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

Cuppa?

who wants a cuppa?? coffee? tea? with milk and sugar? Perfect for autumn and winter if you ask me. I was missing you, dear wat

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

bird in flight

It’s a little animated illustration. I am learning, have some patience! but it quite fun albeit laborious! Yes, it’

Portrait of a mother

This portrait of a mother is actually me running around all day with the kids, the house, work and then when the time comes to

Photography: A tiny Look

Some weeks ago I started a new personal photography project called “A tiny look”. I was feeling a bit uninspired b

Cup of tea?

Tea? Anyone?It’s friday and I think this week will go down in my history (🙃) as the week I stopped procrastinating an

Still life saga

To get out of a bit of a rut, I’ve impossed my self a them: Still Life painting. Just small scenes from daily life. Like

Throw Back Thursday to Ceramics

#tbt Throw Back Thursday to some years ago when my back allowed me to sustain a ceramic business of handmade tableware. Pretty

Garden flowers

I have had a period of just painting with blue. Not on purpose. It wasn’t decided in advance, no plan! But this lovely s

Blue birds

I love painting birds. Never quite real but more fantasy birds inspired on the real ones that come visit the garden. This indi

Spring!

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

art in times of quarantine

And here we are locked indoors in a quarantine. My daughter asked me if I had had a quarantine when I was a kid too. It was ve

8M Women

Watercolor blue and purple strokes

To some of my older followers, this watercolor pattern will not be new. The original artwork for this watercolor blue and purp

Little video

I made this little video a few days ago. It’s sped up, no, I don’t work that fast! I felt like playing with inks t

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.

Redbubble prints my bubbles!

I finally got around to start digitizing some watercolors to be uploaded to Redbubble. If you click on Shop you will be direct

Rain and more rain

Relentless rain, wind and grey skies. A bit of it I don’t mind. I like snuggling on a couch with a book under a blanket