BlogHide Resteemsred-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 5 years agoGuerrilla tree plantingMaitland is hot. Literally and figuratively. Yet more and more trees are being cut down in town. And none are being replanted ... Reducing our already low canopy coverage. If we want shade, we…red-white-blue (53)in streetart • 5 years agoLet's change some dollars the old fashioned way!Recently I did some street art in the centre of my home town. Basically it were 22 birds I painted on the boards that were covering the windows of a building that was neglected for a few decades. At…red-white-blue (53)in meme • 7 years agoMe heading home after a workdayred-white-blue (53)in cats • 7 years agoNine cat lives (part 9) A random chosen black maleThis illustration is meant for the #minicontest of @gulugu Click HERE to learn how to join. Nine cat lives (part 9) A random chosen black male Maybe you had expected you already had been…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoFrom Taipei to TaichungIn the video below we travelled from Taipei to Taichung by high speed rail. You can also find my posts on SteemitWorldMapred-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoWho was first?Normally; first there is my painting … … and then Mother Earth imitates me with a pale shadow of my created treasures. That’s how it happens all the time! Being a painter is a case of…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoMore TaipeiAfter the art fair we had planned a 2 weeks trip through Taiwan, but before we leaving to the south by train, we stayed another few days in Taipei city. We moved to another hotel room, experienced…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoThe second mile stoneNine posts ago I wrote about my career in art. Actually it was the text I wrote for the 'about section' on my new website. I talked about my participation in an art fair in Taiwan. During those…red-white-blue (53)in smwchallenge • 7 years agoThe first time I saw a hakaA few months after we have arrived in New Zealand. One sunny morning in the centre in Auckland, when we were waiting for our bus, it suddenly became deadly quiet. I looked into the street and all…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoThe making of Protea MadidaBelow is a video of the inspiration and the making of one of my larger oil paintings. It was 120 x 180 cm. Sorry, no Dtube (I can't get it working for me). Protea madida is an amphibious plant: a…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoThe recurring questionOnce in a while an artist bumps on the same old question; What is art? During the years I’ve embraced different definitions about the concept of art. Not seldom nasty ones, like; art is just…red-white-blue (53)in smwchallenge • 7 years agoThe gardens of the grim reaper (part 1)In the Netherlands I was used to cemeteries being quite formal. We only visit them (on days other than a funeral) if we had to do something important. Such places are a bit apart from the ordinary…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoArt journal; Childhood memoriesThe prompt for this art journal was: Create a page about your first memory? I grew up in a small apartment in the old centre of Amsterdam. The rooms in the building opposite of our home, were…red-white-blue (53)in artzone • 7 years agoHow to get attention if you can't afford an expensive car (part 2)After the black and white dazzle car I couldn't stop. This Fiat Panda got dressed up with a Scottish tartan. We travelled through Europe. Here it just fitted under a parked trailer in…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoFound a job in a barOnce I had an art studio in Amsterdam. Near the studio was a bar. I tried to visit the bar as less as possible. About once a week, mostly on Friday when everybody celebrated the start of the…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoHot assFour days a week I open the doors of my art studio from 11am to 5pm. It is winter in Australia and ... cold. Although 'cold in Australia' may be a subjective concept. In Maitland, the summer hit…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoMy about pageToday I finally finished the 'about-page' on my studio-website. One of those jobs ... I started painting quite late. In my late twenties, when I worked as an accountant assistant, I decided to…red-white-blue (53)in teamaustralia • 7 years agoJust to stay in touchThis afternoon the handle of my favourite soup bowl broke off. It is quite useless now, unless you eat your soup properly at the diner table. I never do. Food taste best half laying on your back…red-white-blue (53)in cats • 7 years agoNine cat lives (part 8) Why I have to go to hell for 1 weekI met cat number 7 for the first time in the psychiatric hospital of Santpoort (in the Netherlands). "Huh? Haha, what were you doing there?" Well, my mother lived there and I visited her with my…red-white-blue (53)in cars • 7 years agoThe fun of an old carThe wheel cover of our Pajero was once sprayed in the same colour of greenish-blue as the car itself, but had peeled off by the harsh New Zealand sun, long ago. It annoyed me, but I also didn't want…
