Still-life painting
I usually paint abstract but sometimes I come back to more figurative painting. This is such a time. We moved to Vernon BC and while we are waiting to move into our new home, I found just enough space on the kitchen table in our Airbnb to paint small still-lifes in...
Succesvolle kunstmarkt
Wat een leuke dag! Veel leuke gesprekken gevoerd met mensen uit de buurt. Encaustics, het medium waarmee ik op het moment werk, was nog heel onbekend. Het was leuk om vragen te beantwoorden en de reacties op het werk te horen. De verkoop liep ook goed! Acht werken...
Kunstroute Paleiskwartier
Op 28 augustus vindt in het Paleiskwartier in Den Bosch de eerste Kunstroute plaats. Zeven kunstenaars uit het Paleiskwartier laten hun werken zien in de ramen van lokale horeca en winkels en in kramen aan de Bordeslaan. Mijn werk is te zien in de etalages van de...
Encaustic adventures (II)
In February I did the course "From 2D to 3D- Transforming Materials with Encaustic & Alchemy" at atelier Zijdelings in Tilburg. I learned a lot of new techniques from the trainer, Janice Yntema. Before the course I had spent about 3 months discovering this fairly...
Encaustic adventures
In October I received a grant from the city of Den Bosch to expand my artist practise with a technique called 'Encaustic painting'. This is painting with a medium made of beeswax and damar resin. Those of you who know my painting style would see that this is a logical...
Open Ateliers Den Bosch
Op 16 en 17 oktober openen 73 kunstenaars in Den Bosch hun atelier- ik ook! Kom je langs op de Poeldonkweg 5 tussen 11.00 en 17.30? Gezellig! Ik laat je graag zien wat ik zoal doe en hoe.
Move to Ateliers Poeldonk in Den Bosch
In March of this year we decided to move south which meant I had to find a new place to work. Fortunately I found a new creative home in an old factory in Den Bosch. Come find me in one of the ateliers at Poeldonkweg 5.
Course update: painting progress
I have always been interested in realistic painting and to get back into it I decided to do a course in Haarlem at the Dutch Atelier of Realistic Art. We are copying a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and here is my progress after 11 lessons. It...
Open Ateliers Amsterdam Noord
Mark your calendar for the Open Ateliers Amsterdam Noord during the weekend of 14 and 15 November. Along with other artists in the Treehouse I will open my atelier for anyone interested in viewing my work and my way of working. Come find me on the 1st floor in atelier...
NDSM Fuse Expo VIII
Title: We want butter by the fish Opening: 18 December 2020 POSTPONED Update: visits possible by appointment