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El Hatani Ksar Ghilane by Thomas Riekenberg, pastel, 2012.
40 cm x 60 cm (15.7” x 23.6”).
Back then, I was with two Sloughis and a After that, this painting came to be.
friend at a small art show and I saw Thomas
Riekenberg portraits, which appealed to Thomas Rieckenberg is a regional artist,
me. I told my friend, that he should rather originally from Hamburg, who lives and
make portraits of dogs than in some cases works now in the heart of Rheinhessen in
ugly people. Germany. He is self-taught and now and
then one can admire his artwork at art
A voice said next to me: “It can be done!” shows in the area.
It was the artist himself. We started
talking and he was enthusiastic about the Submitted and presented by Cora
powerful elegance of the Sloughis. Nürnberger, Germany.