Çat in box', the first print from my new studio in the garden!

The wallpanels for the Koos Meinderts school in The Hague have been varnished.

Not by me alas, as I broke a bone in my hand, but by designer Leentje van Wirdum, who did an excellent job.

Now they are almost ready for packing up and hanging!

On sunday I saw (half of) a documentary about the Scottish landscape painter James Morisson (1932-2020). Morisson painted impressive landscapes with great cloudscapes.

Outside when he was younger, and in his studio later in life, when he was a half blind old man.

Not only do I love these paintings, they also make me rather 'homesick' for Scotland.

Maybe you all go: 'o yeah, him', but I only just now discovered the French painter and lithographer Maurice Brianchon (1899-1979).

His work reminds me of one of my favourite artists, Vuillard. Especially in the way that foreground and background have the same weight.

Beautiful work, a real find!

The Mauritshuis museum in The Hague is one of my favorites, and in that museum my favorite artist is Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681)

The painting on the left and the one in the middle flank 'The girl with the pearl earring by Vermeer. Also beautiful ofcourse, but Ter Borch moves me every time.

Not only for the way he paints the pleats in the different fabrics so brilliantly, or for his everyday subjects, but also for the endearing turn-up noses of his subjects

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Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) was a British painter who painted mainly landscapes and portraits.

She is considered to be a British impressionist.

John Burningham (1936-2019) was an illustrator and writer of children's books.

Often when you look at older books, you see that imagery can age quite quickly.

Burninghams work however, albeit of its time, has remained beautifully fresh.

I love the works by the painter Tessa Newcomb (Suffolk 1955)

She depicts ordinary daily life, like on allotments, and paints it in beautiful soft colors.

This is how you want the world to look.

Anders Zorn (1860-1920) was a Swedish impressionist. He was a painter, sculptor and etcher.

Best known perhaps for his portraits, he also depicted daily life in Sweden.

At the moment I'm not working on the scale I am used to, as I am painting big panels in acrylics, a 'parade' for the new Koos Meinderts School in The Hague, that will run throughout the whole building. I love working on them.

The school hopes to move in in november.