My relationship with a painting
29 December 2006 When painting the ice landscape a friend asked me why I was more enthusiastic in making one painting than the other. In
29 December 2006 When painting the ice landscape a friend asked me why I was more enthusiastic in making one painting than the other. In
15 December 2006 Our neighbour is out-of-town for a week and he asked us to feed the chickens, the cat and the dog. De dog
11 December 2006 Yesterday, the transport box I had ordered in Auckland, was delivered to me. I will use it to provide the gallery in
24 October 2006 On some days, nothing succeeds. Everything I painted I had to wipe off because I lost my artistic mojo. When I took
20 October 2006 A few days ago I got an email from a gallery owner in Dunedin who was interested in my work. Despite my
16 Oktober 2006 Every year, the ‘classic car club’ organizes a treasure hunt. Considering our integration … of course we had to participate. At 9:30
8 October 2006 The hotel we have visited last week, is located on a busy main street of Auckland. When we left in the morning
29 September 2006 Last week the day of our move to New Zealand was 1 year ago and someone asked us if we had gone
25 September 2006 Two weeks later, on our way to Auckland, I was getting nervous; one moment I was sure I had won, based on
9 September 2006 Today we went to Auckland and stay there for 1 night. There were still some of my paintings pining away in the
29 August 2006 The Maori queen didn’t wear a soft ermine cloak with golden brooch, but a poorly fitting brownish piece of furry-like material, held
25 August 2006 Foreigners are allowed to continue to use their original driver’s license up to 1 year after arriving in New Zealand. Then they
22 August 2006 Dear Patricia, I would like to invite you to participate in an exhibition in April next year in Fisher’s gallery. It will
28 July 2006 It happened I have to provide a lunch for strangers. If you had told me 1 year ago, that I had to
30 June 2006 The only neighbour we’ve betrayed once, was the owner of a goat. The neighbours hardly looked after the animal, who was tied
25 June 2006 In the newspapers of New Zealand is printed a lists of names and last known addresses of people who didn’t pay their
21 June 2006 Sometimes people ask me if I’m influenced by animation movies because of the atmosphere in my paintings. That may be true, I
15 June 2006 A few months ago, while hiking in the woods on top of the mountain, I found a little red plastic flower. Probably
4 June 2006 Our first winter is kicking in. The house is built of a single layer of wood and protected from the rain by
28 May 2006 In Australia the possum is a protected animal. But in New Zealand it is ‘your duty’ to kill them. Once there were