Boom of the sea
Boom of the sea, 30×30 cm, 2011 © Astrid Volquardsen sold Do you know this feeling, when you are standing at the beach, listening to the boom of the surf, feeling the spray in your face und with every breaker … Read More
Sailing to connect
Sailing to connect 30×30 cm, 2011,© Astrid Volquardsen, 2011 During the winter months the so called pancake ice can be seen on the river Elbe and this results in beautiful light situations. About everywhere in the harbor towbots are on … Read More
Flensborg Fjord
In the far north of Germany the Flensburg Fjord, occasionally known as the Flensburg Firth, forms part of the border between Germany to the south and Denmark to the north stretching 50 kilometers into the Baltic Sea. Following its path … Read More
Silvergrey River
Sketchbook, 2011 © Astrid Volquardsen Just before the big container ships reach the harbour of Hamburg the river bends, so one cannot see, what kind of ship might appear in the distance. After a heavy rain shower one of these … Read More
Ballinstadt Hamburg
Skizzenbuch, Pen & Gouache, 2011 Over 48 million people left Europe and immigrated to the USA. It is hard to imagine how great their desperation and hopelessness must have been and how brave they were at the same time. I … Read More