• Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 25 2024 | Alsatian Landscape under rainclouds

    The time of the lime blossoms

    The weather in summer 2024 still doesn’t match our expectations of summer. Nevertheless, it offers many things to enjoy.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 24 2024 | Keith Haring @ Art Basel

    ArtBasel again

    A highlight of the year, ArtBasel took place this week and with it the first anniversary of my weekly reviews that I publish here in my stories.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 23 | Kartäuser Church and Claratower

    The choice of happiness

    Just like the countless clouds that have been covering the sky for weeks now, my life is filled with small and large moments that ultimately make up a jam-packed week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 22 | Japanese Dogwood

    The big day

    The opening of my current exhibition «Sichtweisen» | “Points of view” took place on Wednesday and this was definitely the highlight of the week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 21 | Basel towers appearing while approaching the city

    Preparations

    The vernissage of my upcoming exhibition is getting closer and this week I hung up the pictures for the exhibition.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 20 | Rain showers over Jura mountains

    Changeable days

    The mixed weather continues and my days remain varied. I have also confirmed the solution to my mountain puzzle.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 19 2024 | View over Lake Lucern to mount Pilatus

    A life full of diversity

    Varied days bring momentum to life and my favorite weeks are the ones where there is a bit of everything.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 18 2024 | Green Structures

    Creative abundance

    Another busy working week is over. Another week with countless tasks that were all ticked off at the end. Another week of rain, another week of spring.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 17 2024 | Maria Frieden in the Black Forest

    Completed activities and little lives

    Successfully completed tasks, good times with friends and memories of the past have brightened up another chilly and gray week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Exhibition Points of view

    Ausstellung «Sichtweisen»

    Stillleben, Landschaften, Motive aus Flora und Fauna laden dazu ein, sich unterschiedlichen Sichtweisen zu öffnen und toleranter damit umzugehen.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 16 | Blossoming chestnut trees and view on Basel's cathedral

    April Showers

    It only took one day for the summery temperatures of the weekend to be replaced by cool and rainy April weather, which has dominated the whole week and my mood.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 15 | View over Creux de Van to the Swiss Alps

    A kind of copy & paste

    Somehow this week was quite similar to the previous one. After a few days full of work, a great hike was on the agenda at the weekend.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 14 | A view down to Basel from Wenkenpark

    Cheers to everyday life

    Of some weeks, only a single highlight sticks in the memory because the rest of the time was spent doing business as usual. This everyday life that we always perceive as insignificant and yet takes up so much of our lives.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 13 | The place I work and live in Basel

    From nothing nothing comes

    March is coming to an end with another intensive week of work and with it the end of the first quarter of 2024. I had some thoughts about dream related work.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 12 | Blooming Apple Tree

    Meeting Horst

    Another week filled with lots of work, blossoms of spring and blossoms of new artworks. And a special encounter during a run. 

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 11 | Close-up of a Magnolia blossom

    Great little things

    After another quite packed week, I am having some thoughts about the little things in life that give rise to great results and that are worth being recognized as precious as the results themselves.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 10 | Roche Towers reflecting in the Rhine river

    Swapping the rivers

    Airplanes fly fast and transport people from A to B in the shortest possible time. Emotions, on the other hand, are sometimes slower.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 09 | The San Remo seen from Central Park

    About colors and feelings

    The ninth week was a rollercoaster of emotions and weather. Melancholy and anticipation, cold rain and warm spring days.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 08 2024 | View on the skyline of Chicago

    A visit to the Windy City

    It’s interesting how different the individual weeks can be. After the last two were rather monotonous, this week was packed with variety and new things.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 07 2024 | Snow fall in Amsterdam Avenue

    Endless winter

    Winter has pulled out all the stops again this week. A potpourri of gray, silent days, snow flurries and deep blue, but very cold and windy moments.

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