THIS WEEK

HOPE

After G.F. Watts
2016/03/23 - acrylic on paper - 60 x 70 cm

Brussels: Isis launches attacks on airport and station.
George Frederic Watts (1817 - 1904), British painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 25

SEGOLENE ROYAL IN NUTELLA

After Ingres
2015/06/19 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

Stop eating Nutella and save the forests, urges French ecology minister Royal.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780 - 1867, French painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 24

JAMES LAST
TRUMPET A GOGO

TRUMPETS FOR EVERYONE

2015/06/12 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

James Last dies, aged 86.

THIS WEEK

STEALING COPS 
Take my money, because I don't have a life anymore.

After Francisco de Goya
2016/03/18 - acrylic on paper


4 Antwerp policemen facing serious charges of blackmail, robbery and assault.
Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828), Spanish painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 23

EXAM STRESS
You'd better start... in 850 years time you'll have a computer science exam.

After Eadwine the Scribe by unknown artist.
2015/06/05 - acrylic on paper - 40 x 60 cm


The end  of the schoolyear means exams for most students.
Eadwine the Scribe at work by an unknown artist, ca 1160-'70, Eadwine Psalter, CHrist Church, Canterbury

THIS WEEK

GERMAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS
MERKEL GOES FOR IT !

After Pyke Koch
2016/03/11 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

Merkel faces key test of refugee policies in German regional elections.
Pyke Koch (1901 - 1991), Dutch painter

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 22

FIFA

After James Ensor
2015/05/28 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 63 cm

Fifa officials arrested on corruption charges as World Cup inquiry launched.
James Ensor (1860 -1949), Flemish painter.

THIS WEEK

MOTHER AND CHILD WITH BARB WIRE

After Matisse
2016/03/04 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 65 cm


Marooned in Idomeni: despair as refugees find their way blocked.
Henri Matisse ( 1869 - 1954 ), French painter and sculptor.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 21

PALMYRA

After Giorgio de Chirico
2015/05/22 - acrylic on paper - 55 x 70 cm

Palmyra, historic city falls under control of Isis.
Giorgio de Chirico ( 1888 - 1978 ), Greek - Italian painter.

2015 - A YEAR IN PAINTINGS - WEEK 20

IN MEMORIAM JEF GEERAERTS 1930 - 2015

After Oskar Kokoschka
2015/05/15 - acrylic on paper - 45 x 60 cm


Flemish author Jef Geeraerts, best known for his political thrillers, dies at the age of 85.
Oskar Kokoschka ( 1886 - 1980), Austrian painter.

THIS WEEK

SPRING - CLEANING IN CALAIS

After Edvard Munch
2016/02/25 - acrylic on paper - 50 x 58 cm

Judge gives go-ahead to demolition of part of Jungle refugee camp in Calais.
Edvard Munch ( 1863 - 1944), Norwegian painter.