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Abandoned hut in the Forest

July 14, 2025

Dreamy painting of an old hut with in a forest. Watercolor and Ink with flowing colors.

Recently I went to the Noordwijk painting festival again. And to have a fresh artwork to bring as introduction, I’ve put the finishing touches on this watercolor from an earlier painting trip. When on a hike in the forests in the German Eifel two years ago, we came across this cute but abandoned hut… it … Continue reading Abandoned hut in the Forest →

Pines at the Dunes

July 8, 2024

Watercolor and ink painting of pine trees and flowers on dunes.

12 years after joining the Noordwijk Plein-Air Festival, I went back to paint at the dunes of the North Sea. This work at beautiful spot under pine trees, turned into a major struggle about the material and weather and subject. It was worth it though.....

Grape Vines Under a Garden Roof

June 7, 2024

Thumbnail of watercolor painting of a sun-lit roof with grape vines growing beneath.

An artwork I did last year in a garden in our village. I wanted to catch the effect of the warm sunlight seeping through the roof onto the grape vines...

Fish Pond in a Silo

March 6, 2024

Watercolor and ink painting of an old silo, filled with a pond. With a red couch in the center.

With this plein air artwork, I have tried a more surrealist painting approach of a building I spotted last year at an cultural terrain north of Amsterdam...

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...

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...

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.

A Pear Tree Drawing from my Garden

October 22, 2020

Pear Tree Drawing

Recently I'm using pencils more again - here for drawing a pear tree, that's growing in front of my home...

Ji-Hae 2

March 11, 2011

The final painting of Ji-Hae. I've posted work-in-progress images of it before - and it is right now exhibited in the display windows at the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam. ..