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Landsmeer Portrait Series – Jan

February 20, 2024

Watercolor portrait of a man with ashen hair and glasses.

For a recent exhibition I finished a portrait of a local, I started last year. This time I tried to use colors more sparsely. I’m often planning to reduce the amount of colors in these portrait paintings. But once I start, I see so many nice variations that I find it hard to hold myself … Continue reading Landsmeer Portrait Series – Jan →

Geodesic Greenhouse

December 18, 2023

Thumbnail of a painting showing a greenhouse

In the summer I spent some time outside, painting this marvelous little greenhouse architecture, as I found it at the open cultural terrain in the north of Amsterdam...

Landsmeer Portrait Series – Alice

September 21, 2023

Watercolor Portrait Alice

This round the model for our portrait sessions was my daughter Alice. ..

An End-of-Summer Exhibition with Interview

September 5, 2023

"Zomersalon" exhibition Poster

Next weekend I’m joining an exhibition with the KVL – with works of the summer. I’ll show about five artworks there. And over the last weeks there was a lot of hustle going on for the promotion. Here is the poster I’ve made, with works of the members of the expo: On the Summersalon-Facebook Event … Continue reading An End-of-Summer Exhibition with Interview →

Willow at the Water

July 11, 2023

Watercolor Painting of a Willow

Last summer I've stood under a willow for this painting. I have fond memories of the tranquil spot, surrounded by water...

Exclusive Steps: Portrait of Moa & Marjon

May 30, 2023

Portrait Work in Progress preview

Showing some in-between steps for two portraits of the series I'm currently working on...

Landsmeer Portrait Series – Moa

Moa - Ink and Watercolor Drawing

Continuing with the Landsmeer-Portrait series, here's one where the model had exams coming up - so we used the setup to let her study...

Upcoming Exhibition and New Posters

May 22, 2023

Poster KVL Exhibition - Verschuivingen

In June I'll join a new group exhibition and I've made a poster for it (and two other events)...

Tulip on White Background

May 9, 2023

Tulip painting in watercolor - with bright red and violet colors

With this still life of a tulip, I skipped the ink I usually love adding. But the flow of the water color was working so nice, that I felt it would have weighted it down too much.