Kirsten Kötter

Irische Aquarelle

Site-specific research Ireland

1993-08-06_irl_4-4-8_sligo-madonna, Sligo (Madonna), summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-8_sligo-madonna, Sligo (Madonna), Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)

On a three-week trip through Ireland in the summer of , travelling by train, bus, on foot and by hitchhiking, eight watercolours are created in the evenings in the guesthouse rooms.

Auf einer dreiwöchigen Reise durch Irland im Sommer , bei der wir mit Zug, Bus, zu Fuß und per Trampen unterwegs sind, entstehen abends in den Pensionszimmern acht Aquarelle.

1993_irl_4-4-1_dublin-rot, Dublin, the City, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-1_dublin-rot, Dublin, the City, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
1993_irl_4-4-2_buchmalerei, Book of Kells, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-2_buchmalerei, Book of Kells, Dublin, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
This watercolour was painted after a visit to Trinity College in Dublin, where we had seen the "Book of Kells" with its medieval illuminations. / Dieses Aquarell entstand nach einem Besuch des Trinity College in Dublin, wo wir das "Book of Kells" mit seiner mittelalterlichen Buchmalerei besichtigt hatten.
irl_4-4-3_zweige, branches in a tree, birds, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-3_zweige, branches in a tree, birds, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
irl_irl_4-4-4_zweige-streng, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-4_zweige-streng, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
irl_4-4-5_figur, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-5_figur, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
1993_irl_4-4-6_figur, summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-6_figur, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
1993_irl_4-4-7_dublin-blau, Streets of Dublin,  summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-7_dublin-blau, Streets of Dublin, Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
Striped elements after wrapping paper / gestreifte Elemente nach Einwickelpapier
1993-08-06_irl_4-4-8_sligo-madonna, Sligo (Madonna), summer 1993, watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
_irl_4-4-8_sligo-madonna, Sligo (Madonna), Ireland, summer , watercolour, 24 x 32 cm (Kirsten Kötter)
This watercolour was done in Sligo, where we saw rocks and ferns. For me it has references to a grotto, or to the Catholic faith. / Dieses Aquarell entsteht in Sligo, wo wir Felsen und Farne gesehen haben. Für mich hat es Bezüge zu einer Grotte, bzw. zum katholischen Glauben.