The artist - Maren Beinlich
- was born in 1968 in Berlin, Germany
- she lives with her family, husband,
their six children, a dog, a cat and two
horses
- apart from her occupation as a mother
and a wife, Mrs. Beinlich is pursuing her
studies and exams as a non-medical-
practitioner
The artist was in constant search for new
artistic challenges. Her artistic career has
varied from charcoal portraits, sewed toy
animals to porcelain dolls.
The porcelain dolls came closest to her intensions, but were not exactly what she aimed for. She wanted to sketch and form the dolls herself to obtain the right expressions she was looking for. In an exchange-market she discovered a raw material, which seemed to be what she was looking for - the "Modelene" putty. After quite a few problems in the beginning she got the hang of using the new material, and slowly she achieved the results she was hoping for. Tips from various artists and friends were extremely useful to Mrs. Beinlich. Due to this creative cooperation with her artist-acquaintances she managed to bring her hobby to perfection without further education.
"When I'm working", she says, "all my thoughts and my spontaneous ideas flows into my doll-babies. For every new creation I'm as tense as ever over how the final look will be.
I found the portrait-dolls to be the ultimate
challenge. It demands an exact eye for shape and proportions to achieve th exact image of the model. I always go to work with great enthusiasm - only through my intense eagerness my portrait dolls can get their radiant look.
I'm very pleased that my doll babies have grown in popularity. It's for me the greatest recogniation - given by my customers and
audiance!"
