October 23, 2025 I can’t believe it has been a month since I posted last! After the busy times leading up to the Elgin County Studio Tour, I have taken a few moments to catch my breath. I welcomed about 100 people to Art Studio Happy Cat, located in my house. And had the most lovely conversations with… Read More »
September 29, 2025 That is right. HAIR! That is the main subject of an art project I finished a while ago… I was eager to share this piece, but I also wanted to keep it as a surprise during the Elgin County Studio Tour that happened in the last weekend of September. But now I can disclose it… Read More »
September 23, 2025 You cannot be named Art Studio Happy Cat and not paint cats regularly…. Sometimes you start a painting with a completely serious plan. And then when the basic setup is ready, you change your mind… This is what happened with these two brand new paintings, that you will be able to see and even purchase… Read More »
Last year I remember seeing this somewhere but I was too late to participate. I decided to not let that happen again. And so it will be that I am contributing 3 small acrylic tiles to this initiative this year. I have several months to create these tiles and all three have a different colour scheme. I am… Read More »
August 24, 2025 A friend came to visit and made this photograph of me with one of my latest paintings. There is a story to tell about it… When I initially created this painting, I was humming and hawing about the reference picture. It was one of my own photographs, but I was not happy with all of… Read More »
August 3, 2025 Summer often sees many new brides say yes to their beau. That was the inspiration behind this painting. I hope you like it!
July 27, 2025 I posted the above image a while ago and asked you to guess what would be the subject of the painting. And now it is time for the big reveal… What was hidden behind this apparent abstract painting, was not abstract at all. This is a detail of a person. And a person that, for… Read More »
July 27, 2025 It has sure been a while since I saw my sister Margriet Markerink on TV, but today it is happening at the 8pm NOS Journaal. There is an accompanying piece on the NOS.NL website that you can watch afterwards and at the bottom of this post is the full Journaal piece. I am posting this… Read More »
July 18, 2025 Today I visited the lovely ‘Art & Soul’ café in Port Stanley, and it was a real pleasure to see my two paintings on the wall! During this summer these pieces will remain on show (and for sale!), as an intro to the Elgin County Studio Tour that is scheduled for the last weekend of… Read More »
July 17, 2025 I did not expect to take this long to complete the horse portrait I started a good number of weeks ago. I had several other paintings on the go, and since the horse was done in multiple layers I often had to practice patience and let them dry for a couple of days before continuing.… Read More »