no.1133

A pasture full of dots of color. That is a sight that almost has to make you happy. And wouldn't you secretly want to pick a small field bouquet? But make sure you leave enough for the bees! 

'Poppyfield' 

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no. 1125

I am Stripey

the cat of cats

hunter by night

for I see best without the light

sleeper by day

on sunny pillows if I may

my purring sounds quite loud

I am Nina’s friend without a doubt

"Stripey"

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2" inch

no.1114

"My nightingale sings me to sleep
as the sky changes from dusk to night
the sweet little notes caress my ears
while I gently close my eyes
dreaming to her lovely lullaby"
poetry by Crissy Ade 

'Nightingale'
acrylic on canvas
5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1112

Don't know if you got the same feeling, but I am in the mood for something light and friendly. Something like the miniature-painting of today and a poem that fits that mood.

The robin makes a laughing sound.

It makes me stop and look around

to see just what the robin sees-

fresh new leaves on twigs of trees,

a strong, high branch on which to rest,

a safe dry ledge to hold its nest.

This robin makes a laughing sound

I stop.

I always look around.

...

poetry by Sallie Wolf

 'Friendly Robin'

acrylic on canvas

5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1109

The world turns softly

Not to spill its lakes and rivers,

The water is held in its arms

And the sky is held in the water.

What is water,

That pours silver,

And can hold the sky?

(Hilda Conkling)

This will be a week full of water whispers,

see you tomorrow!

With Love Lies

The magic 
on this planet,
it is contained 
in water.

no.1109 'Water Mirror' 
acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1108

Once I spoke the language of the flowers

Once I understood each word the caterpillar said

Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings

And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed.

Once I heard and answered all the questions of the crickets

And joined the crying of each falling dying flake of snow

Once I spoke the language of the flowers

How did it go?

How did it go?

Smell the soil, get out there and ask the birds

Still your mind just for a while, open up your loving heart

Gently let nature's stories give you a spark

And overflow your thirsty soul.

(free after Shel Silverstein)

Have a magical week!

With Love Lies

I'm sure one day,
we all find the place,
where our dreams
and reality collide.

no.1108 'Yellow berry Starling'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1106

Coming up, new exhibitions of my waterscape paintings in Amsterdam. Wednesday the 18th of October (opening at 17.00)  till Sunday the 29th in the artcentre CBK. On the 28th and the 29th also in the Tropical Institute and in my "open atelier". You can read all about it in the link below.

Today a small waterscape to celebrate the multiplicity of water. This time the miniature is inspired on my big painting. "What Lies Beneath-5" 

If you can't spend some time in nature this week, break free in your head, imagine you are near these pink streams. To gather peace of mind and wash your spirit clean.

Have a joyful week and hope to see you this wednesday!

more info HERE

With Love Lies

'For all at last,
return to the sea,
like the ever-flowing
stream of time,
the beginning
and the end' 

rachel carson

no.1106 'Pink Stream'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

Happy-mini Waterscapes

Remember no 1085?

My little 'Dreaming At The Pond'

In a way a lot started with this small no. 1085

It grew into a big painting called 'What Lies Beneath'

This painting brought me to an exhibition in museum de Fundatie

and it brought me to paint a whole series of these waterscapes.

So remember to keep on dreaming nice things for yourself too! :-)

The  weekend of  8 | 9 | 10 | september the whole series of big ones will be on exhibit in Amsterdam.

I would like to invite you to come and see, drink something and enjoy the view. 

Please read all about the what | where | when | HERE

'Dreaming At The Pond'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"

no.1100

Waterlily's like the lotus have their roots firmly entrenched in the mud and their beautiful flowers lightly floating on the water surface.

They close their pretty heads every evening as the light fades and open up fresh and frivolous at dawn. That's why they can be seen as a symbol of rebirth and second chances.

I like this symbolic meaning and I believe in second, third or even fourth chances. And  I will keep on stating it's important to never give up on your dream.

Several years ago I visited museum de Fundatie /kasteel het Nijenhuis. I fell in love with the natural surrounding and the way the art was shown in this castle. I secretly wished to hang there with my art, but I did not even paint at that time. This Wednesday this dream will come true! 

My painting 'What Lies Beneath' (100x100cm) is being exhibited from the 24th of may till the 20th of august in museum de fundatie/kasteel Nijenhuis. 

It feels kind of festive, just as it feels festive that today I painted no. 1100 of the miniature project. One little step at the time and believing it's possible will get you almost anywhere you want.

What is your dream?

Have a week full of dreams and believing

With Love Lies

'Don't think dreaming is a waste of time, 

for dreams are our realities in waiting. 
In dreams we plant the seeds of our future' 

 'Lily Of The Pond'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1096

I would like to tell you about a friend,

she looks like an angel to me, and she feels like one too.

She does not have wings that I can see

and only wears her halo on special occasions;-)

I guess you could say she is an everyday woman living a simple life.

But she has a big heart and memorable qualities. 

If she is angry for example she can let it storm.

But if she is happy she will let the sun shine.

She touches my heart and soul in a special way.

If you have friends like that cherish them, and try to be one too.

(except for the storm-part that is;-)

Happy Easter

With Love Lies

'Friends are Angels
that lift us to our Feet
when our Wings have trouble

remembering how to Fly'

'Angelic Friend'
acrylic on canvas
5x5cm 2x2"inch

no. 1090

There is a flowershop nearby my house which I really like. Antoesa.  It's run by a friendly lady which in itself is a good reason to go there. But more importantly she sells beautiful flowers a piece. If you handpick your bouquet there it's as if you see the beauty of each type of flower even more. 

We all have our different kind of beauty, and together we create a colourful mix. Sometimes we have to put in a bit more effort to see the good, but it's there in everything in everyone.

I strongly believe that looking for beauty and amplifying or magnifying it makes us more happy and better people. 

Not closing our eyes for 'reality' but focus on the good stuff at the same time. Every moment of every day of every week is about making choices, but this week in the Netherlands it's more than ever about choosing wisely.

Look for the good!

Enjoy your week!

With Love Lies

'Train your mind 
to see the beauty 
in everything'

 'Joyful Bouquet'
acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1089

Kingfishers could easily be the most exotic bird we have in the Netherlands. Those bright colors are not so common over here.

Walking near a clear stream of water you might see a flash of quick-flying blue feathers diving for fish.

It is said the kingfisher is the promise of more abundance, new warmth, prosperity and love that is about to enter your life.

So if you have the luck to see one it probably leaves you in aah.

Meeting a kingfisher, even in your dreams also tells you to enjoy life more. And teach your children to enjoy life. In real life the little kingfisher-babies learn to live their own life right after they fly out of the nest. Don't be afraid to try new things. The way a kingfisher dives into the water to catch a fish, you can see yourself diving into something new.

Don't worry, with a kingfisher around you will do just fine...

That's why I painted two today, so two people can enjoy these bird powers :-) Or if you are a huge fan and you are quick you can choose them both, they kind of belong together.

(also have a look at no.1088 HERE)

Enjoy your week!

With Love Lies

'It's a new dawn.

It's a new day. It's a new life.'

 'Kingfisher Power'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1087

This little mouse made me wonder.

The way he reaches and stretches to get to the berries he likes best. Balancing on a twig like a circus animal on the jungle gym. Aren't we like that?

When we really long for something, we will always find a way to get there. Sometimes it takes more time or perseverance in order to achieve it, but if it is a true soul desire we will never stop.

And if we do stop trying?

Then maybe it was not so important after all or we will get so unhappy that we will probably try it again after a while. In a different way.

I wanted to paint for a living since I was very little but I made a huge detour before I realized. Everything I ever did was creative but I never felt totally at my place. I was close but not spot on. Up till now. Making people happy with the things I paint out of pure desire. Transporting energy. Being able to live from that. Pure Joy!

Thanks, thanks thanks!

And even now I'm still reaching for those juicy berries haha. Always things to wish for, but I'm blessed and on my trail.

Ok to be accurate not to say that these berries are the mouses favorite, I don't even know if mice like berries, I just painted a metaphor. I hope you like it. Those eyes full of magic and expectation. And this mouse tells us it's all about the little things, little steps can make you climb a mountain.

Stay nimble this week

With Love Lies

'Rise up nimbly

and go on your strange journey

to the ocean of meanings...

Leave and don't look away

from the sun as you go,

in whose light

you're sometimes crescent,

sometimes full.'

Rumi

 'Acrobatic Mouse'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no. 1086

Cups and Bowls, Vases and Plates, all kinds of ceramics can make me greedy. I don't give in too often because I have a small apartment and not so much cupboard space.

Thereby I can just as easily enjoy it on a table of a friend or in a restaurant. But this cup made by Sue Tirrell I find very love-able. 

Animals as you know are a favorite but the way she draws them is fun. So if I can find this cup I will probably buy it, and if not for myself, then for my good friend Janneke who loves rabbits.

For now I enjoyed painting it just as much. I do not try to make it superrealistic but I like it to be a bit naive and skewed imperfect.

That's what I like most in people too:-)

I don't find it easy all the time but I try to love my own imperfections just as much. In Japan they have this good habit of repairing broken cups with pure gold. Don't hide it but show it.

Have an imperfect proud of yourself week:-)

With Love Lies

There Is A Crack In Everything,

That's How The Light Gets In.

Leonard Cohen

Team Blue-

'Blue Rabbit Ceramic Bowl'

 - after Sue Tirrell

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1076

Monday again and that's a good reason for a miniature, to start your week happy.

The first Monday of this new year, so please let me wish you a marvelous, magical, healthy, and adventurous 2017

A year full of space and depth, colour, love and nature just like this miniature no.1076

And if you want something different for this year I wish that for you too, even better:-)

Make it a good first week of 2017!

With Love Lies

'Emerald Green Ocean'
acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no.1072

"Cherish the beauty that forms in your mind, for out of this will grow your reality." 

That makes the biggest part of my reason to paint what I love. I simply see the world in lot's of colours. And sometimes, while painting I feel like sitting on a throne, with a crystal ball, wearing pink glasses, picking up what floats around and transforming it into a new world on canvas. Haha

It makes me peaceful and it makes me happy and because I hope that feeling is contagious, I like to share this with you.

I hope you have enjoyed the new moon ceremony and the free 'Soul Saver' give away. (read down below...)

Sharing is multiplying and that's why I'm grateful for everyone who shared his or her wishes. Because I believe the more people live their wish and feel fulfilled the better the world gets.

That's something I also wish for all the doggies (and other animals) out there, who are afraid or uneasy. Find an example in this little happy girl here:-)

 'At Ease'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

no. 1071

If all is well you know by now that today it is that special new moon. This is the moment to sway your heart’s desire into the world.

Just say it straight, simple and with a smile. And most importantly thank in advance that it will be brought  to you.

I know it can be pretty scary to share your souls desire aloud, but be sure it’s enormously more powerful if you do it anyway.

For those brave ones who dare to share their desire with all of us i like to raffle today’s miniature. Because this beautiful Indian lady reinforces our moon-power even more!

Oh and I will start sharing mine here and on my facebookpage as well, sure hope you join me and all our wishes will be heard.

"Thank You! That I am invited all over the world and have beautiful solo-exhibitions of my exquisite large canvases I’ve painted home and on location.

Exhibitions that are well attended, valued and well sold, and which inspire so many people. I can travel, paint, inspire, be inspired and live in abundance. 

Wow thank you, this is wat fully suits me!"

'Soul Saver'

acrylic on canvas 5x5cm 2x2"inch

consider it... 

you could have won her -see more HERE