Originally I’m a painter, abstract work, so called “mixed media” paintings.

Inspired by Lisette Model I started black and white photography some 20 years ago.... Of course analogue, own darkroom... the works... I really loved the work in the dark room as well.
I bought my first digital camera a few years ago.... and discovered the world of colour and of course the unending possibilities of photoshop.... and though I love the “pure” photography as well (www.miksang.com) I started working in layers again, with textures and brushes.. like my paintings....
Sometimes pure, sometimes humour, sometimes a “feel” or emotion is important, sometimes digital, sometimes analogue


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by the way: i am not to keen on persons who only fave and never leave a comment... if you like something so much you fave it, why not leave a comment?

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    A Dharma Bum says:

    "Carlein catches light, she is a light catcher….
    and her light catches the heart of the viewer.
    Such talent, beauty, eye, imagination are so very rare.
    A wondrous collection of self portraits, landscapes, bodyscapes
    expressed in movement, stillness, savageness, softness, color
    and divine monochrome.
    This stream contains very serious masterpieces,
    spiced with Carlein’s great sense of humor.
    An inspiration. A muse."

    2nd January, 2010

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    Elena Gal says:

    "a blurred dangerous yet so engaging vision.."

    26th November, 2009

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    spidy_cc says:

    "Totaly creative.....amazing work....smart...funny....a wonderful friend......and drop dead beautiful....this lovely lady has it all....
    thanks for sharing your art with us...i love what you do and how you do it...
    MUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    the french version...lol"

    14th October, 2009

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    fre_natae says:

    "My favourite person on Flickr.
    Creative, smart, witty, stunning, amazing, beautiful."

    27th September, 2009

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    Gary Auerbach - Platinumphotographer says:

    "Carlein creates on a regular basis, using digital or analogue, series of works that capture the context of who she is and what she wants to say. With the use of high contrast, blur, full tone, screens or textures, her portfolio stands on its own as original and imaginative. I look forward to every post she makes !!"

    27th September, 2009

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    Emre Ucar says:

    "Brilliant. I love her imagination. I love how she alters the reality through her own visual thinking."

    7th September, 2009

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    Michelle Brea says:

    "
    ©arlein is a painter, you can see that through her perfectly composed images, her work is fascinating, dark, poetic, rhythmical, plus she is a wonderful person!!!"

    2nd September, 2009

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    marielito says:

    "her photos are smart, ironical,wild ,passionate and with a very special sense of bluntness which i adore."

    23rd July, 2009

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    the|G|™ says:

    "carlein

    the mono goddess
    undisputed.

    spikes black
    of hearts

    a writer
    with light

    every picture
    sings a meaning
    every shadow
    offers dark
    language.

    intense
    erotic
    flawless
    the epitome
    of want.

    a painter
    a recorder
    a woman
    a wanted
    lack for those
    not connected.

    creator of
    such heated
    wonder.

    artist

    the|G|™"

    22nd July, 2009

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    Ana.Caldas says:

    "Carlein is such a brave and talentous woman, artist and photographer. Her soul is all here with beauty and poetry, with sensuality and sensability. Carlein know the right words and ritgth notes for her work, for the music the choose, for the comments she write. all here is intense. all here is kind and beautiful! congrats!"

    5th July, 2009

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    Ervin Bartis says:

    "I have discovered carlein's stream only recently. Since my discovery I am a returning visitor to her world. A world where light, movement, gravity seem to follow different laws; a world where feminity blurs the sharp edges and turns the photos into something organic. A beautiful world."

    23rd May, 2009

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