Have I ever told you i live in a very inspiring neighborhood of Amsterdam? It’s in an outside skirt, famous for its diversity of inhabitants and also for some less positive stuff, but that doesn't matter for this post. It's called "the Bijlmer" and some people call it “Little Africa”. And that last name really fits like a glove because sometimes when I do my grocery shopping I become conscious of the fact that I’m the only white person there. It’s kind of a strange feeling, but I also like this feeling because with it comes the perk of being around a lot of inspirational people :))
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
What's up?
Posted on 12:31 PM by Unknown
What's up at your part of the world? Has spring arrived there yet? Here we had some realy great spring days..hope they will last a little longer, could use their energy, i'm feeling tired lately because of some financially related misfortunes..
Friday, March 18, 2011
Made a treasury today..."Let's Live'
Posted on 3:16 AM by Unknown
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
How did my 'get your painting on' class end?
Posted on 12:38 AM by Unknown
Recently I took a wonderful online paintings class. It's called 'Get your paint on', it was hosted by two really nice and skilled women, Mati McDonough and Lisa Condon. They teached me some very valuable and inspiring things about painting. I am very happy I took the class…I can recommend it to anyone who is interested in joining their next classes.
However on one hand I’m sorry it’s over, on the other I am also glad it is. Because now I can slowly search my souls and take my time to implement some of the things they have taught me. And most importantly find my own way in this…
I just want to say thank you to Mati and Lisa again J
Saturday, March 12, 2011
'Branding' what is that???
Posted on 12:24 PM by Unknown
I find myself to be a prisoner of this chain of thoughts many times; As an artist you want to make art, free art, that's the reason for choosing this kind of life after all. But at the same time you don't want your art to be stacked somewhere on the addict or cellar. You want it more than anything hanging on someone’s wall, making some one happy when looking at it. That’s part of the magic of creating. So inevitably you find yourself in the spider web of finding a balance between commercialization (branding your work)and following your heart. How does one keep oneself from paralyzing while thinking these things through. This what I ask myself many times...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Veggies & fruits, new paintings in the shop
Posted on 12:01 PM by Unknown
This is my newest series of small canvasses, (4" x 5" & 6" x 6" ) feauturing fruits and Veggies...
Available in my shop from today as affordable originals, not as prints.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Today spring stroked my face and inspiration Tuesday came along
Posted on 6:15 AM by Unknown
A huge hint of hope today. Bright sunny weather and standing in the sun i could actually feel a tiny little bit of warmth comming through my thick winter coat....
My spring inspiration today is from the wonderful work by Elizabeth Merriman, found through Mati Rose
My spring inspiration today is from the wonderful work by Elizabeth Merriman, found through Mati Rose
Saturday, March 5, 2011
LeiLiLaLoo art for kids, 'letter paintings'
Posted on 7:17 AM by Unknown
I could not only offer the whole alphabet because it was originally made in Dutch. Just the ones that corresponded with the English letters. I am thinking of completing it with brand new paintings to have all the 26 letters complete in English as well…
Posted in art for kids, childrens art, elephant, flamenco, hair, indian, new paintings, rainbow, yoga, yogurt
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Inspiration Wednesday "COLOR"
Posted on 11:26 PM by Unknown
Sadly i don't know where i found this photo so i can't link to it's origin, i'm so sorry.
Dress made by Irana Douer
This sweet skirt was made by Blossomnbird
This drawing was made by Aussiepatches
This sweet set up comes from a Japanese craft book, sorry i don't rememeber which one.
Posted in aussiepatches, blossomnbird, inspiration, inspiration thursday, irana douer, prudence
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Made some new ink drawings
Posted on 1:43 PM by Unknown
'Mimi, the girl who was born in the circus'
Here are some of the newest ink drawings I made on my favorite kind of paper, coffee stained paper J
I usually prep my drawing paper with coffee before I start to draw, it gives the paper a special brown warm glow…I like to do it because this paper is very inviting to start drawing on, much more so then plain white paper is.
These drawings are in my shop right now.
'A horse is a girls best friend'
'Alice, the girl with the house on her head'
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