In a maze of colours
1904 – 1989 | Spanish painter known for surrealism From back in 1990 P and I have had a major fascination for Dali. We used to drool at Dali’s surrealistic paintings seen at BITS – can’t remember how we came across them. Maybe KM had a Dali obsession that was contagious? In 2011, I got…
This is about a project I undertook this year to repaint my bike. Don’t want the whole low down? Check out my photo album of this project! It all started with my dislike for grey. Green-grey, silver-grey, insipid grey. 2013 Oh, why did someone have to steal my beautiful purple and green Batavus? My “new”…
Another Dutch artist I am fascinated by is Escher. Escher House/ Palace is a lovely collection of his works in De Hague, an hour’s train ride away. Have been there a few times in my years here, and never really tire of it.
My permanent art fascinations — the painters and printmakers whose work I return to, write about, and occasionally drag people across cities to see.
The other evening riding on my bicycle, I had a race with a big bad bus – and won! Okay, the bus driver didn’t know we were having a race. And he was just crawling along the side of the road as if looking for a good spot to park… but still. I sneakily raced…
