Paris 2015

Hoofweg: A1 rigting Brugge Belgie...
Dagtoer vanaf Parys

Terwyl ek nog wik en weeg of ek sal gaan kry ek n sms van vriendin:" gaan Brugge toe,dit was vir ons n hoogtepunt"
Die bus laai ons af op n plekkie wat soos die Fonteine in Pretoria (noe praat ek van Universiteits jare) se ingang lyk en ek volg ons gids met sy swart jas en punt skoene...e  wonder wat nou eintlik so indrukqekkend kan wees. Ons stap by n par swane verby en skielik  begroet die ou stad ons met die ge klik-klak van perdehoewe op die "cobblestone" paadjies.
Vir my n ekatra stukkie opwinding want vir n slag kan ek als behoorlik verstaan wat ek lees.."welkom in Brugge", dadelik moet n foto geneem word.
Die bootjies vol gepak met toeriste herinner my dat ons nie in n vorige eeu ingestap het nie
So word dit dan ook ons beurt ,ek groet die skipper in afrikaans..dadelik vra hy of ek van Suid Afrika kom en bied my die beste plekmop die boot aan...voel heel geeerd
Ons poer poer op die water van kanaal tot kanaal onder deur bruggies so laag dat self die skipper soms afbuk....Hy verduidelik dat die gebou uit die 17 de en die uit die 16de eeu dateer...hierdie een is nou n restaurant...oeps die vlag by die restaurant hang onderste bo...die leeu staan op sy kop...meld hy in Vlaams...ons giggel, ..die ander verstaan nie..
in een kanaal is n moderne kunswerk in die water waaroor ons ook in Vlaams kommentaar lewer, maar meer hieroor later....dat die geboue vir soveel jare die water deurstaan ia vir my bewonderend...
Terug op vaste grond, kry ek die geleentheid om vir n volle 3 Euro na een van Micelangelo se werke te gaan kyk..nie heeltemal geweet wat wag nie
Binne die ONZE LIEVE VROUEWEN KERK...sit sy....Madonna en Kind deur Michelangelo, gedoen in 1504..asemsnakkend...die emosies wat deur my gaan amper te meoilik om te beskryf...haar sagte sombere uitdrukking en die perfeksie wat uit marmer gekap  is betowerend ...
Ek gaan stap n ent om weg te kom van al die toeriste winkeltjies en dat als net kan insink...en waarlik..nog n juweeln atap n wnt sodat als eers bierjie kan inaink en sommer om weg te kom van al die towriate winkeltjies..en  so waarlik nog n juweel
'n Privaatuitstalling van nie net Picasso nie, maar ook Monet, Deigas, Braque en...Chagall...werke wat ni mormaalweg gesien word nie...veral die vroee werke van Picasso geniet ek en ook om te sien dat 2 minuut sketse ook deur hulle gedoen was. Wat ek daarby bedoel, is dat dit nie perfekte werke is nie..bloot net"capruring the moment" pp die einde van die dag beteken dit meer vir die kunstenaar as vir die "onlooker"
Brugge natuurlik ook bekend vir sjokolade en 500 verskillende soorte bier...jip ek het ook een fleshie ligte biertje probeer...heerlik
wat n suksesvolle dag

 

             Artist rereat      

  

       Slip away from your day to day life and responsibilities and

 Come and enjoy your art and yourself in absolute tranquil surrounding

 

When you find yourself questioning why you create art,

take a deep breath,

let go of perfection

Let go of the feeling of “not being good enough”

 and just enjoy painting and the artistic process

                                               

 

 

 

                                   Venue:  House 24Vygeboom Dam

 

 

 

 

                    This is a  workshop for beginners and advanced artists

 

• I will be running a program but if you only want to come and paint  and join in the crit    sessions, you are most welcome                   
   

  

                                    You will learn about :

 

• The creative process ; What you should know about this amazing process plus

 

• We create small paintings by using new techniques and letting the inner you come out to play

 

• Pouring techniques in oil , watercolour or inks

 

• Monoprint with charcoal powder

 

• The art of drawing

 

• Creating depth in my painting
• Colour Theory
• Perspective
• Tips for artists
• Few things you had to learn in art school
• Crit sessions

 

We will also paint on textured canvas using colour and perspective  to create something new.

Artists have time to paint one or more paintings

 

                                                                                         Let’s awaken your creative spirit

                                                                                              “Art to Heart”

                                                                Ilona Petzer – Fine Art - Nelspruit

For more info, contact Ilona

 

 

 

                                 

 

                 

 

 

 

                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                      

     

 

Random pouring oil on canvas

                                                                  Fun and joy!

If I had not been into my paints for a period of time, I enjoy this method as one  tends to loosen up and expectations are suspended thus allowing for freer, more spontaneous results.

The secret is in the fluidity of the mixture and not having something specific in mind.
I mix my oil paint with of oil medium ,little linseed oil and turpentine to get a smooth  pasty but runny mixture.
I then start pouring the paint onto the canvas  using a dropper.
Depending on how adventurous  I feel I might even pick the stretched canvas up and twist it around so that the oil can run more freely.
Letting it dry somewhere were I can not see it, I will later  look at it (at all angles) to see if there is something vaguely forming that I can relate to. Adding some lines here and there ,I then add some colour just to give more "body" to  the figure

Because I live so close to the Kruger National Park and get the opportunity to visit the Park  ever so often, so   one can understand why my efforts usually end up as some form of animal or bird.
Try it and have some fun with your art!



 

 

 Vervet monkey,

its always fun to watch them in their natural habitat!

Boy do they have attitude when playing! Just love them!

New friend

 

My new friend   The Fork-tailed Drongo

I often feed our  Mocking chat male and female residents some mealworms.

this young Drongo saw this one day and happily joined in

 

 

He has  become so blaze,  picking the worms directly from my hand.

I started to whistle a tune when I  feeding him, he now mimics it and comes flying when he hears it. What an absolute little gold nugget!

 

 

Description

It is large-headed and has the forked tail which gives the species its name. . The bill is black and heavy, and the eye is red

They are often seen taking prey disturbed by large animals or bush fires

 

 

Their prey is taken aerially and on the ground, and includes flying insects, moths and bees

 

 

Bones being used in analogies to convey the essence of a man (his soul)

 

Many cultures only associate   bones with death,  others  used it  to ward off bad spirits or bad luck and to attract good spirits or to have good luck

 

The word ‘bone’ is often mentioned in various contexts in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for ‘bone’ is “ètsem.” Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible #6106 states that bones mean “essence, substance.”

The bones of a man or skeletal system symbolically represent the invisible soul because bones remain long after the flesh rots away. The long lasting nature of bones proves that the soul is the immortal part of humans that will continue to exist after physical death

 Manly Hall in his book The Secret Teaching of All Ages states

“Since the bones are the frame work that sustains the corporeal structure [physical body], they may be regarded as a fitting emblem of the spirit—that divine foundation

 

There are other instances in the scriptures where ‘bones’ are mentioned.

Prophesy of life in the bones found in Ezekiel

Eze 37:12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Joseph asked his brothers not to leave his bones in Egypt when they returned to the promised land (Gn. 50:25). Also Ezekiel had a vision of dry bones in a valley (Ezk. 37:1-11). the valley of dry bones symbolically represented Israel. Ezekiel spoke to these bones, they rose on their feet, Spirit entered into them, and they became alive. These bones represented the resurrected souls (Ezk. 37:11-4), which the Messiah fulfilled at His death, burial, and resurrection (Mt. 27:51-52).  In both of these circumstances bones have a deeper meaning than just physical bones. In this context ‘bones’ spiritually mean the soul.

So, when Moses and Israel took Joseph’s bones out of Egypt (Ex. 13:19), this typified the resurrection of a man’s soul.

 

Judges 15 (King James Version)

¹⁶ And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men

¹⁹ But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

 

          As the  skeletal system in the natural body is a reflection or shadow of both the mental and          spiritual support systems. On a psychological level, our world view or belief system, although,very limited and biased, is our initial framework to our environment and people. Eventually, we have to transcend our beliefs wh ich limit and constrain us

winds of change

The wind is still   blowing today
somewhere between a gush and a howl
its been summoned to bring clouds
pushing them from one side of my window to the other...in a rush
where do they all come from and where are they going?
This drastic means of change is new to me
I am used to the sound of a cicada , complaing about the heat of midday
and laughing at the forktailed drongo perched on a tree above,unable to spot the noisy little bugger

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