When: Saturday to Wednesday, 3–14 October, 1:00–5:00 PM

Where: ART56°, Æ Gammel Havn 9, Hvide Sande

What: Open studio with drawings and portraits by Almuth Rusteberg. Free entry.

Organiser: ART56° artist residence

Almuth Rusteberg is a draughtswoman and portrait artist trained under Professor Lili Fischer in performance and drawing in Münster. Her world is populated by people and animals whose gestures and expressions catch you instantly – rendered with a fast, assured line and a finely tuned sensitivity to the nuances of emotion.

Among her subjects: Jane Goodall, with her quiet and penetrating gaze; Vivienne Westwood, whose energy and force of will demand your attention. Almuth is a master of observation – affectionate, wry and unflinchingly honest. As art historian and gallerist Dr. Gabriele Hovestadt writes of her work, her images of people and animals take the weight out of life's heavier themes and offer something else: pictures that are at once mirror and document.

She works across multiple techniques and materials – ink, fineliner, pencil, coloured pencil, chalk, watercolour and acrylic – combining whatever serves the motif and the mood. After exhibitions across Germany and Switzerland, she arrives now at the North Sea. Come and let her catch you.

This October, German draughtswoman and portrait artist Almuth Rusteberg takes up residence at ART56°, bringing her quick, sure line and her extraordinary gift for catching people and animals in their most unguarded moments. Open studio Saturday to Wednesday – free entry.