every day is a new day

december 2023 - january 2024

from the bottom up:

Last day of the year. Reading to Liam in the attic from Minne & Pippa's children's books (i know them by heart).

And also on the very last evening of 2023, browsing through our amazing photo yearbook together. 🍀 A year full of beautiful moments, travels, highlights, love and precious memories.

More grateful than ever, we can live in freedom, in a lovely house, close to our children and grandson, we can make plans for the new year and have dreams.
Wishing everyone the very best for 2024. Enjoy life even more! above all the little things, not tomorrow but now.

On new years day we went to Amsterdam to celebrate my friend Ank's birthday party.

Today on my day off I took a long bath. The lemon tree is wintering in the bathroom and is in full bloom, so while bathing i was surrounded by my favorite fragrance of lemon blossom.

I'm not really into New Year's resolutions, but more into 'Every day is a new day!', like the bold & bright tear-off calendar by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens. For each day of the year, Martens has created a unique arrangement, originally constructed using his signature method of printing letterpress monoprints from found metal forms, and then digitized to comprise 365 compositions in total.

hello september

Saturday 2nd of September

august randomly

On my bedside table;
Picasso, Friends & Family by Edward Quinn. It's a A charming and surprising portrait of Picasso's everyday life in postwar France. We went to see the photo exhibition in Malaga last June. The book just came out and it was a surprise for my birthday from Henk.

Friday afternoon we picked up Liam from daycare and he stayed with us for dinner. Reading books in the attic room after the bath. Liam loves the children's books that I have read countless times to Minne & Pippa.

Sushi Saturday at our friends in Bussum. All made by Marieke. It was a proper sushi party, including mikodo play with Loïs.

cigale collection

Les cigales fêtent l'été.

new pair of xl cigale paintings

New pair of xl cigale paintings.

Acrylic on canvas
Size 90 x 120 cm
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cigales on the wall, artist on the sofa

Cigales on canvas.

After a week in my atelier both cigale paintings are ready. I think it's almost a pity they are finished, because I loved painting them.

Somehow I always stay close to my color palette.
Expressive colors combined with earthy tones give the paintings a summery atmosphere.

Yesterday evening we moved the xl cigales to the wall above the sofa. We are both very pleased with the new view!

Today our grandson Liam was with us and he started 'talking' to the big bugs, hahaha...

cigale in progress

Hello February!

New month, new project.

Picking up painting in my studio. I'm working on a cigale collection.

Inspired on the cigale wall vase collection in our livingroom.


photo april 2012