Diana Battefeld, The Nap,2019, 80 x 100 cm, [Oil on Linen] We have lived a life of nomads, you and I, going from country to country and city to city, for the sake of physics, never growing roots. I have slept on airports, on planes, in cars, on trains, on buses on a boat, …
Diana Battefeld, Practice Break After the Snowstorm, 80x100cm, 2019, [Oil on Linen]. Every musician experiences physical discomfort and ailments that are disabling. Sometimes, these instrument-related maladies can leave the musician maimed for life, more often, however, they are a temporary nuisance that prevent the player from performing for many months. In order to avoid injuries …
Diana Battefeld, Diva, (80x60cm), 2018, [Oil on canvas]. In playing the violin, it may be instructive to know what is going physically when the fingers are pressed upon the fingerboard and the bow slides on the string to carry the right kind of sound. From a purely physical point of view, when a string vibrates …
Diana Battefeld, Self-Portrait: The Breakfast, 50×100 cm, 2018, [Oil on Linen]. There is nothing in the world like music. And there is nothing in the world like making music. The act of playing an instrument uses the entire brain, the entire body even. For the slightest tension in your little toe can have an effect …
Diana Battefeld, Butterfly, 2015 [Oil on Canvas]. After an image of NGC 6302, photographed by NASA’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. Aleksander Friedmann did not live to see the impact of his discovery. He died in 1925. The significance of his work was not appreciated until two years …
In this part of the blog I will explain in detail the decisions I take, the techniques, the colors and type of brushes I use to make the paintings from the very beginning so that if you decide to start painting on your own, you can use this as a guide. Painting astronomical objects in …
Diana P. Battefeld, A Dash Against the Green, 2016 [Oil on Canvas].
Diana P. Battefeld (2015.) Strong Gravitational Lensing, Diana P. Campion, 2016 [Oil on Canvas].
Our Milky Way, Diana P. Battefeld, 2016 [Watercolor on Paper].