Mother Nature gives us endless possibilities to enjoy all of her wonderful greens and I honestly do, every day! I love them all. They bring me inner peace and joy and I'm so grateful for being allowed to live amidst her beauty day after day. Spring will come in due course and the trees will get leaves again, isn't that a yearly spectacle,a miracle? Bulbs are popping up from the cold ground, teaching me patience to await their flowers. I try my best but nonetheless always happy with the flowering ones I get as a present! 18x24cm Oil on canvas Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

These cats are very much inspired by the beautiful ceramic cats by Hylton Nel from 2008. I couldn't get them out of my system. They pop up into my mind ever so often. They are so intriguing ! To stay up on my small canvas I had to give them a bit more colour . You may think they're weird but I think all of his cats are WONDERFUL !!! 18x24cm Oil on canvas Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

My old favorite blue&white jug jumped forward to be filled again, it happens now and then. It's too early for Scilla to flower but lovely to look out for them ! 20x20cm Oil on canvas  Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

All through the painting process of this little Happymaker I was thinking about kindness. About wanting to do something extra for the people around you. Being kind. How rewarding it is and how happy it makes me both ways, giving as well as receiving it. Thinking about it brought me this little painting. I hope you like it and may it bring a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Let's be good to one another; we all need it! 18x24 Oil on canvas Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

So many times my eyes fell on this little hexagonal Bloomsbury table with two Wally dogs ( never knew that was how they are called in a proper way, thx @rockingdog_ Liz!) Everytime I did, my thoughts were to paint it and I actually thought it would be on a small scale canvas but.. Things don't always go as planned and here we are on the BIG bigger biggest canvas I had in store. I dislike the socket in real life(ugly) but here I missed it funnily enough so I added it this morning .   Today I also glazed the green spots on the dogs with "liquid gold", very subtle but if the light falls in the right way there's a soft shimmer. I'm happy with this huge happymaker, hope you like it too. 100x120cm Oil on canvas  Shipping costs: The Netherlands 150 Euro European Union 250 Euro UK 350 Euro USA 575 Euro ROW 750 Euro

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Mustard from my beloved England and a very Dutch bitterbal are the perfect marriage! I asked for your opinion ,should I add a bitterbal. The answer was clearly NO. But I kept thinking of it and obviously was missing something in my composition so I added it anyway. Changed the tablecloth to my own favorite one and i'm totally content now! Sorry for not listening ! 18x24  Oil on canvas Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

Blue grape hyacinths are the herald of spring but still need time to pop up their nodding blue heads outside in the cold. We can't wait for it to start but how lovely to have a winter feel too? And to know you can long for spring and all of it is yet to come! Time flies and I'm so grateful to live in a country with seasons. To have them today on my table to paint is a feast but it makes me a bit of a cheat as in the garden the snowdrops are blooming their little hearts out and the witch hazel spoils my nostrils with her gorgeous scent and the Hellebores are trying their best! But here they are my flowers in a flour pot. 18cmx24cm Oil on canvas Framed  Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

I love my new woolen plaid , I just couldn't resist buying it @brechtjeolsthoorninteriors . I wanted to use it as a background and tablecloth in a painting and it's lovely on the sofa too. Venus is inside the diorama I made years ago. The inspiration comes from a painting by Duncan Grant (1920) who was a member of the Bloomsbury Group of which I made my own version too to be able to show where my diorama had come from. Roulin is the postman Vincent Van Gogh was befriended with and I saw the wonderful exhibition @vangoghmuseum and bought this beautiful catalogue which is a lovely read as well. Oilily is the maker of the coffee pot, it's in our family for many years, I used to have the red one as well but I dropped it. I dried the dahlias which I got from my brother and his wife from their lovely garden. The pink snooker ball is my third so I feel a collection is on its way. The lovely green vase is a birthday gift from my daughter and son in law. The huge blue and white serving plate belonged to my mother and has my little green friend for company. The napkin belongs to a handmade tablecloth I bought on Tenerife. Our first holiday abroad with our toddler and my daughter in my belly. I remember digging a hole in de sand on the beach so I could lay on my tummy for a bit. The funny wooden cook is a thrift find and I have no idea what it's meant for.  Oil on canvas Framed 50cmx70cm Shipping Cost: The Netherlands 25 Euro European Union 50 Euro UK 60 Euro USA 140 Euro ROW 180 Euro

I lay down my brushes, cleaned my palette and call it finished! I hope you like my table, it's the one I spend most of my time on in the house to eat, to play games, to drink a tea or coffee with a friend or family, to work on , to write in my moleskin, to draw with my grandchildren. My house is my love, my safe haven in difficult times, my happy place always , it's filled with memories which I share on my table. Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf and Claude Monet are there too to keep me good company. Very tired now but happy and that's what counts!   50x70cm, framed Oil on canvas Shipping Cost: The Netherlands 25 Euro European Union 50 Euro UK 60 Euro USA 140 Euro ROW 180 Euro

Made a little simple sketch of Hydrangeas in a sturdy pot. They have just begun flowering in my garden. (Later, I added the oxalis flowers in the tiny old cup.)  Acrylics on canvas  Framed 40x50cm Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

I love to lay a table with personal meaningful things. Filled with memories but maybe you have your own memories or make up stories when you look at it! The small wooden shoes were for my daughter when a toddler, I forgot to put them on in time, the plate is one of a series I collected throughout the years from Anthropology by Lou Rota whenever we were in England with the family. The Tabasco bottle made by @kly.vanmy was love at first sight! The van Melle tin is a lovely gift from my oldest friend I grew up with. The blue plate is a free interpretation of a favorite one that I always loved as a child and now is part of our lives. It's the start of my forever love for blue and white china! The Union Jack butter dish is a souvenir from a lovely UK holiday with the family long ago. Yayoi Kusama is one of a Kokeshi d oll collection by @sketchinc.becky . I love to collect things and be happy every time I find a new one! The strawberry cup is a gift by my nephew who comes to stay a few times a year since he was a kid. So very sweet! The little plate( apple) was painted by me. It has my little frog friend on it. The Staffordshire dog has made her appearance in earlier paintings. The red napkin is actually a quilting fabric. (I used to quilt) The artbook is by Hockney and the postcard has a portrait of him on it. I love his work. Hope you like the glimpse in my life on my table! 50x70cm, framed  Oil on canvas  Shipping Cost: The Netherlands 25 Euro European Union 50 Euro UK 60 Euro USA 140 Euro ROW 180 Euro

Hi my name is Harold and I think I'm rather handsome . So yes I'm probably vain but nonetheless easily satisfied. Just a dusting now and then would suit me fine. I will not take up much space and even if there's no park or forest you can keep a dog to keep you company. You can share all your sorrows with me and I'm a very good listener who keeps your secrets safe. I'm looking for a loving home so if you have a warm heart and a wee place for me, please let me know, 18x24cm Oil on canvas Framed  Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

I promise I won't bark, you never need take me out in the rain, I won't smudge your clothes and furniture, I'm cheap too, no food , no vet and I'll forever love you! I love these dogs and thought to add two of mine to my Little Happymakers that urgently need expansion! So work to be done! 18x24cm Oil on canvas Framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

One in merry colours ! Oil on panel Framed 18x24cm  Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

This is my impression of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire which was one of Cezannes beloved subjects. Everywhere I looked I seemed to see this mountain and having tried to follow some of his creative path whilst being there ( Aix-en_Provence)I started to appreciate this domineering mountain and wanted to do my own small version. I hope you like it. 18x21cm Oil on board/framed Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

60x80.cm Oil on canvas/ framed  Shipping Cost: Netherlands 25 Euro European Union 50 Euro UK 60 Euro USA 140 Euro ROW 180 Euro

Just to be clear, it wasn't my intention to make a political piece but it sure triggered me. Headscarves are of all times and no matter what the reason of choice for wearing is, sickness, religion, fashion, it's aesthetically pleasing and shouldn't be an issue whatsoever. The background is inspired by a gorgeous scarf by Hermès, given to me in 2015 by my daughter and son-in-law. It was a total surprise and the fact that they had chosen this particular one which is so entirely me, made me feel loved, special, spoiled and happy. I cherish it and each time I wear it I feel beautiful. I'm thinking she's asking me to give her something in her hands but I'm still listening to her. *I gave her a flower, so many around her and not one for her just didn't feel right. 60x80 cm Oil on canvas/framed Shipping Cost: The Netherlands 25 Euro European Union 50 Euro UK 60 Euro USA 140 Euro ROW 180 Euro

I had this idea about freedom of lines , an organical process. My process visualized itself differently than I had thought upfront. Tons of thick oil paint and many layers later, days of following what my brushes wanted to say, this is it. At first I was disappointed in myself for not being much more wild and free but then I saw it was my inner map, that it was who I am! The feeling of complete freedom while painting was sensational. Not knowing where I was going to kept me occupied though. It was my gut feeling that showed the way, I think I painted the landscape of my soul! 100x120 cm Oil on canvas Shipping costs: The Netherlands 150 Euro European Union 250 Euro UK 350 Euro USA 575 Euro ROW 750 Euro

In memory of Vivienne Westwood. What an iconic woman she was. Her flaming hair and her love for Tartans ..we all remember this strong woman in our own way.  This is mine. 18x24 cm  Oil on board/framed  Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro

This little cup has been my drinking mate for years. I don't think I ever took a different cup when at home. It was a present from a happy customer who when in France, especially went to buy it for me from a special potter. Now I broke it but isn't broken. It's a little strong companion that even glued together will share my everyday life. I hope that one day there will come another special cup into my life to drink my coffee from. I need not paint it out, this simple pencil line is preventing me to take away some of its beauty. Abstract painting very much feels like poetry to me. 30x30cm/ muspaneel/mixed media  Shipping Costs: Netherlands included European Union 40 Euro UK 50 Euro USA 50 Euro ROW 85 Euro