Feline inspection of a recent painting…

April 23, 2025 These days I am working on a variety of paintings. I am starting to really like working big. And I was curious how a pet portrait would do at a larger scale. It is not based on any particular cat that I know personally, it was just a fun project. Life of an artist is… Read More »

Something new on the easel…

April 3, 2025 I am working on something new on the easel… Can you tell what it is going to be? It is a piece that needs to fit in an old barn window frame. I have been thinking about a good subject for a long time and I have finally found it! I can only show it… Read More »

Blasts from the past…

March 16, 2025 I am still processing the past 3 months in my country of origin, the Netherlands. I am brimming with new ideas and have several new works waiting for me to get started. But before I do, I want to show you 3 originals I found while cleaning my mom’s house. They are all small and… Read More »

In the sticky orbit of my childhood

March 1, 2025 Soon, I will be leaving my mom’s village to return to Canada. This experience has moved me in different ways. The up close and personal confrontation with early dementia yanked me right back into an orbit around my childhood. We all work hard to become the adult that we would like to be, and many… Read More »

Sir Billy Connolly likes his portrait!

February 21, 2025 I am so honoured to hear from Sir Billy Connolly in person, about the painting I sent him. He likes it! “I hope your painting continues to be as good as it is,” he comments on the audio. “That is a very good painting of me. It is much better than the usual paintings I… Read More »

Trying to be the bending tree…

December 25, 2024 This Christmas day was bittersweet. I am visiting my mom and sister in my country of origin. The main objective is to help out with everything that has to be arranged and adjusted because of my mom’s dementia diagnosis. But it is also to make as many wonderful memories as possible now that she is… Read More »

Happy birthday to my husband!

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 »

An unexpected portrait

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 »