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 »
30 September, 2024 All painting gives me great pleasure, but there are some pieces that do so more than others. This new work is based on a wedding I once attended in Richmond Park, London (UK). I looked at the shoes on the bridesmaids and I thought to myself: “Never will I be seen in one of those… Read More »
September 22, 2024 As part of my mentoring sessions, I decided to try my hand at a city scene. And I loved working on it! I titled it ‘211’. Can you guess why? Let me know in the comments! I had such fun doing this painting, maybe just because it is not my usual subject. The main idea… Read More »
September 9, 2024 I often get questions about the pricing of my artwork. I have now added a new page with screenshots of my work and some information about each one, including the price. There is also some information about how commissions work and how the quality of art prints compares to the original work. The page can… Read More »
August 31, 2024 I have a series of new works on the way and last night, I realised I wanted to make a change in one of them. So off I went to my studio, switched on the light and retouched the painting. Unbeknownst to me, my activity was picked up by our security cameras. My studio window… Read More »
August 23, 2023 Sometimes it takes multiple iterations to get to a satisfying painting. I used my summer course to give this project a fifth and final try and I am happy I did, because I can finally look at the result with pride and contentment AND I learned a lot about all elements of the painting process.… Read More »
August 11, 2024 My summer course is going well and is amazingly inspiring. I work with Will Kemp from the United Kingdom, an award-winning professional artist and teacher. We chose a project that is technically complex and we are almost done… Below is a fragment of the study that features sunbeams inside a room… Airbrush For this particular… Read More »
July 13, 2024 It feels so good to be back at painting! And much to my own surprise, it is a landscape. Or should I say: ice-scape? It is my take on what happened this winter in Port Stanley, a charming little village a stone’s throw from our house, at the edge of Lake Erie. It was a… Read More »