George Mallory – almost the First
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886 – 1924) is the first “super hero” of Mt Everest. He was part of three British expeditions and eventually died high up on the mountain, below Second Step.
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Panorama of Around Public Spaces
Around Public Spaces 1 – 5; 2006; Oil on Canvas 548 * 130 cm This is a pentaptychon of people on public places dated from 2006. Now shown as a panorama so you can view it more easily – just click on it. I am painting public spaces, such as in the series “Around Public …
On Summit of Mount Everest
The summit of Mt Everest is tiny, and there is virtually no good picture available that shows the place. I have not been there, but I found the crowded place which is so difficult to reach interesting. On a good day over a hundred climbers stand there, one after the other. I had to paint …
Art about the public space
We are moving “from an art in public space to an art about the public space.” Dr. Brigitte Franzen, Director of the Ludwig Forums für internationale Kunst in Aachen, Germany, in Kunstforum Internationl, December 2011. I am painting public spaces, such as in the series “Around Public Spaces” – is there a better figurative approach to …
Lincoln Hall *1956 +2012: The lucky one
Lincoln Hall (born in 1956) was an Australian Climber who was rescued from Mt Everest after summiting. He became famous because he survived a night alone on the mountain and also, because he was rescued, while David Sharp died some days earlier being in similar circumstances. The above portrait was stolen on an exhibition. He wrote …
Trek and Tourism on Mount Everest
The highest mountain in the world attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route, still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind. …
Apa Sherpa – world record Mount Everest climber
Apa Sherpa was the first one to reach the summit of Mount Everest 21 times (by 2011). Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa was born in the early 1960s in a village in the Everest region of Nepal near the Chinese border. His exact age is unknown, but during a 2003 interview, he estimated it to be 40.
Usha Bista *1985
Usha Bista (born in 1985) is a Nepali women who almost died on Mt Everest. She was saved by other mountaineers after others have left her which is why her portrait is part of “Into thin Air”.
David Sharp *1972 +2006: The controversy
David Sharp was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mt Everest after possibly reaching the summit of Mount Everest on his third attempt. David Sharp on Everest His death caused controversy and debate: While deceasing in the Green Boots Cave high up on Mt Everest he was passed by a number of climbers heading …
Untitled climbers
Two untitled portraits of climbers on Mount Everest. Part of “Into thin Air”. In 2006 and 2007 a discovery channel documentation was aired which showed climbers up their way to the Mount Everest. The mountaineers shown here were part of the expeditions. The expeditions were let by Russel Brice, the most renown Mt Everest mountain …
