Inspiration

The "Devil and the Violin" is a folk tale I read last week:
A man played fantastic music on a violin he built himself and with his music he charmed everybody. The devil was jealous and offers the man a lot of gold for his violin. The man fond a good proposal and took the gold. The devil immediately began to play on the violin but no one stopped to listen to his music. He became angry and sought the man to complain that the violin had a problem. The man answered that nothing was wrong with the violin. He said he sold his instrument, but not his soul.
This story illustrates that something wonderful has nothing to do with training, material or to follow a certain fashion. And also that inspiration (as motivation) comes from your inner. 

Rotterdam Zoo

mei 2012 at Rotterdam Zoo: some koffie, a donut and a model for a few minutes...

16th Studio Route in Delft and Delftse Salon

16th Studio Route in Delft: 8 and 9 Oktober. Opening Saturday, October 8, at 11 hours in Kadmium, Koornmarkt 48F. Delftse Salon at Kadmium, Oktober 6 to November 6, Delftse Museum Night, October 28.

My home is my studio at the same time because I like working at home. I can in this way at any time go to work, it doesn’t matter if the early morning or late evening.

My painting corner opposite the kitchen. To the left of my table is a pepper plant (now with 5 peppers), on my table is a cherry tomato plant (now with 3 tomatoes, not shown) and right of my table two avocado trees. Except my companion they are often used as a model for my work.

Figs as a model for my work. I'm still working on the canvas of the five figs. 

My table for drawing en linocut in my living room.

To draw... 

To make books... 

For printing linocuts... 

My press to print linocuts, also in my living room.