cigale collection

Les cigales fêtent l'été.

cigales on the wall, artist on the sofa

Cigales on canvas.

After a week in my atelier both cigale paintings are ready. I think it's almost a pity they are finished, because I loved painting them.

Somehow I always stay close to my color palette.
Expressive colors combined with earthy tones give the paintings a summery atmosphere.

Yesterday evening we moved the xl cigales to the wall above the sofa. We are both very pleased with the new view!

Today our grandson Liam was with us and he started 'talking' to the big bugs, hahaha...

cigale in progress

Hello February!

New month, new project.

Picking up painting in my studio. I'm working on a cigale collection.

Inspired on the cigale wall vase collection in our livingroom.


photo april 2012

odd objects

Do you recognize this? Being pleasantly surprised by an unexpected shop window.

We spotted a very cool collection of odd objects in a shop window in the Voorstraat of our hometown.

An enormous gathering of animal wall vases, not only the usual cigale, but also swallows, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles... and many other curious stuff and odd objects.

Pooh, it was difficult to choose between all those beautiful and cute wall vases and we allowed ourselves to choose 3 ceramic pieces.

Well we have found a nice spot on the wall for all three of them;

a brightly colored beautiful butterfly in the kitchen
a extraordinary swallow in the bedroom
and another ceramic cigale to join our collection in the living room

wednesday 13th of may

Wednesday 13th of May, 1:20 PM

View from the bamboo daybed. And another day at home.
I’m feeling pretty good right now and I discovered during the last 'quarantine months', I can be a house sparrow, as we say in the Netherlands.
I don't mind to spend a lot of time at home. I also realize I have variety to go to work 3 times a week, no doubt that makes a lot of difference!

clock - Habitat flap clock from London (2004)

vintage cigale wallvases - collected over the years from Lammie's Saturday shop and Magasin Horaz

frisbee - Haven Surf 'good vibes' frisbee (October 2016)

chair - vintage garden chair from Spain (road trip July 2014)

checekered cushion - handmade by me (April-May 2020)

framed print - l'amour toujours by Ninainvorm (2010)

ficus elastica - rescued from the 'damaged houseplant corner' with a few broken leaves (February 2020) fully recovered now

pink plant table - Lammie's Saturday shop (May 2018)

painting - Fantasia performance from Essaouira (October 2019)

hallway wall painting - visible in the background - made by me (May 2020)

cigale collection

The cigale collection with flowers from the backyard.

cigale wall vase

A new cigale wall vase.

This French vintage vase we found at Magasin Horaz in The Hague yesterday.

With the Echinecea from the garden, in Dutch we call it sun hat (zonnehoed), it looks gorgeous on the wall at my desk.

peonies & paper

table lamp - Piet Hein Eek
peonies - market
vases and paper flowers - Lammie Verkoopt
book Llibres! - souvenir from Mallorca

cigale wall vase

cigale wall vase, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

The cigale wall vase is even more beautiful with a parrot tulip.