Ingrid Simons in Portugal

And tonight I arrived safely in Poitiers! Weather is still so beautiful and 32 degrees! Really good weather, but not so nice when you are 9 hours in the car haha! Tomorrow evening I will be arriving in the Paises Baixos Here some more photos of the last week at this fabulous residency! the 36 day series Our mystical (and very inspirational, you will recognize in quite a few paintings) Casa Miradour I was finishing the last paintings last week, and started two blue an black paintings, because I couldn't stop yet! Very special photos, of a very special en sacred place near the residency. These two ladies take care of the chapel, and told me great stories about it. They gave me two prayer cards of Santa Carmo, on which is a song. One of the two ladies was so kind to sing it for me, so beautiful & a special memory!

Only a short message today, unfortunately internet is low and not yet possible to load up a lot of photos, hopefully tomorrow... Hero called "Flor" Another special animal from OBRAS is a little owl, that visited me two times every day at Casa Miradour : one time early in the morning and late at night!  To catch up : The final presentation on sunday was great! Thank you so much! Can't believe how much I was able to do in these weeks (and how many beautiful & inspiring things I saw), and how big the steps were I took. It's really nice to see all the created work together in these presentation. Thank you so much for joining us last sunday! And what a great residency it was! Thank you so much Ludger & Carolien! This morning I had my last studio visit at OBRAS, with a very special guest! After that it was packing everything & driving to Lerma in Spain. Everything went well, and I arrived safely. How time flies! Tomorrow : Poitiers, France! With mor...

Tomorrow I will have my endpresentation of this residency at Fundacao OBRAS : My painting studio for presenting my newest paintings, and another studio to present my newest ceramic work, and.... the patio to present my 'one minute' film "Windflowers"!

And of course an update about my paintings : The series of the change of light through this season here in Alentejo is getting bigger and bigger Here is one in 'close-up' Beautiful Alentejano skies The beautiful sculpture of the mourning woman in the museum "Sao Vicente de Fora" in Lisboa TThe grand azulejo in Lisboa at the Miradour de St. Luzia And after Lisboa & Sintra it was back to painting again :  I started my gold green paintings : My (painting)studio during this residency The serie is still growing! Of course also black & white! Not only the 'colors' of night but also of the extreem strong light in the heat ; which turns all the trees also black because of the strength of the white light Ps. tomorrow night there will be a full moon again, then everything is really lit in the night (the light seems to be much stronger then in the Netherlands), no tor...

Yesterday I collected all my ceramic work at Redondo, and I am so happy with all the results! They are all very beautiful! To see the end results you still have to wait a bit, but beneath some more photos from this residency. On sunday the 15th of June my work will be on show in the Netherlands, Shanghai & Portugal!!! (Please check www.ingridsimons.com) Here at Fundacao OBRAS I will have the endpresentation of my residency here! In my studio we will be showing all new paintings and I another studio my newest ceramic works Now trying to finish the last paintings, to be fully prepared for sunday! Painting my ceramics at the Casa Miradour at Fundacao OBRAS Everything ready for transport to Redondo, where the works will be fired Working at the studio of Luis on the new black azulejos at the Museu do Barro, Redondo Few beautiful landscapes of Alentejo: Visiting the beautiful mural Antonio C...