Today I began to prepare some materials that I may use when Dymph will be here. Cutting cardboard in the corridor just outside the studio where we'll install our work; trying out some texture - a mix of wall paint and clay slip...we'll see if it'll be used. I also made klokbekers, >>>
Sun 16 December 2018Dymph has arrived...and so has a dusting of snow last night. This morning it was misting, but not too cold so we went for a walk along the river. On the path we saw the first of a few fresh mole hills. Those first days in winter when it is misting are beautiful...after weeks of >>>
Sun 16 December 2018My artist-friend Dymph de Wild has arrived from the USA her residency in Atelier H-ART, run by Betty van Gelder. We will be working on a collaborative project "becoming boulder / kei worden". You can read more here on this >>>
Sun 16 December 2018Yesterday I went in search of a good view of the Wageningse Berg. As it is not high at all and gently sloping on all sides except along the river, it's hard to take a picture that shows it well. I needed to go across the river and drive along the dike on that side. In the >>>
Sat 15 December 2018In October Dymph and I started talking by video-phone. We needed to answer some questions, such as Why are we doing this? What are we going to make? How are we going to make it? Dymph wants to continue her exploration of the notion "landscape" using cardboard, found & >>>
Thu 13 December 2018Welcome to my blog about the collaborative project "becoming boulder / kei worden" with Dymph deWild. I'm very excited! Between December 15 and 30, 2018 Dymph will be "artist-in-residence" in atelier H-ART in Wageningen, the Netherlands >>>
Mon 10 December 2018The third and last weekend of the exhibition "One way to Nowhere?" took place in the Carriage House of the Arboretum Belmonte. It was very well-attended. The ladies of the Styling Committee. We had great fun installing the exhibitions at the different locations. As thanks for our >>>
Thu 6 December 2018This was the second weekend of the traveling exhibition "One way to Nowhere? I'm traveling and take with me..." Installing the works each time is a lot of work, challenging but at the same time rewarding because of the many positive reactions we get. One more time! In the Carriage >>>
Mon 5 November 2018foto: Gelske Kwikkel We're on our way! The group show by 23 of the members, "One way to Nowhere? I'm going to travel and take with me...: ", is off to a good start. The playful opening will take place in the Public Library, Stationsstraat, Wageningen, on Friday October >>>
Tue 2 October 2018I spent three weeks in a wonderful artist residency, PA-F (Performing Arts Forum) in St. Erme. It's housed in an old girls' boarding school, until the 1960's run by nuns. "PAF (from their website) is a place for the professional and not-yet professional practitioners and activists >>>
Sat 15 September 2018