BOOST in exciting times

Sales currently are running well again, after it has been quieter than usual for me in September and October.
Of course in times of economic crisis this can be expected.
Fortunately I'm aware that being an artist means that your income is everything but steady. I've learned to live with that.

And putting things in the right perspective helps a lot too, as the manner of seeing does. 
Is your glass half full or half empty?

The many positive reactions on my work kept me eupeptic and optimistic (and grateful) and I'm very glad the negativity in the world didn't affect my work. Actually... maybe it did, but then I've managed to give it a twist in the positive direction. And of course, artists make art because they have to make it…it's like eating or breathing.

In the last weeks there were quite some sales through several galleries and during the Open Studio Weekend some older paintings were sold as well. This is great and it does give me an extra boost to get prepared for a new series of paintings for the new events that are coming up in 2010.

Amongst others:

• An exhibtion starting on January 10 in Gallery 't Onderhuis, Lage Zwaluwe, Netherlands.
• The 15-year-anniversary-event at Gallery de Kei in Nuenen, NL medio January. 
• An exhibition in Basel, Switzerland in March.
• A solo exhibition at Gallery De Kei, Nuenen, Netherlands. 
• A solo exhibition at Gallery ART-ist in Geel, Belgium.
  

I'm looking forward to all of this and wish for everyone, though things will never be the same again, it will become better.

Good opening weekend at Gallery ART-ist

The start of my exhibition at Gallery ART-ist in Geel has been a success. There has been sold, there are some options and the amount of people who came to the opening weekend and their reactions on the show were great. Frans and Nicole, the gallery owners, are very satisfied with the result. It brought a lot of new visitors as well! It was very nice meeting the people who had already bought one or more of my paintings and those who are so enthusiastic about my work. It gives me lots of positive energy to hear and see what my work means to someone.

Preparing the last things for the next exhibition

I've made a few new series of small paintings. This is new for me... from the very beginning I made large paintings. I cannot help it, I just love 'big' art. I think this comes from the fact that I get overwhelmed every time again when I'm in front of a big piece of art, that I like, in a museum and I would like to get in to it... lose myself in it. On the other hand, this does not mean that I cannot get hit by the beauty of small art. It was really fun making these small paintings, and since I made series of them, they can be hung together... that makes big too!
Some of them will be shown at the new exhibition at Gallery ART-ist in Geel, Belgium that will start Friday May 1.

Exhibition Gallery ART-ist in GEEL - Belgium

On the cover of a magazine

Next Friday, May 1, my exhibition at Galerie ART-ist in Geel, Belgium, will get started. The gallery will have special days on May 1, 2 and 3.
Sunday May 3, I will be attending the exhibition from 13.30 until 18.00.
Everybody is very welcome.

Next to the paintings that are already present at the gallery, also new work will be shown from a new series.

Welcome to my blog

When you start a blog you have to be consistent in writing, otherwise it makes no sense. From now on I'll be writing every now and then about what's going on in my mind, considering art and the artworld, and also about the creation of my artwork of course. My paintings speak a universal language, I don't have to translate them. I've chosen to write this blog in the most known language in the world and I'll try to do my very best. If you don't understand what I mean, just ask me.

Crazy exhibition schedule for the last 4 months of 2008
Sept. 2008:
-open door weekend in my studio
-duo exhibit at Gallery Delfi Form
-Exhibit at Gallery Tracé
-Exhibit at Amstel Gallery
Oct. 2008
-Arti 08 Fair in The Hague with Gallery De Kei
-Excellent Fair in Eindhoven with Gallery De Kei
-Exhibit Gallery ART-ist in Geel, Belgium
Nov. 2008
-Solo exhibit at Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery in New York
-Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam with Amstel Gallery
Dec. 2008:
-Lineart art fair in Gent, Belgium with Amstel Gallery
-Solo exhibition at Gallery De Kei, Nuenen, The Netherlands