there ain’t no place just like this place anywhere near this place so this must be . . . . . . the place

in order to depict what it is Saskia wants to depict, she works in different techniques; oftentimes series unfold

calendar prints originals

interested in reading more about the going-ons in studio The Birdhut, you are invited to visit Saskia's blog Tales from The BirdHut

In her BirdHut in Vogelswerf Saskia van Herwaarden has created her own universe. Ever curious about the small world of her surroundings she studies the essence of living and dead beings. Animals spring to life in a brush stroke, hare bird dog toad snail, sometimes ink becomes tree, or human being.....Sometimes everything all at once, metamorpheses, because that is what being born and dying is all about. She has once heard someone mention art can offer comfort, that is a very nice thought she thinks. With thanks to Ingrid Geesink