OldDutchPainter

Signing my second tribute to the greatest statesman ever. Which one is more appealing: the one from '21 or the new one? Your feedback is welcome.

Something completely different again: very first step for my next #portrait on a heptagonal, rigid carrier. My second ‘heptagonal portrait’ is of Steven Crowder, the first was of Donald Trump. Should I now continue the series with one of George Orwell or one of that kind, absolute hero for mankind: Clair Patterson? (I mentioned him in

Airplane landing at sunset: a spectacular show of sunlight, sea and canals. I returned to the Netherlands by plane 11 times. Never before have I had such beautiful views during the landing. I am publishing this short video to draw attention to the photo and accompanying text that I published yesterday, about the great achievements of Dutch water management on the one hand and the madness of the Dutchman in the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, on the other. He is the EU climate czar …

How many readers does this (long) translated text deserve? Comparing Female Genital Mutilation with jihadist beheading.

Another video about a longer, translated text .. To some extent I was alarmed rereading my own text in translation .. .. about a note in my 2012 text .. DO WE LIVE IN OUR FINEST DECADE?

We should not be surprised at the tenacity and doggedness of the most arrogant scientists. A video to introduce a longer text. This one: http://olddutchpainter.works/real-science-and-climate-science/

Colourizing old movies: I saw great examples of it before and today I discovered that a fellow Dutchman called Rick is doing a really great job in this field. Here an example of his work: The Attack on Pearl Harbour. This blogpost is about something completely different, yet in a way comparable. I chose this example-link to the work of Rick because my oil painting in the making has a direct connection to Pearl Harbour too.

I paint not only to produce something beautiful, but also to get in a better mood. Funny: exactly at the half of the video the camera automatically changes the focus and so emphasises the effect of the varnishing. P.S.: I drastically modified the wall on which the triptych is hung to give it a sort of marble effect.