December 17, 2024 Today is my husband Wim’s birthday. And today I am writing this in a Toronto airport lounge, awaiting my flight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I am going to my home country to help care and make future plans for my mother, who, for my sister and I quite unexpectedly, has received a dementia diagnosis. I… Read More »
December 15, 2024 We can all use a good laugh during the holidays, and my favourite way to get the giggles is to watch shows with Sir Billy Connelly. He is my all-time favourite comedian. Recently, he asked artists to send their paintings to him and I figure that was as good a reason as any to devote… Read More »
December 9, 2024 Time has been fast-forwarding these last few weeks, or so it seems! It is as if I barely have time to open my paint-tubes, and poof, another weeks has gone. ‘t Must be the season. Looking ahead at the coming weeks, I will not be posting as many new works as I have in the… Read More »
November 25, 2024 It has been quite a while since I saw this scene. It was on a balmy September day some years ago. I was lounging at the edge of a little vegetation covered pond. And I saw them coming: a mother goose with several goslings behind her. It always amazes me that these birds are so… Read More »
November 11, 2024 Has this ever happened to you: you see a person and while they are talking to you, you do not hear a word, you just are mesmerized by one or more of their features?Well, that is what this new painting is about. This Asian woman has a delightful face, but the thing that kept drawing… Read More »
November 5, 2024 ‘Spooky’ and ‘Sun Lover’ were two other cats that were adopted during the art show this past Saturday. It makes me so happy to see people drawn to my art. These two paintings were based on our own feral cat nursery family of 2021. I almost felt bad letting them go, but I know they… Read More »
November 3, 2024 I am pleased to announce that my little merry Kitten painting found a new owner! It was sold during an enjoyable High Tea event organised by Ninth Life Cat Rescue Ontario in the charming Erindale Community Hall in Mississauga. I was honoured to be invited to show some of my artwork at this event, that… Read More »
October 27, 2024 From time to time my fascination with horses pops back up. After creating a large collection of the wild horses in Europe, they sort of disappeared from my art stage. But when I see them in such a vintage setting in fall, the inspiration bubbles back up. These five, pulling an old-fashioned stalk chopper in… Read More »
October 22, 2024 I am so pleased to have been invited to show my art at a very special fundraiser. Ninth Life Cat Rescue Ontario is holding their annual High Tea event, for the first time since Covid. And it will be surrounded by art, music and delicious food. Why don’t you come and participate! You may become… Read More »
October 6, 2024 Now that October is on the calendar and as Canada is on the verge of lower temperatures, I was reminded of a gloomy sunrise I once witnessed in my home country. The sun was there, but then again it was not. It was what I would call an irresolute sun. “Shall I rise, shall I… Read More »