Dutch But Not From Holland

On the website of "Dutch But Not From Holland" you can see (and buy!) two of my paintings.

Dutch but from Holland offers a collection of special design and art products from the land of "Zachte G", a community of 400 plus creative people situated in the international region of Limburg, the Netherlands.

All selling artists are members of the Zachte G community, a vibrant webcommunity with a diverse population, consisting of young designers, creative entrepreneurs, and artists. The platform Zachte G welcomes young talents, fresh initiatives and the unconventional thinker and is in its own way a contribution to a vital climate for creative individuals in the area.

The name of the shop, “Dutch but not from Holland”, refers to the nature of Limburg people, which is certainly not the same as the rest of the Netherlands. And that makes all the difference. 

color and madness 3

Still drawing in my sketchbook.... At the moment I realy like watercolours. And also just to practise the shapes of  the body, concentrading on hands or feet and experimenting with colour. And because I don`t have any fix ideas, it's working for me!

blue velvet rabbit

I found the illustration by Sebe Emmelot in the newspaper. The rabbit is swimming and I think he looks very scared. I like the way he's draw, the colours and especially the look in his eye. So I did a drawing of Pollock, but my blue pen went out of ink, so it became a bit of a weird drawing...

color and madness 2

The last couple of weeks I just love to draw in my sketchbook. Every time I want to start a painting I find myself sketching. At the moment I prefer doing that over starting a painting. Just draw and trying some new stuff without the pressure that is has to be "good", which I almost always feel when I'm working at a painting.

quite happily

Working on some more small paintings and some sketches. Just drawing and painting and it makes me happy!

and then we fell back out

My experiment continues: another three paintings with almost the same composition. I still don`t know what to think about the small paintings...

color and madness

Just drawing in my sketchbook and trying out the watercolours. I like to draw people, especially woman as you can see... If I have a good day when I'm drawing, I can forget time and place.

how the birds will sing

Today I had a visitor! We have a big garden with even a small forest at the end. I often saw the woodpecker over there but today he came all the way up to the pavement in front of the house! We put a part of a dead tree on the terras and he started to make a hole in the tree, which I think isn't very smart because of the neighbours cat... And there are much better places for him in the forrest, but it was nice to see him work.

waiting for a cloud

I continue with my experiment to make smaller paintings ( 18 x 24 cm, read my post "let's take life nice and easy" earlier this month). I try to make three paintings of the same composition but they are slightly different from each other. I already did this composition in a bigger painting (sitting on the fence, 150 x 100 cm) which you can find on my website.

one more or one less

My paintings are slowly taking over my home! The last paintings I did are now in the quest-room, so if someone wants to sleep over I first have to move my work...

visiting the zoo

In the first two years at art-school in Rotterdam, I had a drawing-teacher who took us to the zoo. We walked around with our sketchbooks and we had to draw the animals. It's a good way to practise your drawing skills. So I thought why not try it again?

birthday-girl

I made a collage of all the nice "self-made-things" people wrapt arround the presents.

words so sweet

I have a seperate sketchbook where I collect sentences. Things I read in magazines, books or parts of a songtext. I play with the text and combine them and so I find my titels for works.

it's quite a slow disaster

This painting I gave up... This also happens to artists and to art-works, but you normaly don't see the failures. It's now laying in my loft. Maybe I will use it someday, but only as a background or to sketch on it. My loft is getting pretty full. I use it as a storage for my work and my experiments.

sweeties

Sketching just for fun!

"crazy way to get your kicks,
shoot the sillicone in your lips.
If your figure makes you sad,
they suck the fat right off your back.
Make up your mind about your tits,
they can puff 'm up so no bra will fitt.
There's only one thing they can't fix,
and that's the hole in your head."

(songtekst "Modern World" by Anouk)

let's take life nice and easy

Three small paintings in inkt, paint and airbrush. (18 x 24 cm)
I would like to make smaller work, but I find it difficult to work so small. My "bigger" work is standing all over my house and they take so much space. I think I just have to get used to the smaller work...

maybe-baby

A lot of drawings I make end up in a drawer, because I don't think they are good enough. Years later I find them and maybe I find one I like now. Little objects I work on end up at my little table. The same for objects I find and maybe I'll use them later. Sometimes I do and sometimes the object will lay there for years...

and as the world moves faster...

...I try to find some time to draw and sketch. No time to start a new painting this week.

rabbit-lady

I bought this "rabbit-lady" at a flea market in Aachen (Germany). Off course it is no rabbit at all.
This object was used as a catapult, that's what the "ears" are used for. It is now standing in my studio, between the paint and I hope it gives me good ideas!