Drawing

This is a drawing I did in 2005 during an eight-week course with John Webb in Sydney, Australia, and I (finally) framed today. It's 16x20".

Tulip in oil workshop

During a recent visit to the Netherlands I took a 90-minute oil-painting workshop. Here's the result.

A small painting

One of my most recent paintings. Acrylic on canvas, postcard size.

Experiments with paint & poetry

This weekend I began experimenting with mixing paint & poetry. I had been thinking about a way to do this for a while and was recently encouraged by good friend and talented painter Wanda Doyle.

Using one of the 28 poems from my fourth book Sunshine on a wooden floor (publication June 2010), this was the result:

(In private collection in Chicago, USA)

(In private collection in Scotland, the UK)

My latest painting: Riding the Wave

My painting "Riding the Wave" was shown at the UpStares Gallery in Squamish during February in the group show titled "Water/H2O".

The painting is large, 32"x44" (acrylics on canvas).

As part of the show, each artist was asked to write what water means to them in 100 words or less. Here are mine:

Water means the harbour next to the house in the Netherlands where I grew up
water means the mix of fear and excitement as thousands of arms start turning together at the start of an Ironman triathlon
water means a drink at every aid station 2 kilometres apart in a marathon
water means the sound of a rushing river in Squamish
water means my dog’s excitement about swimming in the Howe Sound
Riding the Wave symbolizes the powerful and positive forces that move our lives if we allow ourselves to be open to them and never give up.

VISUALS ArtWalk Squamish Valley

My paintings are part of the 2009 ArtWalk Squamish Valley, a studio and gallery tour organized by VISUALS of which I am a member and board director.

These three paintings are large, at 34" x 42", and acrylic on stretched canvas, and were exhibited for the first time.
 

Display in Squamish Adventure Centre

Six of my paintings are on display at the Squamish Adventure Centre from July 21 until August 25, including two of my most recent ones.