The pond in the Dunes #4 (under snow)

De Duinplas, Westduinpark DH #4 

 (opnieuw geschilderd met sneeuw)

oil on canvas - 80 x 120 cm

painted on location  - 05 Jan 2026

€ 1550

At the beginning of this month we finally got hit with a layer of snow that hung around for a few days! So I took advantage of the situation and thought it was time to rework a painting I had made 5 years prior (see image below), in the dunes that lead to the beach where I make most of my seascapes.  A fairly large painting, in inches 31.5" x 47".  I'm pleased with the balance of color, and the affect the snow has on the ground and water, which does a lot in harmonizing the scene. 

                                                                             

Fun on the Snow # 4

 

Plezier in de sneeuw # 4

oil on canvas - 50 x 60 cm 

painted on location - Thursday 11 Feb 2021

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This one might as will be titled fun on the ice, but that's okay. I actually headed out to make another painting with kids tobogganing, but saw this scene and thought, this will be today's painting, and so I sit up and went to work. I like it that many of the kids just come up to me and ask the most sweet innocent questions, like, what are you painting Mr. artist?  Or they are looking and trying to find themselves on the painting.   Anyway, the light was fantastic  and I myself was in the shade, which makes it possible for me to select the proper color range. 

  

Fun on the Snow # 2

 

Plezier in de sneeuw # 2

oil on canvas - 50 x 60 cm

painted on location - Tuesday 9 Feb. 2021

 

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Back in The Hague, the weatherman was gifting us all with freezing temperatures. You might ask, a gift what the hell is he talking about? well here in The Lowlands, believe it or not, snow is always welcome! you see we get so little of it, sometimes it takes a few years before it comes back.... Thus,  more fun in the snow for everyone, but especially for the little ones! Snowboarding, tobogganing, slipping and sliding, whatever it takes to get you down the slope! I enjoyed very much capturing the sense of movement these children were displaying.