"Wo die Meerjungfrauen wachsen"
After starting my own business in 1987 I was soon allowed to celebrate my first small successes. My first studio was an unused room in a leather factory in my hometown of Viechtach in the Bavarian Forest, in the south of Germany. The factory belonged to my later brother-in-law and I was very happy that I was allowed to set up there for painting for free. The family has always been very generous towards me and I am still grateful today.
What turned out to be a particularly happy coincidence, however, was that the factory owner's uncle's best friend (close enough 😜) was a New York gallery owner.
And he visited me one day.
He liked my work very much and he was also very impressed with my special glass painting technique. So much so, that he bought two pictures from me to test them in his gallery on Madison Avenue.
Nachdem ich mich 1987 selbständig machte durfte ich recht bald die ersten kleinen Erfolge feiern. Mein erstes Atelier war ein ungenutzter Raum in einer Lederfabrik in meinem Heimatort Viechtach im bayerischen Wald. Die Fabrik gehörte meinem späteren Schwager und ich freute mich sehr, dass ich mich dort umsonst zum malen einrichten durfte. Die Familie war mir gegenüber immer sehr großzügig und ich bin heute noch dankbar.
Was sich allerdings noch als besonders glückliche Fügung herausstellen sollte war, dass der beste Freund des Onkels des Fabrikbesitzers (😜) ein New Yorker Galerist war.
Und der besuchte mich dann auch eines Tages.
Meine Bilder gefielen Ihm ganz ausgezeichnet und er war auch sehr von meiner speziellen Hinterglastechnik angetan. So sehr, dass er mir gleich zwei Bilder abkaufte, um sie in seiner Galerie an der Madison Avenue zu testen
Obviously, he was satisfied with the result of the test. On his next visit he took more paintings with him, showed them at the New York Art Expo and offered me a solo exhibition in his gallery for 1991. Madison Ave. was the first address in New York at that time and I accepted enthusiastically.
Offensichtlich war er mit dem Resultat des Testes zufrieden. Er nahm bei seinem nächsten Besuch wieder Bilder mit, zeigte sie sogar auf der New York Art Expo und bot mir für 1991 eine Einzelausstellung in seiner Galerie an. Madison Ave. war damals erste Adresse in New York und ich nahm begeistert an.
The special thing about our collaboration was that he really loved my art. When I finally visited him in New York, it turned out that he liked one of the first pictures he had from me so much, that he actually kept it for himself... the "Mermaid".
Das besondere an unserer Zusammenarbeit war, daß er meine Bilder wirklich liebte. Als ich ihn schließlich in New York besuchte, stellte sich heraus, dass ihm eines der ersten Bilder die er von mir hatte so sehr gefiel, dass er es tatsächlich für sich selbst behielt... die "Meerjungfrau"
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If you like my work, of course I appreciate your upvotes and resteems
View all my pictures I posted here on steemit!
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All photos/scans by me of my own artwork done in my special technique as introduced in What is Hinterglas?
Alle Fotos/Scans von mir, von meiner eigenen Kunst in meiner speziellen Technik, vorgestellt in Was ist Hinterglas?
überhaupt nicht verwunderlich, das man solch ein bild für sich behält! das ist wirklich großartig. mein kompliment. ach übrigens, lieber Reinhard, schau doch mal zu dieser künstlerin, die ich just gerade heute entdeckt habe und die ich sehr interessant finde. ebenfalls deutsch, noch keinen monat hier. vielleicht findest auch du gefallen an der ein oder anderen arbeit aus ihrer hand. lg
lieber @reinhard-schmid, ich möchte dich freundlich um deine erlaubnis bitten, dein bild in meinem post verwenden zu dürfen. darin geht es explizit darum, einige besondere künstler hier auf steemit vorzustellen, so auch dich. und für jeden möchte ich gern ein aktuelles bild zeigen. es würde mich freuen, wenn du einverstanden bist...
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Freut mich, dass es Dir gefällt! @patschwork ist mir schon mal aufgefallen. Danke für die Erinnerung. Gleich mal folgen, dass ich sie auf dem Radar behalte. Manchmal verliere ich einfach den Überblick und natürlich hat man auch immer zu wenig Zeit (und voting strength).
Solange Du irgendwo vermerkst, dass es von mir ist, kannst Du gerne jederzeit meine Bilder verwenden, natürlich auch die "Meerjungfrau". Allerdings ist das nicht mehr so ganz aktuell. Ich habs vor bald 30 Jahren gemalt...
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cool. danke sehr. post wurde veröffentlicht. schau vorbei! lg
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Great works never age!
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THIS IS CRAZY COOL!! I love the patterns of all the coral lookin stuff! This is to die for, big follow and upvote for you :D
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Back then I was very much into the underwater thing. Glad you like it, thanks!
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Hallo Reinhard, das ist eine sehr interessante Geschichte. Es ist immer von Vorteil, wenn man gute Leute kennt - sozusagen Vitamin-B ;-). Ich kann aber den besten Freund deines Onkels vollkommen verstehen. Das Bild von der Meerjungfrau ist atemberaubend. Ich als begeisterte Taucherin, sehe im Bild so vieles. Ich sehe die Meerjungfrau in einer Höhle, inmitten von wunderschönen Korallen. Sie wacht über die armen Seelen, welche ihr Leben im Meer verloren haben. Sonnige Grüsse
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Die richtige Verbindung ist sicher oft hilfreich. Aber Du hast ja sicher selbst oft genug gesehen, dass es nichts nützt, wenn Dir jemand eine Tür öffnest, und Du nicht durch gehst...
Freut mich sehr, dass mein Motiv Dich als Taucherin so anspricht... ich war in meiner Jugend U-Boot fahrer... aber gesehen hat man da leider nichts 😕
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U-Boot Fahrer? Das klingt ja sehr interessant. Gibt es da nicht ein Marinestützpunkt in Eckernförde? In Deutschen und auch Schweizer Gewässer sieht man leider nicht so viel. Meine erste Tauchausbildung habe ich im Bodensee gemacht. Tja, war sehr kalt und eher trüb. Dafür ist es hier in Bali umso schöner :-). LG
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The factory owner’s uncle’s best friend (lol) has great taste. I would’ve kept this painting for myself as well. It’s stunning and I love the details in the coral and the negative space between it.
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He has great taste for sure, and not only for keeping my painting. Your advantage is, that you could simply paint whatever you like for yourself :-)
Thank you for noticing the negative space. Was a real challenge and a lot of work to get it right.
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Such a beautiful painting, just love this 💕
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Thank you very much. Your photos are fascinating!
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Wow, awesome story, its good to know that you could grow and rise as an artist.
Looking that picture i really can say that im an admiror of your "special glass painting tecnique", because i truly love that painting.
Congratulations!
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Thank you very much. It takes many things to make it as an artist, and although you can't rely on it, luck and opportunity are a part of it. Good thing is, with striving for quality and hard work, you can improve your odds quite a bit ;-)
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It's really beautiful, I love the colors, the finesse of the drawing, it looks like lace around the siren. Very fine work very smoothly it's superb!
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Beautiful perception and description, thank you very much for it :-)
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Very nice, and your post is quite timely in spirit of the Sun moving into Pisces!
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Is that good?
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Hm... well of course! I mean, I think magical coincidences are always worth noting. For their anchoring ability if nothing else.
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I see, thank you for pointing this out :-)
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I'm too tired to form proper praise for you about this painting, but it's just amazing! I'll try to remember to come back tomorrow with a fresh mind and eyes. Good night darling!
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Haha.. know the feeling quite well and I have left a post of yours open more than once, beacause it was to valuable to reply tired or in haste...
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Okay, let's try this again!
I'm not sure which one of your paintings is my favourite, but it is either this, or the Ladyskates. The overall composition and colours drew me in deep, and had me marvelling this piece for a long time last night.
The mermaid has an excellent figure and I love that fin on her tush, it's such a cute little detail! What I find really interesting is that knowing your fascination towards the lower leg part, which mermaids obviously don't have, I keep imagining her growing a pair of feet and stepping onto the land. I'm so accustomed to your style that when the female figure is missing her legs, I kind of fill in the blanks in my mind, even though there is nothing blank about this piece!
I don't have enough words to describe how beautiful, enchanting and amazing this painting is, but know that I love it very much.
I have to say, I'm rather jealous of the gallery owner, I wouldn't mind a piece like this on my wall! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Ps. Even after following you for months and months, I still can't wrap my head around the Hinterglas technique you use, but that only adds to the magic that your work has!
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Both this amazing masterpiece and your comment are unbelievably inspiring. I would gladly give away 20 years of my life just so I could hear people say those words about my art.
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Thank you for liking my work. And as inspiring a comment like this is, I'm not sure if you should give 20 years of your life for it (sorry @eveuncovered 😉 ) Actually, if it was really possible, you could end up in the absurd situation, that you don't even have left the 20 years and would have have dropped dead in fulfillment of your wish, possibly before you could have made such a comment. But then again, the comment would never be made...
Anyways.. I see you work in another beautiful old technique. If you use the 20 years to refine and perfect it, you will get all the compliments you wish for very soon 🙂
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Thank you very much for your kind words. chances that I will drop dead at this moment are quite low. I still have plenty of other goals, plans, dreams and desires. And I am far too stubborn to leave any of them unfulfilled 😁
I love what I do and I will definitely never stop.
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That's the right attitude. And I certainly don't want you to drop dead... that was just the result of some surreal thought :-) May all your dreams come true.. at least the ones that are also good for you ;-)
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What a beautiful comment! Seems you really like this one. Even noticed the little details :-)
Haha, yes, mermaid appears like the wrong subject for me with my little preferences (lol, I accidentally typed "perverences" 😜). I actually picked up on that in one of my recent paintings. I take it as a great compliment though, that you are so familiar with my work, that you "autocomplete" it in your mind!
Jaro (the gallery owner) has an exquisite art collection and it was always very flattering, that he valued my work like he did. To bad, he retired years ago. But when he is in Germany, he still visits me. Never found another one who ran his gallery with such passion and devotion.
I take steem, if you ever want to commission an original 😎
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I probably would have kept it too in his position XD You were really lucky to have such a supportive family, and I guess it's also great to have genuine friendships with gallery owners/other people that can help you along the way :D
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I wish I had kept a few more paintings to myself! But supportive friends and family are much more important and I feel privileged, that I always had that in my life.
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This is absolutely stunning <3
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Thank you 😁
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Always inspiring to get a peek into the lifes of fellow painters 👌
By the way; clever to do the translation this way.
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Absolutely! Love your art 😍
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beautiful
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thank you :-)
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Da hab ich jetzt glatt zweimal hinsehen müssen. Wahnsinn, würde es nicht da stehen, hätte ich niemals angenommen, dass das Bild von Dir ist. Total interessant, so frühe Werke zu sehen ... und zu entdecken, wie der Stil sich mit der Zeit verändert. Sehr spannend, danke!
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Ja, hat sich schon einiges verändert. Ist auch blöd, immer wenn ich denke ich hab den Bogen mit etwas raus, muss ich was neues probieren...
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Ttruly amazing pieces! After so much meaningless shit in here (steemit) this is refreshing...and still 54 votes...the world is so broken!=D
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58 as I'm writing this (had to check real quick after I read your comment) WOW! Amazing, isn't it! I'm very thankful 🤩 Glad you like it too, thank you!
We have to be the change we want to see in the world! (Gandhi)
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I showed my girlfriend this painting and her eyes lit up, she loves it. I agreed and just love the imagination of the under water creatures extruding out of the plant life. Amazing work :) thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for stopping by and your kind attention! I envy you, since you can see those underwater worlds all the time... ok, mermaid maybe not, but lots of other beautiful and miraculous things 😵
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Sometimes all I can say is "Wow!" Your work is the opposite of common place but still beautiful.
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I think its a nice compliment for an artist, when this is what their work does to you 😎
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Sometimes it seems the more impressed I am the harder it is to find the proper words!
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Interessante Geschichte! Sehr schöne Bilder! <3
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Freut mich, danke sehr :-)
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Auf der ganzen Welt hängt nun ein Schmid an der Wand. :-)
Bei mir jetzt auch & in der Madison - pfeiff!! - ich wähne mich in erlauchter Gesellschaft des Galeristen, auch wenn's da nicht mehr hängt, so kann ich doch sagen, dass dem Schmid sein Bild dort mal hing. Na, DAS gefällt mir!
Bisschen angeben ist doch eine fürchterlich große Verlockung - hihi. Aber eigentlich, und überhaupt, tät ich gern nur was von Leuten kaufen, die ich persönlich kenne. Mein Fleisch und Obst, mein Beinkleid und meinen Strom, ja, den auch. Nur geht das leider nicht, aber es ist ein schöner Gedanke, der mich reduziert auf das Wesentliche.
Es wird immer so viel von andren Leuten geredet.
Diese Meerjungfrau ist sagenhaft schön in ihrer Unterwasser-Umgebung. Mein Auge ist voller Freude. Ich liebe dieses Bild auch und würde es gern haben. Hach, wie vieles würd ich gerne haben wollen ...
There's a Schmid hanging on the wall all over the world. :-)
At my place now also & in the Madison - whistle! I think I'm in the gallerist's illustrious company, even if it's not hanging there anymore, I can say that Schmid's picture used to hang there. Well, I like that!
Showing off a little bit is a terrible temptation - giggle. But actually, and anyway, I'd like to buy from people I know personally. My meat and fruit, my dress and my electricity, yes, that too. Unfortunately, this is not possible, but it is a nice thought that reduces me to the essentials.
There's always so much talk about other people.
This mermaid is fabulously beautiful in her underwater environment. My eye is full of joy. I love this painting too and would like to have it. Well, how much would I like to have....
:-)
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Hehe.. ein bisschen angeben gehört dazu und ist erlaubt. Du bist ja beileibe nicht für Großspurigkeit bekannt (also, der Spellchecker unterringelt das jetzt beharrlich, aber mit mehr als 2 normalen "s" hintereinander kenn ich mich nicht aus... und mit nur zweien auch nicht immer 😛)
Darf ich davon ausgehen, dass Dein Bild gerahmt ist? Oh Gott, ich seh grad, dass ich schon wieder elend hinterher bin. Ich heb mir Deine Posts immer auf, so wie das beste Stückchen beim Essen... damit ich sie in Ruhe genießen kann. Blöd nur, wenn ich spät abends total müde bin und am nächsten Morgen alle möglichen Leute was von mir wollen... arrrgh
Aber was ich die ganze Zeit schon sagen will, auch wenn es die Galerie nicht mehr gibt, bist Du in sehr guter Gesellschaft. Bildbesitzmäßig, das kann ich Dir versichern. Sonst natürlich auch, hoffe ich!
Also mit dem Strom könnten wir vielleicht was machen. Ich kenn da jemand, die haben hier am Fluß ein kleines Wasserkraftwerk. Voll mit Fischtreppe und so. Interessiert? An der Lieferung müssten wir noch etwas rumschrauben..
Hm.. also ich hab gestern mit meinem Neffen 300 Bilder rumgeschleppt und ein paar tausend Zeichnungen. Heute den ganzen Tag Ausstellung aufgebaut.. das mit einer zweisprachigen Antwort schaff ich jetzt nicht mehr.. 🤪
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What a blessed life you have live, with luck abounding, well luck and Hard work and heaps and heaps of talent!
I love this piece, the webbed hands, the glow of hair the deeper moodier sea colours much like a tantalizing illustration from an old book of fairy stories, which I have always loved.
More wonderful work.
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Those are lovely @reinhard-schmid. I love how you designed her form. She is unlike any other mermaid I've seen before. Very imaginative.
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No question why he loved it, I would love it too and keep it for myself same as he did :) Under water feeling so well done here, and while watching it having feeling like being under water too. Love this one specially @reinhard-schmid!
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These are really amazing. Love the art style and the blending of the colors and the colors used, so much greatness here, thank you so much for sharing these. I wish I had money to contract you to do a Sandman piece for me.
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Underwater wonderland
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