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Visit my Hompage..About the artist Simone Bingemer was born in the third generation of a renowned artist family in Cologne, Germany. The urge to express herself creatively, to work with pencils and colours defined her early childhood. Equipped with this extraordinary talent she was therefore, aged 16, the youngest pupil to enrol at the Art Academy of Cologne. After graduating in 1975 she worked as an illustrator Europe-wide for various international agencies.In 1995 Simone Bingemer focused her profession entirely on portrait painting, a wish long-cherished. Her psychological intuition, her unique trove of ideas, coupled with the professional dexterity of her craft, are manifested in her pictures that express a special, large vividness. "Resemblance lies in the eye of the viewer. There is no such thing - an exact similarity between image and model. Portraits are therefore always interpretations."The initial stage of finding her inspiration for the picture is intensely crucial. Plenty of photographs are taken, from a selection of which a sketch is then made that is finally transferred in enlarged form on to her paper. During photoshooting personal dialogues render for a short while an atmosphere of privacy and closeness, the direct contact to the model and his/her environment that is integral for the conception of the idea and subsequent making of the portrait. Such is how portraits ensue in which the character of a person is accentuated with a few requisites and subtle colouring, and yet with which the viewer is confronted with a secret.Her ability to create "not just portraits" but also "pictures" have won her much recognition amongst clients both at home and abroad. Amongst numerous nominations and prizes she was awarded in 2001 1st Prize in the portrait category of an international pastellist competition.Simone Bingemer lives with her three children in Cologne, where she also has her studio

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