Yvonnes house
Monday, December 22, 2008 8:41:44 PM

A house is beginning to grow up around Yvonne.
The lines are made. It´s a big façade, I know, and her domicile will not be taking it all. There will be other apartments as well. I´ll devide the housings by numbers, but not yet. I´m not sure how much space she needs.
I´ve never drawn so many lines in a painting before. But I got good use of my experience from ancient times as a building tecnitian. Had to find my special rulers and scabelones. But it´s really difficult to make architectual drawings on a canvas!
Yvonnes world is developing in my mind as well. Little by little I learn more about her.
Status at the moment seems to be:
Her name is Yvonne.
She´s 36 years old.
She´s a single mom and has a daughter who´s nine years old.
Her daughters name is Claudia. Claudia is 9 years old.
Yvonnes job is to help ingeneurs work out manuals for all kinds of technical devises from the mass industry. She represents the users/customers and write the manuals in understandable languages for the common citizen.
Claudia is a silent child that solves puzzles. ALL kind of puzzles. She impressed a bunch of gypsies on a market in a small Bretonic village during the summer holiday. They presented her of cube-puzzeles and pyramidic woodpuzzeles that were new and never been solved by any of their customers. Claudia took them all apart inside minuts and left the grownups paralyzed!
Her dreams at night are clear as pieces of film. She remembers everything but hardly ever talks about it
That´s all I know, until now














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Adele BrandSittingFox # Monday, December 22, 2008 8:43:43 PM
Loiscakkleberrylane # Monday, December 22, 2008 8:53:36 PM
DeniseDBabbit # Monday, December 22, 2008 9:16:15 PM
BTW - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Monday, December 22, 2008 9:30:13 PM
I´m glad you do Adele. When I started to think about Claudia, I got ideas for future paintings, so that´s great. Especially her ability to remember her dreams quite clearly, gives me an opportunity to use a lot of symbolism and surreal events
@ Lois
Thankyou thankyou. I´m thrilled that things are rolling now!!
PainterWoman # Monday, December 22, 2008 9:45:16 PM
I respect you for doing the architectural part. I have done very few and more than likely won't do it again. Of course, that's what I said about reptile skin. I did part of a python in one painting and said I'd never do it again. Then I did. But I'll do another python before I'll do any straight lines! Me and straight lines don't work well together. It's like math!
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Monday, December 22, 2008 10:18:30 PM
It´s still very new to me..I mean..working like that..with an actual story behind the painting. And I don´t mind knowing more than I can possibly put in the painting
Hehe I know all about thinking that you´ll only use some technique or subject onece in a painting and then never again..but like you I´ve experienced that certin skills of your keeps coming back
Stardancer # Monday, December 22, 2008 10:30:22 PM
Looking forward to more posts.
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Monday, December 22, 2008 10:57:00 PM
Thanks Babs. I get more and more respect for these two individuals. The mother and her daughter. Yes you´re right; they´re definately intelligent ppl
Darkogdare # Monday, December 22, 2008 11:13:19 PM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Monday, December 22, 2008 11:26:17 PM
It might be a while before I make a post..about the painting, that is!
There´s a lot of raw painting to do now. I know there´s a lack of elements on the canvas BUT I´m dying to use some colours now
DeniseDBabbit # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:40:48 AM
Allanricewood # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:46:11 AM
These things happen, you know.
Shaunak DeShaunak # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:06:56 AM
Now thats multitasking!
I am looking forward to the next bit of the story....
PS: Merry Christmas
Dacotah # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 5:11:29 AM
Angelikiellinidata # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 5:36:51 AM
As a single mom I kinda like her the most!She must be under stress from time to time...
ME time always helps and there you can squeez some wild thinking
I love the new project Nicolaki!!
as for the art,
It is a different, exciting, challenging form of art...
I was reading the other day an interview that Helen Fanning gave,
(she is an expert in the field ...),
by reading her enthousiasm made me step back and wonder the sleepless nights she had/has when she works in a new painting!
I know you enjoy it and that's the wonderful part of it!
thanks for sharing!!
I am looking forward to the next step!
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:34:47 AM
I hope so too. I´m afraid that the story is way ahead of the painting. Will take a period with only painting and not thinking too much
@ Allan
I afraid not Allan. I´ve decided to save her for a future painting. I don´t want her to steal the scene from Yvonne
@ Shaunak
Thanks, Hope I havn´t made things too complicated for myself
@ Carol
Merry Christmas Carol
@ Angeliki
I think she has a lot of time for herself. She often wonders why her job and her life is so easy. She doesn´t need a lot of energy to produce the text for the manuals. Her only worry is her daughters long periods of silence..but Claudia doesn´t seem to suffer in any way
You´re right Angeliki. It´s very challenging, but I have to paint more now and think less..otherwise It´ll become a mine field rather than a mind field and I really don´t want that to happen
Yeah..i love the nights of devotion to painting. It´s almost as good as making love or long nightly talks with my fiancé
Allanricewood # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:45:58 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:54:03 AM
Yvonne is just standing there, waiting. I have to do something about that house of hers
Dacotah # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:05:22 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:37:55 AM
Dacotah # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:02:33 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:37:23 AM
KittyliciousZaphira # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:12:30 PM
Merry Christmas, Nic, and happy new year!
Angelikiellinidata # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:57:00 PM
"Her only worry is her daughters long periods of silence"
you are such a tickler!!!!
Dacotah # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:22:32 PM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:45:09 PM
To you too, Tilla. Exciting to se where it all goes
@ Angeliki
Yes I am
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Friday, December 26, 2008 1:03:02 AM
Angelikiellinidata # Friday, December 26, 2008 6:33:30 PM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Friday, December 26, 2008 7:03:08 PM
@ Angeliki
Yes. I often put out wordly bait for you guys. You´re so sensitive and sharp
Angelikiellinidata # Friday, December 26, 2008 7:32:16 PM
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Friday, December 26, 2008 8:07:48 PM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Friday, December 26, 2008 10:23:20 PM
You´re welcome
@ Mickey
Oh yes ofcourse.
studio41 # Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:27:42 AM
How ya doin, Nic.?!?! Happy new year.
PS impressive art
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:56:25 PM
Claudia is a very introvert child. She´s a good listener though. Her increasing silence is beginning to worry her mom. Yvonne feels guilty, she´s not much of a talker either. Claudia does what she´s supposed to do...in school and at home..but in her own silent way.
I have a feeling that Claudia has´nt had friends over for some time. Another worrying matter for Yvonne!
In the area between fantasy and reality, Yvonne is going impatient on me. She wants me to work on the house and the surroundings in her world..but ive had a lot to do in the real world by cleaning and repairing stuff
But she looks a bit impatient, for sure
studio41 # Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:07:33 PM
Sorry to hear of your flu, My nephew traveled to London recently, and I wondered if a bug didn't come back here on him. His family was nasty sick, maybe the same flu?! Glad you are feeling better.
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:57:09 PM
Well, the flu has been all around here too. My fiancé, my colleagues and friends have had it!
studio41 # Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:17:08 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:25:30 AM
studio41 # Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:43:33 PM
DeniseDBabbit # Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:03:25 AM
Loiscakkleberrylane # Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:21:13 AM
PainterWoman # Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:46:22 AM
Darkogdare # Thursday, January 1, 2009 8:22:19 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Thursday, January 1, 2009 12:40:21 PM
eko susantiekoSusanti # Friday, January 2, 2009 3:24:21 AM
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David Blangstrupdavidcrickett # Saturday, January 3, 2009 6:50:36 AM
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:18:51 AM
Happy New Year,Eco
@ David
Happy ´09 to you too, David
Err. I´m not very fund of writing. I´ve had too many carachters screaming from the drawers
Rain Girl # Wednesday, January 7, 2009 9:15:48 AM
first of all, Happy New Year..
secondly, loved your art..it's so beautiful...n like the story behind her....
Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic # Wednesday, January 7, 2009 9:38:45 AM
Can´t say I do. But welcome here and Happy New Year to you too.
The art is for everyone and the story behind it is exclusively for you guys on Opera