King’s Day 2025

Today is a special day holiday here in the Netherlands called “Koningsdag”, the Dutch word for “King’s Day”, It is … More

More Whimsical Flowers

And more from my warm-up session from Juliette Crane’s Whimsical Animals on-line classes! Like my last painting Whimsical Flowers, I … More

After more than a year, I am back to following Juliette Crane’s on-line courses! Juliette is an artist from Wisconsin, … More

What an intensive week it has been! Busy again: FIVE big fat boxes of Hello Kitty merchandise arrived on my … More

After the fun but intensive Watercolor Wonder classes with Alena Hennessy, I thought I’d give my paintbrushes a rest and … More

It is now March, and Spring is here shortly! So good-bye to cold dark winters. Before you know it, our … More

Back from another ski trip! This time we were in Switzerland, in the German-speaking St Moritz area just for five … More

And back from my week-long ski trip! And how wonderful it was. After my trip from Japan and subsequent unexpected … More

And I just turned 60 last Friday! To be honest I was not at all looking forward to the Big … More

Soon it’s going to be my birthday! 24 January it is. Born in 1965, the Year of the Snake. That … More