OPEN STUDIO - welcome!

My studio is open for visit!
20-22 May (Thursday-Saturday)
24-29 May (Monday-Saturday)
10.00-18.00 hours
Studio ZIZO label at Nw. Loosdrechtse dijk 106 in Loosdrecht, The Netherlands.


In my studio you will find a display of several new paintings I have made, and also a series of new accessories (bracelets, key chains) and small gifts.
Please feel free to visit and see my work-environment.


Near my studio there is also an OUTLET-sale of office furniture, hosted by Aalberts Totaal Projekt. So if you are looking for a new table and chair you can find it here. See our add here:

Back from France

I am back again from France where I spent 10 days with a photography-group. I loved the mediterranean way of life and enjoyed all the flowers and butterflies in bloom!
Together with some friends I visited a "vide grenier" and found these lovely old laces there, don't you like them?

A new beginning... flowers are blooming

 
 
 

Soft light

 

A delicate flower, this "akelei", a white one, pure and so nicely made...
(photo by Christien)

Leo Patrone, wedding photography

I often read blogs from the USA, and there seems to be a tendency there to have a wedding in a simple but beautiful style. Often with a simple dress, in a farmhouse in the countryside and with incredible attention to detail and styling.
In one of the blogs I read about Leo Patrone, a photographer born in Argentina, and he just makes the most beautiful pictures...

I don't know this couple, but wow... I love the soft colours on these photos.

Check out lots more photos of Leo Patrone on his website:
www.leopatronephotography.com.
Often his photos are published or used for a series on weddings.

Taro Gomi... what an inspiration!

Recently I bought a book of Taro Gomi, a Japanese man. It is a book about drawing with children and it is amazing!! The book is actually so simple, but so inspiring. It triggers the fantasy of children, for instance, he has drawn a boat without sails and then the children have to draw and colour the sails themselves. Or you see a blank page and he asks the children to draw the invisible man... but how do you do that? I think grown-ups would draw nothing, but I think children have all kinds of ideas about that.



Anyways I found some photos of him on the site of Chronicle Books, they publish a lot of his books in America, www.chroniclebooks.com.

Just buy one of his books and enjoy!

A day at the office

You know those days at work, when you're a bit tired?
My colleague and I often made jokes, saying: "hey, it's just another day at the office!", followed by a cup of coffee and then straight on to those tasks of the day. It took the pressure off of being in a stressfull job with just so many problems to solve.
Well, yesterday it was a day at the office for me, but wow did I enjoy it! My office is my studio, here you see the window of my studio-kitchen, looking straight out into the fields. The other one is my studio-window.




I spent the whole day working on a new series of paintings, for lunch I went outside, to sit in the sun and I enjoyed making several pictures (lying with my nose on the ground...).




I think those of you who also enjoy making pictures will recognize the joy of looking for a nice picture, seeing the colours, the contrast, the depth. When you're taking pictures of nature you really have to seize the moment, so it's always a bit exciting to see whether you have succeeded.

So this day at the office was great and satisfactory, especially because I took the time to clean up...