad … took a last look over the Maribor roofs from the hotel window ...... then took the train to Graz (90 minute...

During the music festival my paintings of musicians have been displayed at the Isabella Cafe in the Postna Ulica. The owners are committed t...

Bach's Chaconne (played by Tognetti), Arvo Pärt, John Adams, Vivaldi's Gloria in D Major in the Maribor Cathedral. Brillaint choice ...

One of the highlights of the festival here in Maribor has been hearing Il Giardino Armonico founded in 1985 for musicians who have special...

Tonights concert was a musical timeline with snippets from 40,000 BC to now with accompanying pictures on the screen behind: paintings, the ...

I attended a wedding today, though I don't know whose. I had sought refuge from the heatwave that has enveloped the region and was sitt...

I don't normally eat much icecream but it is hot and the green icecream looked so inviting that I said to the waiter (in mime-language) ...

The music and painting schedule has been hectic and today I ran out of puff. So I took a break and wandered down to the Vinotek on the River...