Nancy van den Boom

Poppy time again

Nancy van den Boom — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:55:58 +0000

Last week I saw first poppies blooming already.
Looking forward to more and more poppies the coming weeks!

I have painted lots of poppies, with oil paint.
This one is my favorite. It was a joy to paint!

and this one too.….:-)

I found some more poppy-paintings by fellow-painters, I hope you like them!

Together Pieces with Jana

Nancy van den Boom — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:10:23 +0000

I love to work together and I am proud to be working together with sweet
Jana Tarhala from Finland. She is just wonderful to work with and a very skilled and talented artist.

This is Jana

Jana has a beautiful shop on ETSY, I’d like to see her shop filled up a bit more…it’s so special and beautiful what she makes!

Some time ago we decided to work together to make wearable art!
I send miniature paintings to Jana and then she starts working around this mini painting with her incredible beading. And then I suddenly
receive pictures of the magic result.

Jana made these wonderful bracelets with my paintings.
When you click on the pictures, you can see the details of the bracelets.

We are very happy we sold these 2 pieces 2 weeks ago. Jana takes care of sending them, and makes a lot of work of the packaging.
Jana just let me know the bracelets arrived and the customer loves the bracelets and also the lovely packaging by Jana. From my own experience I know Jana’s wrapping with beautiful ribbons and lovely extra’s makes it very special to receive our Together Pieces.

Jana has some miniature oil paintings by me in stock and I am looking forward to her new creations.

Below a picture of a necklace, to show we’re “not only making bracelets”!

Thank you dear Jana, for working with me!

Colour Tree

Nancy van den Boom — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:04:22 +0000

It’s a rainy grey day in the Netherlands. Lots of colours in my studio though.
A few years ago I painted lots of Colour Trees, in various sizes and colours. I sold quite some of them. From very small to big canvasses and even dancing ones. I chose one to show here since it is one of my favorites. It’s a great joy to paint Colour Trees and make their flowing energy visible through the texture of the thick vibrant oil painting.
The painting below is 50 x 60 cm.

Summer Breeze Birch oil painting

Nancy van den Boom — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:52:55 +0000

This morning I painted in my cleaned-up studio.
Fresh Palette, Fresh canvas. To paint this fresh summer birch tree was a big joy! Size is 30 x 40 cm, 13 x 19 inches.

Painting and print are available in my ETSY-shop.

Fresh Studio!

Nancy van den Boom — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:27:07 +0000

I worked on several paintings at the same time lately and I enjoyed it a lot. This morning I walked into my studio and I couldn’t believe the incredible mess I saw.
To prepare for a new painting I cleaned up. I love my studio, the morning light, and all those tubes with oil paint, the cleaned brushes and enough spare blanc canvasses…

The next painting is a commission, it will be a tree “from head to toe”. I like that

Theo

Nancy van den Boom — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:09:06 +0000

This post is not about painting, but about Theodore, our 12 year old gelding. He’s with us since September last year and a wonderful addition to our family. We spend many happy hours with him. He’s a happy, funny horse, very clever, bright and willing to learn. There are many appropriate and positive adjectives for Theo. It’s easy to cover it all with just a few words. I love him to pieces.

The picture was taken by Mariska, our friend at the farm where Theo lives.

Here she is with her horse Vilord. A happy couple!

Painted Skies

Nancy van den Boom — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:10:29 +0000

I love to paint skies in oil paint. With this wonderful medium I can give texture and structure in all kinds of ways.

In this post I post pictures of pieces of sky of paintings I made.

I am planning to make a series with o n l y skies, and no land. Looking forward to that! What skies do you like to see in oil paint?

Early Work

Nancy van den Boom — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:46:43 +0000

I discovered painting in 2004 and became totally, completely passionate about oil painting. The vibrancy, the texture, the brushes, the smell, the empty canvas, waiting for me.

I cannot imagine my life without painting anymore.
These are my early paintings that I want to share with you.
I painted so much, as if I had to catch up. I still have to catch up for the years I did not paint and I am enjoying it so much.

“Alike”

“Irish Roos”

“Thought”

“Me 1981″

“Mirror”

“Roos painting Witchy”

“Tuscany”

“Bas”

“Marianne”

“Thijs”

“My cousins”

“No name”

“Lelystad sailing”

I hope you enjoyed watching my early works.

Next post: surprise, but it will be colourful for sure.

Thanks for watching!

Furry Friends

Nancy van den Boom — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:44:51 +0000

I have some sweet furry friends. They enrich my life and I am happy they want to be my friends.

This is Jacky, the farmdog. He came home with me (running back home with me, while I was on the bike). Here he’s sitting in my studio, as if he is home. After this visit we took him back to the farm by car. He has a great life there. Wild and free.

Eva, beautiful feline. She’s such an amazing cat, constantly hunting and catching preys for us. Preys like cigarette packs, gloves, plants. About 6 years ago she decided to live with us. Her owner agreed and I was happy.

Bella Zorroluna, the most relaxed cat in the world. Same previous owner. Bella came together with Eva, living with us.

And the latest addition to our family: Theo, 12 year old gelding. He’s with us half a year now. A dream came true. Still cannot believe that I really have the privilidge to take care of this horse. I never had such a big friend before. He’s an amazing, wonderful loving creature that brings peace and love.

And Nico, our instructor’s horse, for our course coach-riding. He’s such a fine spirit! 18 Years already, but very energetic and trustworthy!

Occasionally I paint furry friends, for friends (for miniature paintings for a necklace).

Finally I show an acrylic painting of Keesje, my beloved friend for over 18 years. He passed away June 2011. I miss him every day.

I am going to paint Theo soon! Who are your furry friends?

Bloom in Pink

Nancy van den Boom — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:49:21 +0000

It’s almost the time of bloom!
I love painting them in thick textured oil paint.
I invite you to take a stroll along my pink paintings.
Can you smell the bloom (or is it oil paint maybe you smell?)

Below you see a tiny painting (30 x 40 cm) I sold to a lady in the US.

Big blossom painting (120 x 100 cm), it’s in the home of Dutch customers

And here is my favorite pink painting.
Cherry Blossom New York (120 x 100 cm), I sold it to customers in the Netherlands. This is one of the paintings I miss a bit, but I enjoy the thought of happy customers. It’s an honour for me that people want my paintings in their homes.

Below you see my painting Cherry Blossom Lille, a painting (100 x 80 cm) I made after a wonderful visit to Lille, to our friends Daniel en Christelle Uytterhaeghe. Daniel is a great painter, and I am very proud they visited my exhibition last year in Bussum, and bought my painting.

Thanks for visiting my blossom gallery! I hope you enjoyed this pre-spring walk.