Mont Ventoux
It is a famous mountaintop because of the many cyclists trying to reach it. But actually the whole region and not just the mountain is very popular among cyclists. Even in the fall when this painting was made, you see many having a holiday on a loaded bike or passing you by as a whirlwind […]
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is an amazing place. Gambling is not my hobby but looking at people certainly is. And there is a lot to see. Stepping away from the busy area with beautiful hotels and fascinating decorations you may find yourself in the Las Vegas Mall. The colours are not yelling at you like on the […]
Marker Wadden
Markermeer (Marker Lake) is not a lake but a part of Ijsselmeer (Ijssel Lake). IJsselmeer however is not a lake but reclaimed piece of the Zuiderzee (Zuider Sea). Zuiderzee was once a sea but that was before it was damned in 1932. Now it is a freshwater lake. Marker Wadden https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/projecten/marker-wadden/english-version is not comparable to […]
Nest (Movie 2022)
I made this sketch after watching a short film ‘Nest’ by Hlynur Palmason. It tells a story of building and enjoying a tree house by two boys and their sister (at least that is what it seems). The picture is made on 35mm colour film. It gives us an impression of a short family film. […]
Finished the knitting (sort of)
When I asked my mother what she would do if she had endless time, she looked at the table next to her chair and said she would finish the knitting. That work stayed there for weeks maybe months untouched. My mother did not have endless time, nobody has. But I have some time left and […]
Provence and Lavender
In the past years we made several trips to Provence and the sketches, aquarelles and paintings start to merge into one big holiday. Initially I tried to distinguish one visit from an other but I actually like to combine them into my memory. Now it is one feast of colour, taste and smell and of […]
Villa Borghese Garden
Fortunately for tourists like me there are a lot of gardens in Rome. The Gardens of Villa Borghese is actually a landscape garden with a lot of different elements. It is one of the biggest gardens in Rome. Its history starts in 1605 when cardinal Scipione Borghese started to reshape an old vineyard. However after […]
Statue in Ronda, Spain
Not far away from Marbella, there is a nice old city called Ronda. It is on two high cliffs with a canyon in between with a river called Guadalevin. It is famous for the three bridges over that canyon but above all it is an old city with a history starting at the Roman times. […]