Last week I posted a short video in which I provided a new, rigid heptagonal with linen. I was almost inappropriately pleased with the result: firm, flat, smooth, soft and with white gesso. I’m going to use it for a special portrait of George Orwell. The white gave me the idea to make the background… Continue reading An old and a new tribute
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
And so it started …
Update(d) March 2024. This video is about a promotional interview a ‘professional influencer’ called Leila Conners had with ‘climate-scientist’ Stephen Schneider. It contains this crucial time-line: 2006 L.Conner interviews SS Source,TreeTV 2010 Stephen Schneider † Just one of those many, many post mortem eulogies 2014 IPPC canonises Schneider The report 2018 Dutch version of this… Continue reading And so it started …
Masonite, linen, boneglue
My second ‘heptagonal portrait’ is of Steven Crowder, the first was of Donald Trump. Should I now continue the series with one of George Orwell or one of Clair Patterson?
Once in a lifetime
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
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
Is it street art?
Maybe this helps?