Two paintings today. Holland.

"In de kruidentuin." Doesburg.
Oil on board. 7 x 9"

Made a great tour today, ... about 35 maybe 40 km.

(on a bike.)

And two paintings, first one was from a spice garden (?)

The second from this castle Middachten.

There are lots of flower garden there and some ornaments

so i hardly can't wait till spring has finally begun.

"Middachten." De Steeg, Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

More about Middachten:

www.Middachten.nl

Morning house. Holland.

This is one prominent house in my hometown.

Standing just besides a railroad track i always

think it's an old railroad house, ... i don't really know.

"Spoorhuisje." Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Sunbathing house. Holland.

Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring,

Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring!

"Zonnehuis." Velp.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Arnhem by night. Holland.

This one is for my fellow plein air painter here in Holland.
He wondered if you could paint at night, .... of course you can!

(Jos here you go!)


"Arnhem bij nacht." Arnhem. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Painted this one a few years ago, ... just to be honest.

"She's standing guard." Holland.

I did this more or less on commission.
The people who live here saw me painting in their
town and asked me, .... so why not?
That cat (if you see her) was sitting nicely to get painted as well.
An American Lynx like cat the owner told me.


"Ze houdt de wacht." Velp. Holland.
Oil on board. 7 x 9" (sold.)

"Just around the corner." Holland.

Finally the weather is a little better,
they forecast SPRING after this weekend!


I biked around in Velp today, a lovely little town
with some nice buildings and little streets such as this one
just around a corner, ......




"Net om de hoek." Velp. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12"(sold.)

Invasion of the Golden arches. Holland.

It's no plein air weather today,

strong wind from the north and gray as always.

I had some maintenance on my pochade to do

and a wonderful new book for Trevor Chamberlain.

So an day off, ..... that's the reason for not placing a DAILY painting

but a nocturnal, done somewhere last year.

McDonald's. Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Lente-avond. Holland.

Spring-evening that's what this means.
To be honest i made this one yesterday evening.
But héé it's a nice piece, ... i think.


"Lente-avond." Westervoort. Holland.
Oil on board. 24 x 30 cm. (sold.)

Lentemorgen. Holland.

Springmorning that is, ... rushed outside this

morning because when the Sun heats everything up

the showers are coming.

This was quite in the neighborhood.

so home before the first one. ;-P

"Lentemorgen. Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"(sold.)

Dijkwoning bij Nijmegen. Holland.

Again a nice and pleasant day with Jos van Riswick.

http://postcardfromholland.blogspot.com/

"Dijkwoning bij Nijmegen." Holland.

Oil on board 7 x 9 "

Not much to add, that's because it's quite a

long way away and with your bike, ....... :-[

(Bedankt Jos, voor het gezellig dagje!)

Flowerchat Holland.

One thing that's odd about spring is
that you have the idea that all
garden-centre are blooming with flowers, .... Nope.

The big feast starting at "Koninginnedag." Queens-day. (30 04)
that's what the owner told me, .... so a rehearsal then.

"Bloemenpraatje." Velp. Holland.
Oil on board. 7 x 9" (Not for sale.)

Spring is here to stay! Holland.

It's keeping nice, lovely temps and great light.

Not to mention all the fresh green everywhere

and what about the flowers!

"Zwarteweg." Duiven. Holland.

Oil on board 9 x 12"

Did this one yesterday, ... sorry.

And:

" 't Veldhoen." Westervoort.

Oil on board. 8 x 12"

This one is from this morning.

Early morning. Holland.

Went out as early as i could.

I did have this spot in mind some time ,

and know that the Sunshine

would make a marvelous scene.

"Vroege ochtend." Lathum. Holland.

"Early morning."

Oil on board. 9 x 12"(sold.)

Springtime !!

wow, it's really spring in Holland.
Everybody is outside, working in their
kitchen-garden or running around,
biking what ever.

"In de moestuin." Bemmel. Holland.
Oil on board. 8 x 12"

"De Arend." Bemmel. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12"

The crossroads. Holland.

A nice little morning @home, after a great bike tour yesterday.

This spot is a junction of 8 roads and a railway bridge.

"Het kruispunt." Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Painting with Jos.

Today went painting with Jos.

After a horrible start (problems with my bike, and torn jacked.)

I had a marvelous afternoon, .... thanks Jos!!

Nijmegen. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Restaurant Sprok. Nijmegen. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

"Hoogwater." Holland.

It's raining for three days now,

so the water in the river is very high!

"Hoogwater." Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Tomorrow i have and appointment with a other

Dutch painter Jos van Riswick, we are going to

paint a little more of this high tide in Nijmegen.

To see some work from Jos go to:

Jos van Riswick: http://www.josvanriswick.nl/

Car a day.

A good college of mine has painted now for the 50 days

all kinds of racing cars a day, .... it's soo well done that he deserves a

tap on his shoulder in my opinion.

So Rob, here you go!

If anybody is reading this blog, DO take a visit

to Rob's, it is definitely worth it and he can do with

the encouragement, during his marathon.

http://car-a-day.blogspot.com/index.html

"Return to Loo." Holland.

This painting i made again earlier last year.
But i wondered how it will go now, .... so a re-visit.

"Terug naar Loo." Loo. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12" (sold.)

Comparing it:

"Loostraat." Loo. Holland.
Oil on board 7 x 9" (sold.)

"Little alley." Holland.

This scene i wanted to paint a long time now.

Today i took the courage to do it.

It's a nice little alley beside a crossroad from 5

and just near a train track, ... so quite crowdy.

It was crowdy indeed, many onlookers. :-I

"Het steegje." Velp. Holland.

Oil on board. 7 x 9"

"Little white house." Holland.

What a nice weather over here!

exactly the same as yesterday, ....

but now I've chosen the sunny part.

Luckily it didn't rained that much. ;-)

"Het witte huis." Velp. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"(sold.)