paintmyblues

Sunday, 4 November 2012

My Poems to the Sea

My poems to the Sea, Variation 13

My poems to the Sea, Variation 14

My poems to the Sea, Variation 15

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Uprising of Women

MonotypePainting and pencil (July 2008),
computer graphics 10 october 2012.

Copyright © by Pit Becker paintmyblues,
PIT BECKER ARTwork, 2009, 2012. All Rights Reserved.

Friday, 14 September 2012

Filha do Sol

Filha do sol, 2009, MonotypePainting on paper, 70x100 cms

Minhas cores
para a filha do sol

O jardim secreto do sol, 2009, Acrylic paint on paper, 38x38 cms

de suas mãos
a música desenvolve as flores em toda sua beleza

Bleeding heart, 2009, Acrylic paint on paper, 38x38 cms

My colours
for the daughter of the sun

Coração aberto, 2009, Acrylic paint on paper, 38x38 cms

out of your hands
your music unfolds the blossoms in all their beauty

É a sua voz ..., 2009, MonotypePainting on paper, 100x70 cms

Essas pinturas são dedicados a Renata Arruda,
Cantora e compositora, Brasil.

only 13 signs

updated 7 November 2012

updated 10 October 2012

Pussy Riot

A Moscow appeals court has released Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30,
but ordered Maria Alekhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22,
to serve the remainder of their two-year jail term in a Russian prison colony.

After this verdict the demand is still the same:

We colours of planet Earth we say:
No more colours for those who violate human rights.

3 and 10 October 2012
by Pit Becker paintmyblues

14 September 2012

only 13 signs

but 1 clear demand:

F R E E P U S S Y R I O T

_______ !!! Free Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich !!! _______

Pussy Riot-Punk Prayer.mp4: http://lnk.ms/bC7QF via @YouTube

_______"Pussy Riot’s freedom is everyone’s freedom now"_______

http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/rights-defenders/rd-europe/2993-pussy-riot-lawyer-1.html

http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/rights-defenders/rd-europe/2994-pussy-riot-lawyer-2.html

by SAFE WORLD for Women
http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/

_______ Art.19 - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights _______

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtm

- to be continued -

Copyright © by Pit Becker paintmyblues,
PIT BECKER ARTwork, 2012. All Rights Reserved.

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Under the skies of Syria

updated October 4, 2013

__________ Poem and paintings for Syria __________

A common project

by a journalist and a painter

in Solidarity with the People of Syria

who fight for freedom and peace.

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012

Variation 1, Peinture de Pit Becker

MonotypePainting/Collage on paper, 2012/2013, 84x59,4 cms
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

English
Claire is French, Pit is German.
She is a freelance journalist, he is a painter.
They have never met in real life.
But they have been sharing a common interest in #Arabrevolutions on Twitter since 2011.
He was so involved in the defense of human rights in Egypt,
especially women's rights, she believed that he was living in Cairo
and not in a German village near the Rhine valley ...
In 2012, she sent him a little poem about the old city of Apamea, Syria,
where she was a year before in the spring when the uprising started.
During 2012 and 2013 he created paintings referring to her words as a tribute to the Syrian people
who are still fighting for freedom and peace.

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Variation 2, Peinture de Pit Becker
MonotypePainting/Indian Ink on paper, 2012/2013, 66,5x44,5 cms
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Français
Claire A. Poinsignon est française; Pit Becker est allemand.
Elle est journaliste free-lance, il est peintre.
Ils ne se sont jamais rencontrés dans la vraie vie.
Mais ils ont partagé un intérêt pour les révolutions arabes sur Twitter depuis 2011.
Il était tellement impliqué dans la défense des droits de l'homme en Égypte,
y compris les droits des femmes, qu'elle croyait qu'il vivait au Caire
et non dans un village proche de la vallée du Rhin...
En 2012, elle lui a envoyé un petit poème sur la cité antique d’Apamée en Syrie
où elle était allée un an plus tôt, au printemps, juste au début du soulèvement.
Entre 2012 et 2013 il a créé plusieurs tableaux autour de ses mots
en hommage au peuple syrien qui se bat toujours pour la liberté et la paix.

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Variation 3, Peinture/computer graphics de Pit Becker, 2012/2013
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Variation 4, Peinture/computer graphics de Pit Becker, 2012/2013
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Variation 5, Peinture/computer graphics de Pit Becker, 2012/2013
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Variation 6, Peinture/computer graphics de Pit Becker, 2012/2013
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Deutsch
Die Französin Claire A. Poinsignon und der aus Deutschland stammende Pit Becker.
Sie ist eine freischaffende Journalistin, er ist ein Maler.
Sie sind sich im richtigen Leben noch nie begegnet.
Aber sie teilen ein gemeinsames Interesse an #Arabrevolutions auf Twitter seit 2011.
Er war so engagiert in der Verteidigung der Menschenrechte in Ägypten,
vor allem die Rechte der Frauen, sie glaubte dass er in Kairo lebe
und nicht in einem deutschen Dorf in der Nähe des Rheintals ...
2012 schickte sie ihm ein kleines Gedicht über die antike Stadt Apamea, Syrien,
wo sie ein Jahr zuvor im Frühling war als der Aufstand begann.
Zwischen 2012 und 2013 schuf er Gemälde zu ihren Worten,
als eine Hommage an das syrische Volk, das noch immer kämpft für Freiheit und Frieden.

Syrie, Poème de Claire A. Poinsignon, 2012
Sketchbook by Pit Becker, 2013,
Acrylic, 18,2x23,5 cms
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon

Ma gratitude va à Claire pour son poème, pour l’inspiration
et pour la coopération fructueuse entre nous!
Pit Becker
1 octobre 2013

Claire A. Poinsignon at Twitter:
@lysdeschamps https://twitter.com/lysdeschamps

Pit Becker at Twitter:
@paintmyblues https://twitter.com/paintmyblues

Copyright
Poème: © by Claire A. Poinsignon @lysdeschamps, 2012.
Peinture: © by Pit Becker @paintmyblues, 2012-2013.
Courtesy of Claire A. Poinsignon
All rights reserved.

_____________________ SYRIA _____________________

Everyday mourning, Die Trauer ist zum Alltag geworden
2013, Acrylic paint on paper, 42x29,7 cms

Poisoned rain in Syria
2013, Acrylic, Crayon in sketchbook, 21x29,7 cms

Les Roses de la Syrie
Avril/Mai 2012 et Dimanche, Sept 9, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 60x90 cms

Les Roses de la Syrie

Vous, là-bas dans l'ombre, à la source de la mort
Vous donnez naissance à une vie nouvelle,
Rose,
Rose de l'Amour,
Rose de l'Vie et de la Liberté,

Roses de la Syrie.

Dédié aux femmes de Syrie

Pit Becker paintmyblues
Dimanche, Septembre 8, 2013

Syria, down with the tyrant!
Sept. 2013, MonotypePainting, 25x17,5 cms

Hands off Syria!

Wednesday, August, 28, 2013.

In the face of an upcoming additional war in Syria, I speak out against war.

To answer violation with violation, to answer terror with terror, create, support and spread more terror.

War is always terror and never a solution.

It would be no wonder, when this planned war would involve more countries' armies - which mean, bring terror also in other countries.
Why are politicians and governments so stupid and ignore that one can not beat a devil with another devil? Pointless to wait for an answer.

It's up to everyone of us to stop closing our eyes, ears and mouth and to get up!

To get up for our sisters and brothers in Syria. To get up AGAINST WAR !

We are all one human family and we all have the same oppressors, worldwide!

The politicians are voted by us, and they have to do what WE want.

We, the People.

I demand from politics, from democratic governments to find ways without violence without terror, peaceful ways

to support the People of Syria to end the dictatorship and to get freedom!

مكرسة لأخواتي وإخواني في سوريا

There is a thunderstorm inside me,
my heart is bleeding and crying

for my sisters and brothers in Syria

! FREEDOM for SYRIA !

2011, MonotypePainting on paper, 80x60 cms

My heart is crying
for all those between the daily and nightly violence without any shelter
for all refugees lost and forgotten
for all the pregnant women, everywhere in Syria
for all the peaceful children, mothers, fathers, the Elder,
for all the disabled, for all the ill and injured humans,
for all the imprisoned, for all the tortured, for all the dying ones,
for all the murdered ones,
for all the innocent victims of an inhuman regime and of war
for all my sisters and brothers in Syria.

Yes, I am grateful about my roots and what I am.
My hands throw lightning on the canvas,
let my colours speak out for the oppressed,
against warmongers, racism and hatred,
Down with oppressors and tyrants!

Freedom for the People of Syria!

Dedicated to my sisters and brothers in Syria

Pit Becker paintmyblues

Wednesday August, 28, 2013

During the Uprising

MonotypePainting on cardboard, 2012

My sadness
MonotypePainting on paper, 2012

Uprising

MonotypePainting on cardboard, 2012

For Hamza
4 june 2011, pastel-crayon on paper, 31,4x22 cms

Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb
Oct 24 1997 - May 2011

Hamza, a 13 year old Syrian boy, was detained on April 29, 2011,
during a protest march in Daraa. After he was brutally tortured and killed,
his dead body was send to his family on May 25, 2011.

It was told, that Hamza was not interested in politics.
But for the rally for freedom, to break the siege of Daraa,
he had accompanied his family.

Hamza enjoyed swimming and he loved watching his homing pigeons fly.

Rest in Peace, Hamza!

No colours for tyrants!
2011, MonotypePainting on paper, 100x70 cms

No colours for those who plan ...
2011, MonotypePainting on paper, 70x100 cms

Defend Amazonia

updated oct 2, 2014

This blog is created by Pit Becker paintmyblues as a support to protect the Amazonia region.
The paintings are created by me. An Exhibition "Amazonia" is planned.

Amazonia

September 2014, MonotypePainting / Collage. 42x29,7 cms

For further information about the rainforest, the rivers, the indigenous tribes,
the plants and animals, about life in Amazonia and its destruction and genocide
I added some links to articles/press release/videos.

Amazonia birds rising.
!!! KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND !!!

September 2014, MonotypePainting / Collage. 42x29,7 cms

El petróleo amenaza pueblos amerindios
http://bit.ly/1sXGTlA by DW espanol,
24 sept. via twitter by @Yasunidos, Ecuador

There are still works in progress.

Genocidio En La Selva, #Yasuni:
http://bit.ly/1sXHrrw
Documental Discovery Channel en Espanol
24 sept, via twitter by @Yasunidos, Ecuador

Defend the Amazon region
against destruction!

May 12, 2014, MonotypePainting/Collage, 100x70 cms

Resistance, defend Amazonia!

- dedicated to the Indigenous Peoples in Amazonia,

and to Verena Glass and Erwin Kräutler -

May 8/9, 2014, MonotypePainting, 68x94 cms

Boletín de prensa Yasunidos
Quito, 30 de abril de 2014
http://www.yasunidos.org/2014/04/30/1273/
by Yasunidos, Ecuador

Justiça ordena que Norte Energia cumpra condicionante
de Belo Monte para proteger Terras Indígenas
http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/2014/04/15/justica-ordena-que-norte-energia-cumpra-condicionante-de-belo-monte-para-proteger-terras-indigenas/
by Movimento XINGU Vivo para SEMPRE, Brasil
Publicado em 15 de abril de 2014

Bianca Jagger:
Deadly Sins in the Brazilian Amazon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/belo-monte-dam_b_3076501.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Published 04/16/2013, The World Post/The Huffington Post

There are still paintings in progress.

Bianca Jagger:
The Belo Monte Dam: An Environmental Crime
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/the-belo-monte-dam-an-env_b_1614057.html
Published 06/21/2012, The World Post/The Huffington Post

December 24, 2013
Voices of Xingu: Xikrin Kayapó Courage
http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/1224-voices-of-xingu-xikrin-kayapo-courage

In September 2013 I worked at a lake where I created collages.

December 21, 2013
Amazon Watch:
The Battle of Belo Monte
All about the third largest dam in the world
Source: Folha de S.Paulo
http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/1221-the-battle-of-belo-monte

Defend Amazonia, July-August 2013
MonotypePainting, Collage on plastic plate, 98,5x70 cms

Stop the Belo Monte Dam! October 2012-2013
Acrylic/Collage in sketchbook, 55,5x35,5 cms

It's up to everyone of us,
to speak out and to defend Amazonia,

to defend the Amazonas River, the Xingu River ...
to defend every river in Amazonia ...

to defend all creatures who live in Amazonia,
all the indigenous tribes, all the animals and plants ...

to defend all life in this beautiful part of Mother Earth,
this planet's largest tropical rainforest.

Water is life.

PARE Belo Monte, STOP Belo Monte, June 3, 2013,
Graphite, coloured pencil and pastel crayon, drafts in my sketchbook.

DAMOCRACY

The Movie (English)

http://youtu.be/vnMD4e6nLms by Damocracy TV via YouTube

"Look what you are doing to my people. For the love of God. ...
Brazil refuses to show respect.
This is an affront to humanity. An affront to nature. ...
We shall not give up our rivers! ...
...

We have to unite. Definitely, that's the word: Unite.
And we have to continue to fight.
People need to understand that they hold the power.
We employ the government.
The government works for us.
We call the shots in this country.
They have to comply with our wishes.
That the Amazon is preserved, and our rights are respected!"

Source: DAMOCRACY the movie (english) by Damocracy TV

Amazonas I, 2012,
MonotypePainting on paper, 147x74 cms.

Inspired by poem "Amazonas" by Pablo Neruda,

part of "Canto General", published 1950.

Nota de soliddariedade dos Kayapó à ocupação de Belo Monte
http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/2013/05/31/nota-de-soliddariedade-dos-kayapo-a-ocupacao-de-belo-monte/
by Movimento XINGU Vivo para SEMPRE
Published May 31, 2013
Follow Movimento XINGU Vivo para SEMPRE on Twitter: @xinguvivo
homepage Movimento XINGU Vivo para SEMPRE: xinguvivo.org.br

Amazonia, 2013,
MonotypePainting on paper, 147x74 cms.

URGENT: "We will die. We will not leave without being heard."
http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0529-urgent-we-will-die-we-will-not-leave-without-being-heard
v @AmazonWatch
published May 29, 2013
Follow Amazon Watch on Twitter: @AmazonWatch
homepage Amazon Watch: amazonwatch.org