A quick get-well-soon-card for my favorite hairdresser. What are we without our hair artists?!
(it reads: Femke, we miss you!)
And on my way to delivery I discovered this sweet question on the side of a building. One of Utrecht’s most famous graffiti artists, Jan is de Man, asking his girlfriend to marry him.
To paint a whole house for the one you love…!
A fantastic commission for a personalized wedding portrait reached me a little while ago. A group of guys wanted to surprise a friend of theirs that was getting married. The concerning husband and wife to be were huge New York (and America) lovers and they had wanted a portrait of NY for a while to adorn their new home. The guys asked me to combine a portrait of the couple with a portrait of New York, including their favourite colour: purple.
It had been ages ago since I did a project like this one (and ages ago since I had to be so supersupersecretive about something, not my best quality ;)), but I think I succeeded quite well. I printed it at my favorite printer in Utrecht, Verhoeff: a giclée print on Hahnemühle paper, which I adore. I love working on private commisions like this one. The personal connection, making a nice couple happy with your work, the idea that it will be looked at with happy memories every day…
If you would like a customized/ personalized wedding portrait or family portrait like this one too, then feel welcome to have a look at my Etsy shop!
Wow…! So happy that jewelry artist Barbera Ploeg was so kind to inform me I was featured on the Etsy International FB Page today…
Twice!
Once with my Golden-Oldie retro weddingcard (http://on.fb.me/J3TTz0) and once with the special postcard stand featuring 15 Dutch Etsy Illustrators at the Amsterdam Museum, also featuring an old favourite: the bearded man! (http://on.fb.me/KOIeVU)
