Here is the new illustrations for the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental", summer and autumn 2025 issues

 

A canopy collapses on the pulpit at the end of a sermon...new illustration for Sandra Rutschi's new story about proverbs. This time it's about "Alle Gute kommt von oben" (All good things come from above). The story is really beautiful and funny, especially in the ending :-)

Thanks as always to Marie-Claire Hofstetter, Torfinn Rothenbuehler and Sandra Rutschi for their trust. 

Here is the cover of the autumn issue of Lebenslust Emmental and the illustration for Sandra Rutschi's new short story: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". 

New illustration for the spring issue of the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental"

 

For the new story by Sandra Rutschi here is my new illustration: an old house in the architectural style of the Bernese countryside, with a garden and... a blooming rose, hidden behind a rose bush.

It was a special joy to paint this illustration, because it combined my passion for typical architecture with that for cottage gardens. Thanks as always to Marie-Claire Hofstetter, Torfinn Rothenbuehler, and Sandra Rutschi for their trust!

New illustration for the winter issue of the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental"

 

A woodcutter screaming towards a snowy forest: here is the illustration for the new short story by Sandra Rutschi "As you call into the forest, it echoes out". Many thanks to the suggestions and precious Art Direction of Marie-Claire Hofstetter!

Some illustrations among those published in various issues of the beautiful Swiss Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental Magazin"

The illustration published in the new issue of the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental" number 65, autumn 2024.

The illustration is for Sandra Rutschi's beautiful new short story "Die Baeume wachsen nicht in den Himmel" ("The trees don't grow into the sky").

The Magazine is always beautiful with wonderful photos: it is impossible not to want to immerse yourself in the wonderful landscapes, villages and woods of the Bernese Emmental!

           A  Bernese Mountain Dog and some illustrations of botanical essences and flowers

Illustration of wildflowers (poppy, dandelion, red clover, plantain, bromes ... among others)

Semolina pudding (Griessbrei), with recipe and ingredients (cinnamon!), for the short story by Sandra Rutschi

The original paintings for the illustrations (always painted in watercolor and gouache on Arches paper) next to the Magazine

Some photos taken in the field looking for the wildflowers for the illustration

A book entirely dedicated to the discovery of the nature of the Alps, the woods, their inhabitants and environments. An always valid gift: "BILDUNG BEGINNT IN DER NATUR" - Ein kleiner Tipp für ein schönes Geschenk? Das Buch "Bildung beginnt in der Natur" von Verena Zürcher!

"Bildung beginnt in der Natur" (auf dem Foto das Buch neben einigen meiner Originalillustrationen) kann in den besten physischen und Online-Buchhandlungen in der Schweiz und in Deutschland gefunden oder bestellt werden! Ausführliche Informationen auf der Verlagsseite des Landverlags

https://www.landverlag.ch/

"Bildung beginnt in der Natur - Education begins in nature"(the book in the photo next to some of my original illustrations) can be found or ordered in the best physical and online bookstores in Switzerland and Germany! Detailed information on the publisher's website of the Landverlag

Hier einige der zahlreichen im Buch veröffentlichten Illustrationen: Eine Fuchsfamilie, ein Waldiltis auf einer Bergwiese und ein Detail einer Eule im Mischwald.

Here are some of the numerous illustrations published in the book: A fox family, a polecat in a mountain meadow and a detail of an owl in a mixed forest.

New illustration for "Lebenslust Emmental Magazin", issue summer 2022

Partially two-page illustration for Sandra Rutschi's new short story "Wer einen Sumpf trockenlegen will, darf nicht die Froesche fragen".

The wonderful cover of "Lebenslust Emmental", which reflects the beautiful landscapes of this enchanting region.

On the new spring issue of the magazine "Lebenslust Emmental"

Illustration for the new story by Sandra Rutschi: "Kleinvieh macht auch Mist"

                                                           

The original illustration for the cover of the book "Bildung beginnt in der Natur". And some other landscape, nature and wildlife illustrations for the book

The Book, just printed, next to some original artworks

New illustrations for the new "Lebenslust Emmental" magazine: Beavers in Switzerland (and more)

 

       

                

Explanatory illustration of a Beaver's Lodge, with its interior, the various entrances under the water surface, the surrounding environment. Published in "Lebenslust Emmental" of March 2021 with an article on European beavers in Switzerland and the Emmental.

The cover of the spring issue of the magazine and, next to it, the small illustration published to accompany the novel of the Author Sandra Rutschi (I am happy to have also been able to collaborate with the new direction of the Magazine!).

Lebenslust Emmental Magazin

Issue 50 of "Lebenslust Emmental" with my new illustrations

Bullfinch and sea buckthorn in a winter landscape

                                                                                                                      

The painted artworks and the "Lebenslust Emmental" Magazine. 

The December issue of "Lebenslust Emmental" Magazine with the article on the thousand virtues of sea buckthorn.

 

New illustrations! Published in the September issue of Lebenslust Emmental Magazine

 

Cornelian Cherry - Kornelkirsche

Detail of the illustration with dormouse and cornelian cherries

Charlotte with cornelian cherry jam

It's ready! The new book by Verena Zürcher, with my illustrations

                                                "BILDUNG BEGINNT IN DER NATUR" 
                              ("Education begins in Nature": Nature-education discovery trips)
                                             You can browse a preview of the book here:
                                     https://www.waldschulkinder.ch/lehrmittel/sachbuch/
                                          Here are the photos of a couple of my illustrations:

European river landscape with trout and alpine newt

 Central European forest with owl, roe deer and great spotted woodpecker

Detail of the hand painted illustration 

Alpine coniferous forest with jay

And a review (from the back cover) by the famous wildlife photographer, and Bestseller author,

Frank Hecker, on the beautiful book by Verena Zürcher: 

"Ich bin schwer beeindruckt vom Umfang und von der Vielfältigkeit der Herangehensweise. Das gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut, erweitert meinen vielleicht zu biologischen Blick auf die Natur und macht im jeden Fall Lust auf genaueres Lesen. Die Illustrationen sind klasse. Ein tolles Buch."

("I am deeply impressed by the width and variety of the approach. I like that very much, it expands my perhaps too biological view of nature and definitely makes you want to read more deeply. The illustrations are marvellous. A wonderful book." The translation from the German is mine.)

The December issue of "Lebenslust Emmental" (with my illustations)!

Juniper

European Badger among the Junipers 

Artwork and Magazine side by side