Mooning… another photo chat

February 26, 2024 I have been diving into my image archives recently, to find some mentoring materials for a friend, who is getting into photography more deeply. It made me wonder about my Olympus gear from my years as a photo journalist. By now all of it is labeled ‘vintage’, but to me the 80s and 90s do… Read More »

Why has my blog been so quiet…

Have a look at this picture and see if you can answer the question in the headline… No, I did not acquire shares in UHaul, although maybe I should have considered it when I first started traveling and moving around.Yes, another housemove is dawning! I have been doing the count in my head, and this will be housemove… Read More »

Happy Holidays!

December 30, 2023 At the edge of yet another year ending I am sending you my very best wishes for 2024. I was floored with a bad cold and laryngitis in the past few weeks, but I think I am finally winning the fight against the virus. I am looking forward to it with high hopes – maybe… Read More »

Life & death: nature’s seasonal ‘sayonara’

November 1, 2023 This morning on the first of November, I woke up to a garden covered in frost. The first efforts to produce snow were thwarted by the relatively high temperatures of the past few weeks. Tiny snowflakes fell, but melted right away when the sun got up. But I am sure nature will not give up.… Read More »

Getting through setbacks: patience, my dear, patience

October 20, 2023 I cannot believe that it has been 2 months since my last post. Today I realised that it was high time for an update. I have been struggling with health issues that have prevented me to paint. And oh how I miss it! To make up for my long absence I am posting a photograph… Read More »

My first 3D artwork: the ‘rainbow crane’!

August 20, 2023 It took many walks on our local beaches to find just the right pieces of driftwood, but here he is, mister Rainbow Crane*. My very first piece of 3D artwork. A fun project that has kept me busy for quite some time. Isn’t he handsome? He is one of the ornaments on our otherwise boring… Read More »

What would Vincent van Gogh have thought of this? :)

August 9, 2023 Today was my birthday. I received art for a present. A huge Lego box with what will be a reproduction in lego bricks of Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. It includes an adorable mini-fig of the great Dutch painter and he seems to look kind of surprised by what he sees… It would be almost… Read More »

Jet-lagged and injured :(

July 29, 2023 After spending some time in Europe to be a part of my moms 88th birthday, I have now returned to Canada and jet-lag is hitting me hard. It does not help that I have an over-exertion injury to my right shoulder (impingement of a tendon, ouch) that prevents me from getting any new paintings done… Read More »

How to transform a sheep into a shepherd…

July 3, 2023 If you follow my blog (bowing head in gratitude if you do…) you will have noticed some posts about the ‘Unflappable sheep’. It was a painting based on an old photograph I once took in the north of Scotland, featuring, you got it: a Scottish sheep. The backdrop was a castle at the edge of… Read More »

Chicken fight!

June 30, 2023 Almost Canada Day over here (tomorrow, July 1) and Independence Day at our American neighbours (July 4), so I will start with wishing you all wonderful, sunny, peaceful and enjoyable holidays! Oh how I struggled with this new painting! It started with a good base and I was happy to be able to depict the… Read More »