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‘The Moody Monk’ and me at ‘The Red Show’ in Port Stanley

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  • The bear mural
    January 21, 2026 Quite a few months ago I decided to participate in a digital mural project. Only today have I entered my submissions. And now the wait begins, as the mural consists of hundreds of other small artworks and the team combining them into specific colour sections will be busy for months to come! The way it… Read More »
  • We need colour in a black and white world
    January 16, 2026 This title is not referring to current chaos in the world, but to art. Art tries to bring some colour and serenity in a landscape that, here in Ontario, Canada, has reverted to monochromes after 50 centimeters of snow! It is the biggest load I have seen in a long time and the predicted temperatures… Read More »
  • Welcome to the year of the horse! Time for new artworks!
    January 1, 2026 From my heart to yours: all the best for this new year! May you prosper in good health and happiness in what is known in Chinese astrology as the year of the fire horse. And as an artist who often depicts horses, let me start it off with this tender watercolour image of a new… Read More »
  • Doggy charms… meet Sarge!
    December 3, 2025 Every painting has a story. So does this one. Every now and then a friend shows me a picture and it awakens an urge to paint the subject in that picture. That happened when a fellow St. Thomas artist was proudly showing me an image of his new doggy friend Sarge. I was instantly charmed… Read More »
  • Love being in ‘The Red Show’ at the Port Stanley Windjammer Inn! Come see them!
    November 29, 2025 No sooner did I get back from a short trip to The Netherlands, than I dropped off two of my paintings to a show called ‘The Red Show’ in the Windjammer Inn in Port Stanley, the beach community at Lake Erie I love so much. This show has been happening for 12 years now, it… Read More »

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