Old dutch candy Painting

I have been an amateur painter since the age of 62. Many of my works are inspired by the photographic material I produced over the years. My hometown of Dordrecht has always been a great inspiration, but my works also consist of still-lifes. Before I started painting in acrylics I used to do pencil drawings. Since December 2014 I have been participating in the Academie Barteljee (a painters' collective under the inspiring guidance of Bart van der Bom). Visible reality can be clearly perceived in my paintings. As sources of inspirition I sometimes use existing works and well-known painters like Tjalf Sparnaay and Henk Helmantel.