No sooner said than done

Salicornia fields after a thunderstorm.

The quick small study of a landscape that I made last week, had to be painted on canvas. So I thought. So I did.

Autumn behind the Hollum dyke, acrylic, canvas, 24x30 cm. See the final version in My gallery.

UPDATE December 2022: on show Amelander Kunst XL in a museum

Exhibitions:

- Amelander Kunstenaars Art Show. November 2021, Buren
- Amelander Kunst XL. Museum Het Maritiem Centrum. December 2022, Hollum

- Nazomeren. Gallery Rob Rademaker. September to October 2023, Utrecht

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