This tableau, bottom photo, begged to be photographed. I suppose the dolls are erotica from a bygone era. Don't miss the jar, upper left bottom photo - and featured in the top photo - maybe the worst pottery ever. Photos taken at a Brussels antique street fair.
This fantastic collage was made on a boarded up doorway, in the middle of the older part of Brussels. Fantastic, I walked by it at first. Public art can be magical.
I wasn't really that happy with this week's drawings, but here are a selection. Drawing from live models is a great way to improve one's ability to observe closely, and to learn how to quickly translate that observation onto paper.
The ruins are what's left of the Carmo Convent, ruined by the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon. At the time of the earthquake it was the largest church in Lisbon. 
This picture of a sunset was taken through a glass of beer while sitting in my old backyardwith my friend Clair. The picture is a couple of years old but I like the color and texture a lot.
These are portraits done at the International Art Club of the Hague. Each portrait is about 60 by 100 centimeters, very big. Which one is your favorite? 
This is a portrait of His Most Serene Majesty. Such laggard people he owns, you'd think they'd be quicker with the can opener.
Today I hung a show that opens tomorrow at the American Women's Club in Scheveningen. There are 27 paintings, 26 of which were painted outdoors in the last year and a half here in the dunes near the North Sea. I'm looking forward to friends, conversation, wine, and home-baked appetizers by a friend who is starting her own baking business. (We traded my art for her art.) So come all, the show is from 2 to 5.
I'm taking a portrait class at the International Art Club of the Hague. This portrait was done a couple of weeks ago... the drawing is from a live model, and the stand is for about 20 or so minutes. The class if full of very talented artists, and I'm improving - practice, practice, practice.
On a recent visit to the states, I stopped by my sis's house. There, I was again impressed by the creativity of my niece. She concieved and designed this Halloween costume of a pop-tart. She chose the materials and assembled it all on her own initiative. The colored sprinkles are popscicle sticks. This brilliant costume gets an A+ from her proud uncle.
I am teaching my friend Kelli how to be an oil painter. In Holland, sometimes this can often end in disappointment. We set up to go painting outdoors in the dunes. After weeks of unseasonally warm and sunny weather, it suddenly started raining. We were all set to go paint, but winter has now arrived. Today: indoor painting from a still life.
One of the coolest things about Portugal is the lack of regulation. For example, here we are on the beach, and we have complete access to this set of fossilized dinasaur tracks on the beach in Salema. here's some text I lifted from the geological investigation:
