life running fast

feeling blue

Vacations are over. We are back from two lovely weeks in Croatia. Thank you for the sun and the sea and the rich yummy food. T

Friday night

It is Friday night, we are all dressed up and with nowhere to go. Well, that was the feeling for a long time. In May bars and

Creative minds

Creative minds tend to be a bit chaotic. Going from one thing to the other. Ideas pop up all over the place in multiple colors

dutch tulip,of course

I took a walk around the garden this morning. Did I just see my tulips starting to grow? It needs to be winter first! I want w

Pomegranate

Two years ago I got a pomegranate tree for my birthday. It was promised to grow in the dutch climate which, let’s be hon

red Apple

One apple a day, keeps the doctor away”. That’s what they say. I love autumn because it is the time of the apple h

butterflies and moths

A while ago I made a series of fantasy butterflies and moths on gouache. There was a lot of interest then. I was busy with man

Sweet pink daisies

Considering how much time I spend in nature, it is not a wonder that I am drawing flowers all the time. Daisies, however, are

Escape the ordinary

Wouldn’t we all like to do that right now? although, what is “the ordinary” anymore. Reality changes on a da

8M Women

Meow.

Meow: Little kitty, messy kitty. Polite kitty. Always puts a [.] after his/hers meows. Meow came on a Sunday, when we were all

Totes

Let’s talk about totes. Are you the type that has a large tote full of smaller totes and bags hanging from a door handle

Happy rainbow

Lalala it’s a happy rainbow! this is one of those drawings that you have to wear when you are on a positive happy mood.

Bestiarium Imaginario

Here a few more of these imaginary beasts from my Bestiarium. All worked with gouache and then digitized for a higher printing

Bestiarium five

It’s a cow? It’s a moth? Both??

Bestiarium four

Here is another one. This is still going. It’s a never endinv project I think. They keep coming to my imagination.

Bestiarium three

I am still wondering if I should make prints of these. They look so pretty framed

Bestiarium two

I kinda took a detour here on posting about my bestiarium. I started weaving and forgot to put here a bit about my butterflies

Autumn

Autumn indeed! Time flies when you are doing a million things, right? I don’t know how many times I wrote “blog

International Kissing day

The international Kissing day was in July. I found out just by chance reading the paper. It was just a colorful touch for the

Keep talking

We need to Keep Talking.  So much of our daily struggles and discussions with others could just be reduced to misunderstandin

New year, new promises

It’s a new year. And we all feel renewed and full of projects. Promises. “This time” I will do it. I will ma