The past, the present and the future Fan: Hi mondstern, it’s great to bump into you here at IKEA Dresden. I’m familiar with your acrylic paintings, your acrylic art. I’ve read that you’ve already...

I’ve recently become interested in Flathub, the app store for Linux. I’ve started drawing app logos from Flathub and – this is what I’m talking about here – I’m now translating Flathub apps. I’ve...

What fascinates you about app icons ? The reason for this is that otherwise I’d have to shove my smartphone in people’s faces and say, “Look at this.” Besides, this way I can show it off better. And...

The idea for personalised labels came to me at the beginning of October 2022. I had seen a regional jam manufacturer at an autumn market. This resulted in 17 acrylic paintings with QR codes which...

It’s about https://keepandroidopen.org/ I had advertised F-Droid with most of the acrylic paintings. Unfortunately, this should no longer be possible from September 2026. What all this means is on...

I Love Free Software Day 2026. I’m going to eat dinner and rest first, because I know it’s going to be very exhausting. It is Friday, February 13, 2026. At 8:30 p.m., I started taking the colorful...

It’s about to start Sunday, 28 September 2025, 2:40 p.m. I arrived early to be there before the musicians. One arrived at 3 p.m. The second arrived shortly before the opening. There is still plenty...

You have an exciting hobby. Was it a big problem to get your own exhibition? Was this meant by exhibition for each or for a specific one? The first one in Berlin. I guess the Orga effort was the...

What is the connection between your pictures? The one from the exhibition in Radebeul or which one do you mean? No, basically. Do your pictures have a connection, for example, from the period of...

You’ve arrived Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 11:00 a.m. This time, I went straight to the Kunststall. I rested on the bench for a few minutes, and then the gallery owner came over and greeted me....

You’ve arrived Monday, 8 September 2025, 2 p.m. I stood at the gate with my boxes, which contained 140 acrylic paintings. The gallery owner and I carried the paintings to the exhibition venue. First,...

The prehistory Since I have already painted so many logos for F-Droid apps and also have a first Fdroid/Codeberg exhibition in Berlin (blog post to follow another time), I wondered if I could do more...

What kind of paint do you use, and how many colors do you own / have used for creating new color combinations?I paint exclusively with acrylic colours. Where the water content is high, I don’t paint...

Why I sometimes have to explain myself When I have finished an acrylic painting, or I think it is finished, although certain differences to the original painting are still missing, it sometimes...

How did it all start Mondstern - the one with the colourful square acrylic paintings On Sunday, 6 April 2025, Daniel Nicolaus, owner of the Altnaundorf Art Barn, told me about the...

You’ve probably rummaged through the apps on F-Droid. Some types of apps are common, e.g. calendars, music players, etc. Which are the most bizarre, unusual or unexpected apps have you come across?...

F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo At the very beginning it was like that, I don’t remember exactly - I think version 1.0 had 46 acrylic images and they were only from F-Droid. But then I also...