BARELY BEARABLE – Meet the Artists

BARELY BEARABLE. The Trials Of A Transylvanian Mountain Bear is a collaboration between writer Tom van Menzing and Berlin painter Peter Hintz.  His watercolours illuminate the poetic pen picture of Ur­sus Bear and his adventures.

Tom van Menzing

A Transylvanian mountain bear
Is Tom van Menzing’s singular
Book written cover to cover
In pure iambic tetrameter.

The erstwhile senior manager,
When he was put out to pasture,
Found his calling as a writer
In the English vernacular.

He is an avid traveller,
Has been to almost everywhere.
A peoples’ past and their culture
Incite Tom’s grim sense of humour.

Romania? He has been there
But never met the mountain bear.
Only with Jäger Bollinger
Tom is closely familiar.

Now, if you liked this, consider
Tom’s other works of literature.
To find them, please look no further
Than the world’s largest bookseller.

tom@tomvanmenzing.com
www.tomvanmenzing.com

Peter Hintz

A Transylvanian mountain bear
Was set out on handmade paper
By Berlin artist and painter
Peter Hintz at his atelier.

The capital’s counterculture
Provides rich ground to inspire
His art, which portrays the fracture
Between the inner and outer.

It’s archetypal for Peter
To flesh out fears and desire
In a depicted character,
Be he a human or a bear.

As such, his work is sought-after
By his Parisian art dealer
And many an exhibitor
In Stuttgart, Aalborg – everywhere.

If this has you puzzle over
Where you might purchase a picture
Or see his work at an art fair,
Don’t hesitate to ask Peter:

post@peterhintz.com
www.peterhintz.com

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