Monday, May 31, 2021

Painting Amsterdam Madness

                 Spraycan and acrylics on paper. 82 cm by 60 cm
                                    
 Chambuca...don't ask me what it means or what I had in mind when I did the original sketch last night waking up with a start from nightmare numero Yo No Lo Sé, seeing Kiki on the beach in far-away Thailand surrounded by a huge negative cloud of Oscuridad, the lights have dimmed, have gone out in big Party Place Pattaya, and so have the financial income, El Ingreso Grande De Las Señoritas De La Playa, the fun is over, the rich Farang have gone elsewhere, no more Big Money to pay for the necessary cup of daily rice, or was in Ya-Ba and Mhekong and Honkey Tonkey Whiskey...or maybe there was some truth in all these stories they told me about the dead family buffalo, or dad's massive hospital bills...

Or maybe Kiki was not Kiki but my new Dutch love of the last couple of months here in the New Lockdown Amsterdam, nights of passion of a different nature but free of charge, wolving down the omelettes with bacon and toasted bread the dreaded morning after, all of a sudden they were not so dreaded anymore, pleasant and relaxed chats well into the afternoon before goodbye hugs full of friendship and warmth...have I really fallen in love after Kiki, hard to believe, but NO a single phonecall and a crazy nightmare has brought me back to the harsh reality of my life...don't give your heart away, it brings shit to myself and grief to the other one...

Chambuca, I think I picked it up from one of my cherished Cumbia songs...



Sunday, May 30, 2021

painting the nude


 quick and fast sketch on old paper, the last of the night before dinner and some reading antes de acostarme...always hard to drag myself away from the mental state I get into while freaking around in my house in the evening with my paint, my pastels, pensils, wood, paper and assorted art material, a state of limbo I find hard to exit from. I guess the mexican Cumbias, loud music in town or whatever, can continue during dinner and reading...as usual no TV for me tonight.

Painting a Dutch cow


                      Industrial paint and acrylics on wood. 38 cm by 38 cm.

Painting urban Amsterdam bridges


                 Industrial paint and acrylics on wood. 25 cm by 25 cm.

Painting Dutch Flowers


                                    Acrylics on wood. 25 cm by 25 cm.

Amsterdam Urban Paintings


                          Acrylics on wood. 32 cm by 24 cm.

                            Little Amsterdam spraycan houses

Painting Dutch Flowers

                                Acrylics on paper glued to wood. 32 cm by 25 cm
 

Friday, May 28, 2021

Painting a rocket



                     Industrial paint and acrylics on wood. 32 cm by 24 cm.

I am inspired here by the belgium cartonist Hergë.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9

Amsterdam urban paintings


                         Acrylics on wood, 34 cm by 31 cm.

Painting Amsterdam Madness

Industrial paint and acrylics on wood, 40 cm by 40 cm
 

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Amsterdam Urban Paintings

                         Acrylics on wood, 40 cm by 40 cm.
 

People in da street


 Drunk homeless polsih bloke on dam Square here in Amsterdam today during my daily walk.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Amsterdam urban paintings


                      Acrylic paint on a newspaper page. 40 cm by 28 cm.

ANIMALES


                                      Mozzie night again 

Monday, May 24, 2021

Painting an alien


 Industrial paint, spraycan and acrylics on the floor of my apartment here in Amsterdam. 140 cm by 65 cm.

Painting a castle


 Industrial paint and acrylics on a newspaper page, 40 cm by 27 cm.

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Today at the NDSM square


 Today at the NDSM square in Amsterdam North....https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/about-amsterdam/amsterdam-neighbourhoods/ndsm/ndsm-top-5

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Painting Ron from the AHA


 Acrylics on a newspaper page, 40 cm by 30 cm...Ronald from the AHA.

ANIMALES

Sleeping dog today at the AHA, the homeless centre in the infamous Red Light District here in Amsterdam.