Work (on oilpainting) in progress. Those microphones looked really high-tech back then.More so then, than when the great composer, guitarist and performer Zappa used them:
December 26, 1941
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
Imagine…
This is a photo of a Turkish -or should I say Ottoman?- restaurant in Scheveningen, near The Hague, Netherlands.1453 is the year Turkish ruler Erdogan often brags about: it was the year the Turkish invaders of Anatolia conquered and devastated the christian city Constantinople, in effect terminating the Byzantine Empire. Do any search on the… Continue reading Imagine…
Not your average Whit Sunday sermon
A video about a longer text. At my Academia account.In a way it is a video about the huge difference between Europe and the USA. To quote Randy Newman: Step out into the light You’re the best dream man has ever dreamed And may all your Christmases be white While I made the video I… Continue reading Not your average Whit Sunday sermon
Why was the Uvalde shooter taken out by an off duty cop?
A link to the YouTube channel of Crowder (over 5 million subscribers) and on Rumble (775K subscribers) here and here. Direct link to the specific episode about the Uvalde Shooting here. Steven Crowder is by the way from Canada but is now more American than most citizens of the USA. When he lived in Canada… Continue reading Why was the Uvalde shooter taken out by an off duty cop?
Not Jeremy Corbyn
I produced this one in a couple of hours in the beginning of 2019.In the atelier of my first painting teacher I started to make the brown paint and to quickly create the face. When I came home I noticed that the face showed too much similarity with that of British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.… Continue reading Not Jeremy Corbyn
Coincidence does exist. Or not?
In april 2022 I visited a lovely city in the eastern part of Germany: Cottbus. To my surprise and somewhat to my delight, I discovered a synagogue near the hotel I was staying in. And to my astonishment, I saw these images on the side of the small, stark white building. It looks like two… Continue reading Coincidence does exist. Or not?