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Salicornia fields behind the dyke Inspired by Félix Ziem's rainbow sky that I have finally seen in real last week in the Gouda Museum, I tried to paint a quick small study of a landscape. The actual setting goes back to September when I took a photograph of our beautiful tidal fields full of salicornia which have turned into a wonderful rusty carpet by that time. A storm was approaching. The sun broke accidentally through the heavy dark clouds. Then autumn made its entrance. Hope to make a larger version of this soon. Achter de dijk bij Hollum (study), acrylic, paper, approximately 9x20 cm. See the final version in My gallery . Acquired in October 2023 by RR during the Nazomeren Exhibition in the Gallery Rob Rademaker, Utrecht.

Winter morning through the rear window in Zwolle Inspired both by the view of this historic and intimate place and by Hitchcock's film, I am making a new cityscape painting. I like the low morning sun producing that shadow line. Tried to catch it. Though I would rather prefer to set the buildings more impressionistic, like the church here, I am mostly satisfied with the result. The sky remains the thing I still have to learn to paint. Rear Window, acrylic, paper, 34x28 cm. See the final version in My gallery .