Grr

At first I wondered from which country this numberplate could be. Only three letters means: less than 17576, probably less than 8000 cars in all of the country. At home I saw the Porsche owner made his own modifications. Should we call it streetart?

Oops…

A painting in Dutch Museum ‘More’ by a man,
in a project about more attention to female painters …

I posted this before on Instagram. I do not use it anymore (search the first use of the name Tulsi Gabbard on this site, for the reason). If I take a look now, Instagram has a suggestion: “See what people are sharing to empower women and advocate for gender equality” … In the photo I… Continue reading Oops…

Once in a lifetime

Airplane landing at sunset: a spectacular show of sunlight, sea and canals.

I’ve included a large version of the ODP logo to indicate the location of the horizon: that’s at the top of the logo. So you see the setting sun itself shining through clouds, closer by its reflection in the North Sea, and even closer the reflection in the channels: one by one due to the… Continue reading Once in a lifetime

Meanwhile above the Netherlands

View on Dutch polders in the former Zuiderzee, now IJsselmeer. Specifically the tiny polder IJsseloog.
Artificial island IJsseloog in Ketelmeer: part of the IJsselmeer. ‘Meer’=lake. Until 1932 the lake was sea (‘Zuiderzee’).

In this century (also in my lifetime) I returned by airplaine to the Netherlands 11 times. Never before have I had such a beautiful view during the landing. And not only has this photo turned out exceptionally well as a picture (thanks to the sunset and the clouds), there is also a lot of interesting… Continue reading Meanwhile above the Netherlands

Heptagonals

Oilpainting – portrait – carrier

Great. My brother, still recovering from a major life-saving surgery, made these new heptagonal supports for paintings; Portraits. Next step by me: linen and bone glue.For two of them I already know who is going to be depicted. If you don’t know it it is impossible to distinguish, but through the window you can see… Continue reading Heptagonals