Art is a case of passing on
For me art is the trick to put a seed in someone else’s head.
The simmering pot
A few days ago I saw a picture on Facebook of a building made out of living trees.
Exhibition in Auckland
Written about my work at the exhibition in Auckland.
Report of my presence at the Art Revolution in Taipei
In this video I show you some clips of my presence at the A.R.T. I attended in May 2015.
Real life beats fantasy
Again I saw an appearance in nature that I painted years before I had seen it in real. Or even ever thought it would exists in real.
Bosco verticale
This week I stumbled upon a picture of Bosco verticale. A vertical forest set on a building, designed by Boeristudio in Italia. Putting their image beside my painting I could add another story to my imaginary prides.
The reuse of painkiller strips
7 May 2013 If the first pencilling is my least favourite part, I find mixing the colours the most fun part. I never use colours directly from the tubes, but always mix them. For example; I have 5 tubes of various reds, but they all react in a different way when adding white. The pink of a […]
Kolmanskop the ghost town
In the silent, hot weather with a gusty wind what caused a kind of yellow/grey hazy view ‘ghost town’ was a perfect characterization. A true paradise for photographers and location scouts.
Quivers and titties
As we drive into the field of these special trees, I understand why I had to come here … they are true real-live ‘Lubeck Trees’!
Populus Flucta in real
When we visited Namibia I finally saw the social weavers in real.
Missed daylight
Because I’m a night owl I usually miss a big slice of daylight. That is not handy for a painter, so I’m always alert on interesting lamps.
Today I bought a dentist lamp at an auction.
Panorama
… I moved the furniture to the side of the room and found a way to hang the parts of a ‘sixteentych’.
The diameter is 3 meter. Or the length of all the canvasses together is 10 meter.
Pantone colours
Today I received something in the mail I wanted to own by myself for ages. I always found it a kind of ‘tool’ not intended for me. I stole a few of them …
Art Revolution Taipei
Joining the Art Revolution in Taipei was a real milestone in my career! The decision to be at the fair in real person was even better. It was all one great learning course!
Buying art from fellow artists
When we left the exhibition hall we bumped onto an artist who was busy making sculptures with a chainsaw. One sculpture took him a few days to create and they are about six feet tall.
The making of Oriana
Video; the making of Oriana
Italia meets New Zealand
Today I received his part in my letterbox and I was over the moon. Beside a beautiful bright tempera work, he also added a book brimmed full of other small paintings of weird animals in marvellous colors.
Croatian article
Sometimes people write such beautiful things about me. I’m fallen silent by these nice words.
The cloud picker
There was quite a controversy about one of the entrants because his work was a portrait of a murderer.
A TooHot painting
The PAL design contest got a funny afterbirth 😀
The organisator of the contest asked me to create a painting in commission, as a tribute to this event.
Retroactively inspired
Normally; first there is my painting … and then Mother Earth imitates me with a pale shadow of my created treasures. That’s how it happens all the time!