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| | Lotus flower | | | Painting of white lotusflower painted with Sennelier pastels on Sennelier LaCarte paper. | | Painting Sold | | | | Gallery: Florals | | |
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| Tulip | | | This pink tulip just had to be painted. Sennelier La Carte paper, Sennelier and Rembrandt soft pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Florals | | |
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| Intensity | | | The big eyes of this kitten just had to be painted. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Animals | | |
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| | Mountain Cow | | | I have long had a "love affair" with mountain cows and our holidays don't really start until I have heard my first cow bells. I took the photo of this cow high in the mountains in our favourite holdiday area in Italy. I just could not resist painting her.
Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Animals | | |
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| Swan Lake | | | This swan was a pleasure to paint. Creating the right texture and colours for the (white) feathers was an interesting experiment.
Material: Art Spectrum Colourfix paper, Rembrandt and Sennelier soft pastels. | | Painting Sold | | | | Gallery: Animals | | |
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| | Dawn in the Alps | | | This serene early October morning in the Alps just had to be painted. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Landscapes | | |
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| The Canal in Oegstgeest (NL) | | | The Oegstgeest Canal (The Netherlands) on a sunny winter day. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Landscapes | | |
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| Sunset on the Dutch Coast | | | When I took this photo one summer evening in Noordwijk (NL), I just knew I had to paint it and try to recreate the dramatic atmosphere. Size frame: 40 x 70 cm.
| | Painting Not for sale | | | | Gallery: Landscapes | | |
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| | Maiser Waalweg | | | I took the reference photo for this painting on one of our favourite walks in the mountains in North-east Italy. While painting it, a lot of memories came back of the beautiful Passeiertal (South-Tyrol). Material: Canson paper, Rembrandt pastels.
Canson Mi-Teintes, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Landscapes | | |
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| Boat in Ithaca | | | I took the reference photo for this painting in Ithaca, while on a painting holiday with Jackie Simmonds. Back home, I could not resist painting the beautiful reflections of the boat. Material: Canson Mi-Teintes, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Landscapes | | |
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| Slice of Orange | | | This painting of a slice of orange I painted for my daughter for a very special occasion. It is done on Wallis paper with Sennelier pastels. | | Painting Sold | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| | Orange and Blue | | | The strongly contrasting colours, the translucency of the oranges and the powerful reflections in this painting continue to give me great satisfaction.
Material: Wallis paper, Rembrandt and Sennelier pastels. | | Painting Sold | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| Apple Harvest | | | I took the reference photo for this painting in Italy during the apple harvest in the Passeiertal (South-Tyrol). The whole valley is full of activity while harvesting all those delicious apples. Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels.
Material: Canson Mi-Teintes, Rembrandt pastels
| | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| | Quince | | | The warm light in this painting appeals to me. Wallis paper, Sennelier and Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| Juicy Grapefruit | | | Creating the translucency of the grapefruit segments was fun. Material: Wallis paper, Rembrandt, Sennelier pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| | Lemons after Zurbaran | | | Copying an old master (Zurbaran, Spanish artist 1598-1664) is always a good exercise. Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| Cut Apple | | | The delicate flesh tones inspired me to paint this apple.
Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| | Delicious Elstar | | | Apples are among my favourite subjects. Experimenting with colours is always fun.
Sennelier La Carte paper, Rembrandt, Sennelier pastels. | | Painting Sold | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| How it all started | | | This first painting of two apples in the South-Tyrol is what got me hooked on pastels.
Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting In private collection | | | | Gallery: Fruit | | |
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| | Lonely Tomato | | | Creating a simple design and a good three-dimensional effect with strongly contrasting colours fascinates me. This tomato was an excellent subject to explore this. Material: Wallis paper, Rembrandt and Sennelier pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Vegetables | | |
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| Potent Garlic | | | Yummy looking garlic. Material: Wallis paper, Rembrandt and Sennelier pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Vegetables | | |
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| | Golden Glow | | | You can smell the delicious flavour of fried onions. Size frame: 50 x 60 cm.
Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Vegetables | | |
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| Swinging garlic | | | Just three colours was a nice change. Painting on the rougher hand made paper gave a different effect. Material: Paper "Collection de Moulin de Larroque", Conte pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Vegetables | | |
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| | Happy Duo | | | It is as if those two are looking at each other. Material: Canson Mi-Teintes paper, Rembrandt pastels. | | Painting In private collection | | | | Gallery: Vegetables | | |
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| Hand in hand | | | Working in greyscale is magical. Sennelier pastels on Wallis paper | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Recent Work | | |
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| | White Tulip | | | White Tulip painted on black Colourfix paper with Sennelier soft pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Recent Work | | |
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| Dawn in the Alps | | | This early sunrise in October just had to be painted. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Recent Work | | |
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| Apples after Cotan | | | This painting was inspired by seeing a set of apples in cellophane bags in a shop window display. The composition is based on a painting by Cotan (Spanish painter 1560-1627). The passepartout is an integral part of the composition. | | Painting Not for sale | | | | Gallery: Still Life | | |
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| | Candy apple | | | The reflections in this candy apple made me paint it. It is done on Sennelier La Carte paper with Sennelier soft pastels. | | Painting In private collection | | | | Gallery: Still Life | | |
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| Allsorts | | | Just a fun painting, courtesy Dianna Ponting. Material Sennelier La Carte paper, Rembrandt and Sennelier pastels. | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Still Life | | |
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| Hand in hand | | | Working in greyscale gives magical effects. Sennelier pastels on Wallis paper | | Painting For sale | | | | Gallery: Portraits | | |
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