Paper play

 Paper in all types, coloured, used, folded keeps inspiring me. I was in need of some mindless making without thinking of results. I started with tearing up some coloured paper, added some other colours until I had a nice combination and then started to glue them in a composition. With the radio playing in the background it was a good meditative thing to do. And I like the result anyway ;). I made some other colour combinations and I have an idea what to do with them.

Starting with bits and pieces:

This is an in between picture:

Summer colours

 Summer weather and bright colours, enjoying these beautiful views! I did not alter the picture and I feel so much energy coming of this picture, I hope you feel it too.

I used colour pencils to draw the combination of colours:

Dutch woodwork

In a museum I saw these beautiful clogs made with care, attention and creativity. This craft still exists and there are people and children who wear them, but they are a minority. It is mostly sneakers and boots nowadays here in the Netherlands.

These clogs are painted, chipped (woodcarving) or with a special design with heel for the special days:

Failed pictures

Even pictures which did not turn out the way you wanted, can be made into something.

These fennel pictures turned out spherical:

Summer vibes

Enjoying summer vibes in my studio and garden,

lush green, lots of yellow flowers and blue skies,

inspiration everywhere...

This vegetable garden turned into a sort of wild flower garden... because it grows faster than I can keep up. I decided to enjoy it, and make some patches which I can control for my vegetables.

The upside of this is that there are a lot of bees and insects, I have never seen so many different species. Learning about them on the go...

This bench is perfect for eating my lunch and feeling the warmth of the sun. Loving the simple life!

Open studio tomorrow and Saturday

Hello! Tomorrow and Saturday my studio is open for a visit, so please feel welcome to drop by.

I have decorated my studio with various paintings, small new designs and you are welcome to sit in our vegetable garden.

The studio is open 11-17 hours.

For more info please contact me.

Moss project

One of the projects I am working on is a series of paintings of moss.

I have made lots of pictures of moss on trees, branches or on stones.

This picture is an inspiration for one of the paintings.

I love the colour combination of the birch bark and the bright yellow:

Coincidentally I recently read some articles on the specific types of moss,

so even more inspiration.