Signs and Symbols, one from a serie of 12. Aquarelle and Ink. 50 x 70 cm. 2009
Where reality ends and dreams begin. Oil on Canvas. 81 x 60 cm. 2020
Oil on Canvas, old French Lace, Wax – 50 x 40 cm. 2019. SOLD!
Vinyards in Sancerre, Autumn colours and Golden light. Oil on Canvas. 100 x 40 cm. 2019. SOLD!
Vineyards in Autumn, golden light in Sancerre. Just love it. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019. SOLD!
Autumn in Sancerre, with golden sunlight. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019. SOLD!
I love the vineyards in Autumn. Golden light and colourful. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019.
Monotype print with textile dye and Japanese embroidery Sashiko. Once in the old days a reparing method for Kimono’s. Various sizes on various textiles. 2018/2019.
Oil on Canvas, old French Lace, Phototransfer and wax. 50 x 70 cm. 2019.
Oil paint on canvas with old French Lace, pigments from Roussillon and gold patine. 50 x 70 cm. 2018/2019. SOLD!
Monotype print with Oil Pastel, carvings inspired by Morandi’s famous bottles. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.
Monotype print in light colours and dark Oil Pastel, carved with a knife. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.
Monotype Print with on top red Oil Pastel, carvings with knife. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.
View on the river La Loire, from the parc on the island Faubourg, near La Charité sur Loire. Oil on Canvas. 30 x 70 cm. 2018. SOLD
Painted on the island Faubourg where you have this nice view. In Summer you see the canoes coming to La Charité sur Loire. Oil on Canvas. 40 x 80 cm. 2017. SOLD
La Loire, always a joy to paint, en plein air. Oil on canvas. 20 x 50 cm. Framed. 2016 Sold!
La Loire is one of the few wild rivers in France. This plein air painting is near La Charité sur Loire. Oil on canvas. Framed. 50 x 70 cm. Sold!
La Charité sur Loire has a beautiful historique center, a joy for painters. Oil on canvas. 50 x 70 cm. Framed. 2016
My move to La Charité sur Loire, Plein Air Oil on Canvas – Framed 50 x 60 cm. 2015 SOLD!
Boho chique Jewelry. Handmade jewelry in Mixed media with vintage French lace, embroidery, pearls, buttons and textiles. Technic used: slows stitching and Sashiko embroidery. At first I used vintage items in my paintings and monotype prints. And due to my pop-up store, “Art en Loire”, the idea came to me to make little bags, and […]
Recently I found a way to combine my artwork with a utensil, the results are my original handmade bags made with French vintage lace, textile. Mixed media with screen prints, tranfers, embrodery, beads and buttons. France has an old culture, and is rich in hometextiles like tablecloth, lace, kitchentowels, bedlinen, but also buttons and beads. I live […]
I am so happy with my stack of handmade Lokta paper from the Himalaya, nice to print on, see my monotype prints in an earlier blog, and also lovely to paint on with oil paint! The oil paint I use is a water based paint from the brand Cobra-Royal -Talens. Love the structure of the […]
Snow is falling on this Blue Monday here in La Charité sur Loire, however it won’t last. Some crane birds are staying in Burgundy and the weather forecast is good. But Blue Monday or Winter, or whatever, my studio is nice and warm, the music is on and I have good light to work on […]
Normally a monotype print is as the word says, a single print. But by using a Monotype and an object, you can create 3 different prints. You print a positive one, a negative version, and one final of the object itself. How? Take a plexiglass or thick plastic sheet and roll printing ink on it with a small […]
Print Transfer For my upcoming workshop ‘Monotype Printing’ I like to add this very nice technique, so called ‘Print Transfer’. I’ve made a few samples on watercolor paper (300 gr.), as you can see here. You need gesso and a print/picture you want to transfer, best is to print this with your laser printer. Put […]
Hello New Year, nice to see you 2015, a joy to look forward to all new inspirations this year will bring us! I like to share with you the joy of painting/drawing on music with a dancer! Imagine a nice French petit village with a roomy historic building, nicely restored and with a lot of […]
To be outside for painting in nature or in a nice little town is enjoying life at the fullest for me. A day of plein air painting feels like I’ve been a week-end on holiday. I am a good weather painter to be honest, so no rain or snow for me! When I pack my […]
Monotype is a kind of one-print (mono), a unique print which you can make only once! You paint with a special ink on a piece of acrylic glass and put it on paper, then you slide this through a roll-press. You can paint with brushes, ink-rollers, sponches and all kind of other materials such as […]
Monotype – Mixed Media painting on Lokta paper from the Himalaya. 36 x 50 cm. I have worked with Symbols in my paintings for some years now, it fascinates me, and it is a binding between the Past, Present and Future. Like Music, Symbols are older than Words in Human History. This painting has 9 […]
Lokta paper is handmade and comes from the Himalayas in Nepal. It is made traditionally by Nepalese families near a river from the Lokta plant or Papyraceas. This plant grows in the mountains at an altitude between 1800 and 2500 meters. It is cooked on a wood stove to get the smooth material to make […]