Walls, Doors and Windows
Portugal: In very city and village there is a treasure of old buildings and doors with peeling paint and windows with tattered curtains, in a range of colours, all accented with deep shadow....a feast for the eyes. Now I am back in The Netherlands, finded that 'faded beauty' is a bit more of a challenge.
dated 2003 until 2012
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Window with Bricks
2012An old house in Portugal and that beautiful window with bricks.
Old Wall in Wyns
2011An old cottage in Friesland and just that brick wall asked me to paint her and I did.
Wall in Vila Real
2009This wall in Vila Real was so very beautiful, and I hope it still is.
Three Locks on the Door
2008Burglary Prevention in Faro
Crowned Door
2008The crown on top of the building is just for decoration, but how beautiful this is.
Green Door with Oval Windows
2008Tavira: two green doors, same shape, different details.
White Window
2008A small narrow alley in Ohlão, Portugal. A high wall, a white window and a bare wall and a cable. Perfect.
Number 15, Mertola
2008Mertola is an old village in Portugal, with many, many richly coloured doors worth to paint.
White Window
2008Cacela Velha, a small seaside village. This window I found on the square in the middle of that beautiful village.
Red Studded Door, São Bras
2007Red, pink, and all the defects hidden behind sheets of tin. Pretty awesome for a painter as I am.
Behind the White Window, some Blue
2007White deteriorated paint, weathered wood and some blue. This you can hopefully still find in Cacela Velha in the Algarve.
Crackled Wall with Window
2007In Bouliqueime, the Algarve, I saw this beautiful window.
Door with Colorful Tiles
2007Very special, all kind of colorful tiles and this old door. It was there in the old part of Faro.
Door with Ivy
2007In the old quarter in Faro, I saw this green with on top some ivy.
Door with Step
2007Weathered wood, a door with a high step in front of the entrance.
Door with Dishcloth
2007Striking combination of colors in a narrow street in Loulé.
Window in White and Yellow
2007A window in Cacela Velha, a seaside village in the Algarve.
Green Door with Phone Books
2007Behind the windows, two phone books.
This Door was once Green
2007Weathered wood with some green, blue and white: a door in Hortas, the Algave.
Niche with Draped Cloth
2007In a small village, a ruin. In that ruin a niche with this draped clothe.
Red and Yellow, Door in São Bras
2007A monumental door in São Bras and the colors were matchless.
Door, Alte
2006Alte is a mountain village and I suddenly saw this door in a ruin. While driving I had to brake hard. But there it is on canvas.
Double Locked, Mertola
2006Weathered wood, there is still some red paint, a padlock and a keyhole within a small metal plate.
Yellow Door in Faro
2006This painting is hanging on somebody's wall. The owners of the door I painted are for sure not aware.
Locked Door, Loulé
2006In my view one of the most beautiful paintings I made from doors: composition, combination from old and new, colours and materials. It was perfect.
Green Door in São Bras
2006São Bras, the village famous for his Frango Piri Piri, roasted chicken. But also for the beautiful details you can find there.
The String, São Bras
2006No locks on the door, just a string and done.
You don't get in
2006Faro: a ruin, too dangerous to live in. That red-white plastic ribbon is just the finishing touch.
Number 13, Mertola
2006With iron bolts studded door, weathered wood turns to red.
Red Garage Door in Faro
2006Industrial heritage? Actually yes!!
Two Hands and a Chain
2006Door with two hands and a chain. Is is the neighbour of an other door I painted.
Open Door in Faro
2005A ruin, an open door, a dark room, faded beauty in Faro.
Purple Door in Mertola
2005Mertola, beautiful village in Portugal, old neighborhoods, cultural heritage. Good to be put on record, also this purple door in bright sun light.
Blue Door in Faro
2004Faro, the capital city of the Algarve. Walking in old districts. This was of the many doors I painted.
Door Knocker
2004A lot of doors are decorated with a door knocker in the form of a hand. This door with al that old paint and weathered wood was a 'must'.
Door Frame
2004A door frame in Faro: almost an abstract painting.
Garage Door, Vila Real
2004On a rainy day, this door goes unnoticed. But when the sun is shining, this garage door in Vila Real has a splendid palette of reds.
Pillows in the Wind
2003Somewhere in the Algarve: some pillows, a dress, drying in the wind.
Loulé
2003Loulé in the Algarve, narrow streets, colors, light and shadow.