A day at home, ...

A lovely day at home, tweaking some old paintings,
looking around on Internet and that while outside
it rained the whole day, ...

As promised here the other two from yesterday.


"Vlietberg." Nijmegen, Holland.
Oil on board. 24 x 30 cm.


"Ooyse sluis." Nijmegen, Holland.
Oil on board. 18 x 24 cm.

"Woonboot haven." Nijmegen, Holland.

So that's it for the moment, I am exhausted!
Biking to and back from Nijmegen is a bit far.

Made three paintings today, but will only post one.
The other I'll have to tweak a little, ... nice thing to
take some rest tomorrow.


"Woonboot haven." Nijmegen, Holland.
(Barge harbour.) Oil on board.
24 x 30 cm.

"Vamos." Arnhem, Holland.

Still low tide, ... awesome!!
The only down part is the mud, standing up to your ankles
in the mud is very exhausting, but there is no way to get a
better composition.


"Vamos." Arnhem, Holland.
(Vamos.) Oil on board.
24 x 30 cm.

"Alleen nog een klein stroompje." Arnhem, Holland.

It is really unbelievable how low the water level is around here!!
And people who live on the boats say it's gonna sink even more.
Somehow it looks like England, ... I wish, ....


"Alleen nog een klein stroompje." Arnhem, Holland.
(Only just a little stream.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

"Droogliggend." Nijmegen, Holland.

Had a great day with my girlfriend, biking to Nijmegen
a large city some 20 km away. I already noticed that the
river levels are extremely low now, but arriving in Nijmegen
I saw that the harbour there was dry!!! And ships where laying
around, ... awesome!!

Luckily I had my little pochade with me, but tomorrow I am gonna visit
some side arms of the Rhine to see if the ships there also laying on
the riverbed, ....


"Droogliggend." Nijmegen, Holland.
(Laying dry.) Oil on panel.
18 x 24 cm.

" Ochtendmuziek." Velp, Holland.

I painted this musical centre 1000 times I think,
but still it each times it gives me an other new look.

Autumn is coming, ...


"Ochtendmuziek." Velp, Holland.
(Morning music.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

btw. Sorry for the little glaze, I'll try to fix that tomorrow.

"Tegenlicht." Baarn, Holland

Back from Baarn, a lovely village in The Netherlands,
with lots of parks and very wealthy houses

Awesome to paint, ... first one a park.


"Tegenlicht." Baarn, Holland.
(Contre jour.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

Roelien thank you soo much for all the good care and delicious
meals. It was a real treat!!

" 'T is er mooi." Arnhem, Holland.

So this the first and last for this week, ...
I am gonna visit an old friend of my for a couple
of days, ... see you Thursday I guess.

This ones from this morning, painted on a special place.


"'T is er mooi. (Guus)" Arnhem, Holland.
(It's beautiful (Guus)) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

Market Garden. Arnhem, Holland

No not a new painting today, but one from last year.

All around Arnhem Oosterbeek and Driel as well they Commemorate
this event during WWII. Very impressive and well documented on telly
as well.
More info about Market Garden.

www.MarketGarden.com

This one I made almost exactly one year ago, its the war cemetery of
Oosterbeek where they buried more then 1600 soldiers, in an very serene
and beautiful part of Oosterbeek.


"De Britse begraafplaats." Oosterbeek, Holland.
(The British cemetery.) Oil on panel.
18 x 24 cm.

"Wat een heerlijke morgen." Westervoort, Holland.

I love spring and autumn, when the sun shines that is.

The Sun shines not so bright and it's more often shallow
then in the summer, but the leaves and grass is still there,
compared to winter.

This all gives such a nice light, glow and atmosphere,
I just love it!


"Wat een heerlijke morgen." Westervoort, Holland.
(What a lovely morning.) Oil on panel.
18 x 24 cm.

"Onze Chinees." Westervoort, Holland.

Quite busy so not much time to go "sketch hunting"
But on the other hand it was such a lovely day, I just
had to go out, ... stayed in my hometown this afternoon.


"Onze Chinees." Westervoort, Holland.
(Our Chinese.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

Great day in Zutphen, Holland.

I know I know too much chit chat isn't good for
your painting. but once in a while you can't get around that.

I visited an old friend of mine in Zutphen, and while painting
together we talked much too much, ...


"De poortwachters." Zutphen, Holland.
(The gate-keepers.) Oil on board.
24 x 30 cm.


"Haventje Zutphen." Zutphen, Holland.
(Harbour Zutphen.) Oil on board.
18 x 24 cm.

Sonja bedankt!

"Boerderij met de rode luiken." Angerlo, Holland.

One from yesterday, ... it such a lousy weather here.

Decided to white some panels today.


"Boerderij met de rode luiken." Angerlo, Holland.
(Farm with the red hatches.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

"Parkeren voor de deur." Angerlo, Holland.

No matter how nice you house is and how pittoresque
your street in front of it is, you always can park your
car in front of it, ... such a shame!

I am just making fun here, I visited an old friend of mine
and I just couldn't resist to paint this little lovely scene.

Sorry Riet ;-)


"Parkeren voor de deur." Angerlo, Holland.
(Parking in front.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

"Trouwen bij Sonsbeek." Arnhem, Holland.

Just a lovely afternoon in a park, ...


"Trouwen bij Sonsbeek." Arnhem, Holland.
(Getting married in Sonsbeek.) Oil on board.
24 x 30 cm.

"Café Vrijdag" Arnhem, Holland.

I think I am addicted to cafes, ... not that I drink a lot
or that I sit all the time, they just are such a nice subject,
busing with live and that's working for me.


"Café Vrijdag." Arnhem, Holland.
(Cafe Fryday.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

Papiermolen "De Middelste Molen." Loenen, Holland.

It's hard to get started again, after almost 4 weeks
of painting around in new areas. But luckily I have lots
of stuff to do at home and made some appointments with friends
to paint. To stay on the radar I place some work from
my last painting trip.

This was mostly made inside after a day on the heather
with lots of wind and rain, so you can imagine how nice
is was.


"Papiermolen "De Middelste Molen."" Loenen, Holland.
(Paper-mill "De Middelste Molen.")Oil on panel
18 x 24 cm.


"Schildert daar iemand?" Loenen, Holland.
(Is there someone painting?) Oil on panel.
18 x 24 cm.


"Uitleg." Loenen, Holland.
(Explanation.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.

Kamperen in Nederland

Rob (From Painting Wales diary) posted his paintings from a secret campsite here
in Holland, ...

Here is mine effort.

Rob it was a great time, hope your getting used to Wales already.


"De Waarden." Loenen, Holland.
Oil on board. 24 x 15 cm. (sold.)


"Citroenkamperen." Loenen, Holland.
Oil on board. 18 x 24 cm.


"Kampvuur!!" Loenen, Holland.
Oil on board. 18 x 24 cm.

"IJSSS!!" Dieren, Holland

Just one more of my painting-trip, ...

How lucky we are, painting and eating ice cream :-)


"IJSS!!" Dieren, Holland.
(Ice Cream!!) Oil on board.
18 x 24 cm.

"De trouwfoto's." Loenen, Holland.

Sometimes you just have to be lucky, ...
but thinking about it, plein air painters usually are
mainly because they are takings "pictures" with a shutter time
of 2 hours or so. During that time everything can happen!

I was lucky here, when this newly wedded couple came by
with two little children to take some honeymoon photo's


"De trouwfoto's." Loenen, Holland.
(Te wedding pictures.) Oil on board.
24 x 30 cm.

Finally back!

Been away much to long, but what a time it was!
Painting painting painting, took some steps I think
at least so does it feel, ...

I painted much to much to upload at once and some
of them I have to give a second look, so bear with me
the upcoming days I will upload them (and taking some time
off for myself ;-))

Here the final painting made this morning at a great
steam festival with all kind of old locomotives and other
steam engines, ... to much to paint, ... such a pity.


"Stoomdagen Lieren." Lieren, Holland.
(Steam-days Lieren.) Oil on panel
24 x 30 cm.