Windmill 'De Korenaar', Loosduinen

 

Molen De Korenaer en Abdijerk, Loosduinen,

oil on canvas - 40 x 50 cm

painted on location - Sat 31 Aug 2024

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I think I found a new subject matter to create a series with. Located not too far away from my studio so that's convenient. There was a Montmarte market going on that day so the extra flags were hanging, which made it more colorful.    

Molen De Korenaer en Abdijerk, Loosduinen,  #2

oil on canvas - 40 x 40 cm

painted on location - Sat 1 March 2025

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I love this scene, and I have every intention to make a series with it. The juxtaposition of the objects depicted are in harmony, making it a joy to paint. Mind you not that it makes it any easier to paint, just that it makes it easier for the viewer to appreciate the scene.  

 

A glimpse of Historic Centre, Dordrecht

oil on canvas - 40 x50 cm

painted on location -  July 2010

€ 275

A work made a few years ago during an Art manifestation on the Ary Schefferplein. This was a quick painting I made, at the time I thought it to be not complete, but I must say, revisiting the painting years later in my studio I feel it deserves to be mentioned. I put it in a nice frame and the  am offering it at an almost give away price!.

Sailing, sunbathing and chilling at The North Sea

Strandslag 11, Westduinpark, Den Haag

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location -  5 June 2024

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I totally forgot to post this work when it was made back in June this year.  I was quite pleased with the situation at hand,  lovely typical Dutch sky, the clouds were continually casting dark shadows on the sea of green. It made for an interesting composition.  Also I liked the way the wind blew the sand covering most of the cement blocks used to pave the beach entrance.

Walking the dog on Zuiderstrand, DH
oil on canvas - 40 x 100 cm

painted on location - 19 Sept 2024

€ 975

Here you have the last beach scene painting made on location for this warm weather season, which is coming to an end. Made during the early evening, in time to capture all those warm tones being casted by the descending Sun.

Resting Seagulls

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - 30 April 2024

€ 275

An intimate scene of a vast area, captured during low tide at The North Sea. Coloration of the Sea is always in flux, depending on the atmospheric conditions for the most part. 

 

 

Life, Fun and adventure at the Quite Beach, The Hague

Strandslag 10, Westduinpark, DH

oil on canvas - 40 x 100 cm

painted on location - Tues. 06 Aug 2024

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Invitation to fun and adventure, and why not? Especially for the little ones, and at this specific location for our four legged furry friends, who dart off like a bullet down that pathway to the beach, when they finally get unleashed from their owners. Most people like to come here as it's not so busy as a little further North where you have the Scheveningen beach. 

Strandleven zomer 2024, de Stillestrand, DH

oil on canvas - 20 x 140 cm

painted on location - 02 Aug 2024

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Of course the beach is always much busier than what you see it in the painting.  However as this is a painting and as such it takes about 2 or 3 hours to complete.  When I get started the scene is not nearly as busy as compared to when I finish.   What I strive for is to give the viewer some kind of indication as to the view being depicted. So one gets a sense of the size and spaciousness of the location.

Haagse Kustzeil Vereniging, HKZV

oil on canvas - 50 x 60 cm

painted on location - 30 July 2024

€ 975

A recurring theme with me, painting of this brilliantly colored object on the Quite beach. And why not, makes for a great composition on this immense wide beach, breaking up the horizontal bleakness with  masts shouting way up into the sky.  The colors of the catamarans work well, a few people scattered here and there, the day is starting to take shape and I'm about to wrap up another plien-air painting.

Low tide, fun for kids

oil on canvas - 40 x 120 cm

Painted on location - 29 July 2024

€ 1250

Kids love it when the water is so low, they can run in it for hours. Splashing water at each other, giggling, and just having a jolly old time. This is such a large work, that I had to work on it on two occasions. It's loaded with suttle details, this kind of painting is much more appreciated when looking at it in the real. 

  
   

The Sea and the beach, The Hague's top location.

Sailing in the Sunset

oil on canvas - 50 x 40 cm

painted on location - 6 June 2024

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Here you have an example of a painting I had made about two years earlier, but was not content with the overall look of that work. So the canvas was just shelved until I took it off the shelve and on to the easel at the same location. The result of the 2nd attempt is what you see in this posting.

The Quite Beach, The Hague

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - 15 July 2024

€ 425

Arrived at the beach nice and early to create this scene. Actually I was on location to further develop the painting shown just below this one. The crowds still not at the beach, so whilst waiting, I was lucky enough to have this canvas ready to be painted on. . 

Cool fun on a hot day at the beach,

oil on canvas - 40 x 120 cm

painted on location - on 3 occasions 29 April /15 July/18 July 2024

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Summer is finally here, people have dropped whatever it is they were doing, packed up their beach gear, and off they went to enjoy the overwhelming warm temperatures at the beach. The cool breezes coming off the fresh cold North Sea water is actually much appreciated. Today at this location, next painting I'll be set up with my feet in the water! 

 

Fishing at The North Sea

Vissen op de Noordzee

Oil on canvas - 15 x 30 cm

painted on location - 4 June 2024

€ 245

Off the southern harbor head, close the green harbor light, you can always find, men casting their fishing rods into the waters of The North Sea. It is a good place to go, as you get far enough out from the coastline without having to be on a boat. I have painted on many occasions off the harbor head or as they say in Dutch havenhoofd. usually depicting various views of the Sea. I particularly like the color range in this little painting, warm and cool greens in a delicate balance.. 

Beach Entrance #10, Westduinpark, The Hague

Strandslag 10, Westduinpark, DH

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - Sun 28 April 2024

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A bit too windy for me to be making a painting on the beach, so the next best thing to do was make a painting leading to the beach! The colors were fantastic thanks to the sunlight and shadows created on the water of partially cloudy sky. While I was working, a wild dune rabbit dashed across the road leading to the beach, right in front of me,  thus that inspired me to paint him in, checking me out in his still stance. 

South Beach, The Hague with highwind

 Zuiderstrand met hoge wind 

oil on canvas - 15 x 30 cm

painted on location - Fri 12 April 2024

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I had to find a spot out of the wind to make this little painting on location. Those kite surfers are having a blast, as the wind was thrusting them about just enough to make it worth their effort to be on the water. Still early in the season, thus the beach seems rather empty, however nice to sit in the warm strand pavilions and take in the view.

Inner Harbour Scheveningen

Tweede Haven, Scheveningen voorjaar 2024

oil on canvas - 40 x 100 cm

painted on location -  8 times ( 06/07/23 - 10/5/24)

€1450.

This was a mega project to undertake, however as it's not the first time I am painting this scenery, I had some advantage. The thing about this composition is that it is so busy with all those yachts and sailboats with there masts climbing to enormous heights. However not only what's happening on the water but what takes place on the land. All those buildings, man, all that detail to consider. For the most part I choose to merely suggest the details such as the balconies and windows. It would have been just too much for the human eye to digest. Lastly let's not overlook what's happening in the sky. Those luscious Dutch clouds, of which Holland is renowned for, is most likely what inspired me to render this view in such a manner. Winter has just slipped away, promises of warm delightful summer days are guaranteed, this is merely a sign of what is to come! Enjoy the view.   

  

 

Second Harbor, Scheveningen under Mist

 

Tweede Haven, Scheveningen mit Mist

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - Wed 06 March 2024

€375

I love being on location when the mist rolls in like this, seemingly out of nowhere! But of course we know it comes from the Sea, which is just on the other side of those buildings on the horizon, a bit to the right.  Makes the whole scenery mysterious, allowing for ones imagination to take flight.  

Something different for a change

Wachten op haar baasje , bij De Smidse, ZL

oil on wood panel - 22 x 30 cm

painted on location -  Sat 20 Jan 2024

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Luckily for me I happened to be at this location on the, up till now the only days that we have had snow in Holland. Have been visiting this quaint hotel on a number of occasions in the past several years, however this was the first time with all that fluffy white stuff on the ground. A favorite hotel by many people, especially dog owners, as their beloved pets are allowed to stay in the hotel as well. 

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ouderwetse boerderij, Doetichem, NL

oil on canvasboard - 24 x 30 cm

painted on location - 27 Dec 2023

€ 375

Koeien in de stal, op de ouderwetse boerderij

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - 18 Dec 2023

€ 375

These paintings are both made at the same location, with some further work on them in the studio. In Holland who doesn't like a painting with cows as the subject? Answer, nobody. They are cow crazy in this country, I'm not kidding you.  Anyway was fun to join my plein air painter friend Rene, who lives just a stones throw away from this old fashion farm., I loved it, and am looking forward to returning.

 

A warm summer memory, on South Beach

 een warme zomerherinnering op Zuiderstrand , DH

oil on canvas - 30 x 120 cm

painted on location - 6 Aug 2022 / reworked in studio Jan 2024

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Although I prefer to work on location in front of the subject matter, occasionally I alter paintings made aux plein air in the studio. It's fun to do, because one has to use stretch ones imagination, and often invent things that may or may have not been at the original location. I have also published the 1st version of this painting at the bottom of the text, thus one can in comparing the two, for better or for worse, see the changes made. Naturally, one hopes for the better!   

Beach Entrance in the winter & a windy Sea

 

Strandslag #10 s'winters

oil on canvas - 30 x 40 cm

painted on location - 06 Jan 2024

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First seascape painting of the beach for 2024! I was inspired by the untidy natural entrance to the beach. Normally it is clean of the sand, thus cars and trucks could drive down the concrete plates to the beach  to delivery goods and such.  We have been having stormy weather lately, so you can see for yourself that the sand gets blown around and starts to form dunes in a matter of days. Of course the seagulls love to be tossed around by the wind, thus had to include them blowing about.

A windy seascape

oil on canvas - 20 x 30 cm

painted on location - 16 Sept 2023

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Made this near the end of the summer last year, for some reason forgot to publish it on my blog. Anyway a quick warm up small format painting, as later on that afternoon I tackled a large format 50 x 120 cm painting. A simple composition, sky and water, with the details showing some variation in movement, of the clouds for example. A large three mast sailboat on the horizon, indicates high wind conditions, perfect for sailing.