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A few recent paintings. Available at art.monospace.com, or in person at the next market: JCAST (Jersey City Art & Studio Tour) Handmade Market, Grove Street PATH Plaza, Jersey City, Sunday 10/4, 12-5pm. #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #handmade #NewJersey

Six paintings arranged in a two-column, three-row grid. Top row: a blue heron standing in a reflective green marsh, and the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River. Middle row: a marsh landscape at sunset, and the Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken beneath a bright blue sky. Bottom row: the Hoboken waterfront skyline at dusk, and a tree-lined path through a sunny meadow leading toward the water.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 28/09/2026

Self-portrait with boater Grisaille, acrylic on canvas panel, 9”x12”, 2026 Commissions open at art.monospace.com

Portrait painting of a bearded man wearing round glasses and a wide-brimmed hat. He is shown from the chest up, rendered in cool blue-gray and muted brown tones with expressive brushstrokes against a pale, loosely painted background.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 25/09/2026

OpenAI wants you to send them a photo of your room. No thanks. Remember: the only profitable use for “AI” is fraud, disinfo, and surveillance.

Screenshot of a "Dorm redesign" photo-editing feature. A photo of a cozy dorm room (twin bed with green bedding, botanical wall art, desk, bookshelf) appears in a preview card. Below it: heading "Dorm redesign," a short description about transforming room photos, and two buttons: "Take a photo" and "Choose a photo."

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 21/09/2026

If you see this, QRP your green art 💚 More at art.monospace.com

Grid of four square painted landscape scenes separated by thin white borders, all in bright green tones. Top left: a shaded woodland pond where two tall, slender trees with gray-brown trunks rise from dark, still water that reflects blue sky and foliage. A fallen log slants across the water at center, a mossy green log lies at lower left, and dense leaves fill the background. Top right: a marsh with tall green reeds and grasses in the foreground and tan, feathery reed plumes rising against a flat gray overcast sky. A branch with yellow-green leaves hangs in from the upper left, and dark water with thin bare twigs sits at lower right. Bottom left: the interior of a forest with several dark, nearly black tree trunks in the foreground. Sunlit yellow-green leaves and low undergrowth glow behind them, and the ground is covered with dark leaf litter and twigs speckled with light. Bottom right: a shallow stream curving from the lower foreground toward the center of a wooded scene, with pale pinkish-brown water and banks. Several fallen logs cross the stream in the middle distance, reddish earth shows on the left bank, and a grassy bank and bright green leaf canopy fill the right and upper areas.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 04/09/2026

This tracks. I’m an immigrant from the Netherlands (arrived 32 years ago), and I’ve lived in the NY metro area for most of my life.

A map of the USA with red showing in the Northeast and dark blue in the Midwest.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 22/08/2026

The Hearsterveer ferry across the Vecht river north of Zwolle, one of only two remaining hand-pulled cable ferries in the Netherlands. Wat een prachtig land is het toch ook. Volgende week alweer terug.

A small ferry carrying two people crosses a narrow, tree-lined waterway. Several old wooden boats are moored among reeds and lily pads in the foreground, with lush vegetation along the banks and a partly cloudy summer sky overhead. A Dutch flag flies from the ferry.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 20/08/2026

Scheveningen beach this afternoon, after the rainstorm.

A wide sandy beach at Scheveningen after a rainstorm in August, with dark wet sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting the sky. A massive towering bank of dark storm clouds dominates the left side, contrasting with bright blue sky and scattered clouds above the distant North Sea horizon.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 18/08/2026

Visiting the Netherlands this week. Here’s the view from Kafé België in Utrecht, a favorite hangout for us art students back in the day. Glad to see it’s still there. Sepia and white ink on tan paper, 7”x5”. #art #artSky #fineArt #penAndInk #urbanSketching #Utrecht art.monospace.com

Alt text: Ink and watercolor urban sketch of a row of attached multi-story buildings, with balconies, windows, rooftops, and a large leafy tree obscuring the right side. Loose dark brown linework and washes contrast with white highlights against a warm beige paper background.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 01/08/2026

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Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of. On the contrary, passengers themselves must pay. And there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid. The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid,—what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 31/07/2026

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Abdul, we were both on the ballot in 2018.I was capable of winning my competitive primary and general election. You lost.
You lost by over twenty points to Gretchen Whitmer and you will lose to Mike Rogers by talking like this.
Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish
Americans.
But buddy, let me be very clear, I will lower the costs of groceries, ban stock trading for elected officials, stop Trump's abuses of power, and protect Michigan manufacturing.
And you'll just be a celebrity whining and writing books to get even richer. You're part of the complainer class, looking for their next book or podcast deal.
Bro, I just want to work for Michigan. x.6om/Aman;Universe/p.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 31/07/2026

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Indeed, Weiss' handpicked "Evening News" anchor, Tony Dokoupil, is set to preside over his lowest monthly ratings since taking over the program in January, averaging just 3.8 million viewers in July, according to Nielsen data obtained by Status. While July is traditionally the doldrums of summer television, the fact that Dokoupil is now regularly averaging fewer than 4 million viewers-a once-unthinkable threshold for the broadcast to fall below — is almost certainly setting off alarm bells inside CBS News. It marks the fourth consecutive month the program has averaged under 4 million viewers and the second-lowest-rated July for the "Evening News" this century. The only lower July came last year, which CBS News nonetheless touted in a press release after narrowly beating it by a mere 2%.
Meanwhile, under Weiss, "CBS Mornings" has also collapsed to record lows.
According to the ratings data obtained by Status, July marked the lowest-rated month ever for the Gayle King-led program, both in total viewers and among those in the the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic. The show, which has been down a third host since Dokoupil moved to the evenings, has averaged just 1.6 million viewers, marking the second consecutive month it has fallen below 1.7 million. Not good!
That track record does not inspire much confidence for "6o Minutes." As one television executive commented to me, "Her overhaul of 'CBS Mornings' and
'Evening News' have done nothing but drive the ratings down to historic lows, so there is little hope these '6o Minutes' changes will do anything but the same."

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 31/07/2026

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It's not just that people don't want data centers in their backyards or regions. We basically know why they don't want them. They'll bogart all the electricity and water. Drive up rates. Wreck the environment. There's another dimension of it though. The throughline of this age is that you've got these big tech platforms that can do anything they want. It is a society-driving spectacle that is there in plain sight and yet still under-appreciated. Al itself captures all of this. We're told by its makers that it will take away everyone's jobs, require unimaginable new supplies of energy, has a non-trivial shot at leading to the extinction of the human race... and this is the argument of its supporters! The point is that there is this very small group of men running a handful of mega tech platforms and they're making the decisions and it basically doesn't matter what we think. Not just you and me individually but us collectively. It's their world. We're just living in it.
Some of this is the fact that these companies are so big and their monopoly power is so great and they have such stores of money that they just roll over everything in their path. But it still has something to do with the nature of the tech world and the internet itself. It's ubiquitous and yet not quite anchored anywhere. And yet data centers change all of that. They're vast, physical, brick-and-mortar fortresses. And they come under the rule of local zoning laws and water districts and the regular bric-a-brac of local self government. And suddenly that changes everything.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 27/07/2026

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For Musk, the notion that white nations are threatened by non-white contamination is a starting point-something to be reasoned from, not reasoned to. As we have argued, Musk is in many ways classically fascist:
He believes race and culture are inseparable. His vision is international: in defense of the west, white nations must globally if loosely unite.
What are these nations, exactly? In the UK, the far right claim to be nationalists. But they hate the government, the Church of England, the National Trust, its most famous TV shows and TV presenters, and even the King (not to mention its schools, universities, and police). What is the Englishness they are defending, if not these things? It's the racial and cultural nation.
Unlike the nation as understood even by some mainline conservatives. then, the fascist nation is not real. It is a past conceived in myth that has supposedly been lost to contamination and degradation-and must be willed back into existence through violent ethnic purgings. These purgings, really, are what will bring the myth to life. Outside of the racial nation-which isn't a geographic unit but something more mystical-lie only darkness, threats, and huge, teeming, masses of inferior humanity.
The mythic past and the promises of purity are all fantasy, of course, but the purgings are brutally real.

The big through line here is vicious dehumanization: No kids have died due to USAID cuts-none that we need to concern ourselves with, as they don't serve the higher cause of the nation. All Muslim immigrants in the UK are rapists and murderers; as Musk suggests, asking if you're "anti-Muslim" is akin to asking if you're pro-rape and pro-murder. No one who has been killed by ICE is innocent; as Trump's border czar Tom Homan puts it, to avoid violent death at the hands of ICE agents, don't antagonize them. No Somali living in Minnesota is there legitimately; as Trump himself says, all should be subject to removal by definition.
Musk constantly talks about a technological future of dazzling plenty that will extend to all: In the Economist interview, he predicted that by 2036 we'll see such "amazing abundance" that money will become meaningless. But his own rhetoric suggests he envisions something more like techno-utopia only for a select interplanetary elite-after the dust settles from racial apocalypse on Earth. And as he himself has cryptically intimated on occasion, he's gearing up his Space rockets for exactly that future.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 27/07/2026

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Tellingly, over the weekend, Musk explicitly labeled Beddoes a "traitor to the West" for confronting him with facts about DOGE's moral crimes.
Telling the truth, or even evincing concern, about the humanitarian impact of our actions on the global poor risks aggravating that
"civilizational empathy" that so threatens Western Civilization, you see.
As the West is inseparable from white civilization for Musk, this is tantamount to labeling Beddoes with the white supremacist epithet "race traitor."

Indeed, if you watch Musk in this interview, as he sits there smugly abusing Beddoes in his edgelordy leather jacket, you can see something remarkable unfolding in real time. As Musk repeats emphatically that
"zero died" in the face of obvious contrary evidence, he's visibly sensing his growing power to communicate with fascistic tropes to like-minded western- and white-civilizational warriors everywhere.
All this was visible during another big moment in the Economist interview: Musk's claim that the United Kingdom is slipping into civil war. Musk often describes the UK as under criminal and migrant siege, and Beddoes took him to task for it. "You have painted" Europe and the UK as "overrun with terrifying Muslim immigrants" and beset with "rape on every corner," she said acidly.
But Musk stood by his depiction of a Muslim invasion. He insisted a
"large and growing" group "whose beliefs are antithetical to western beliefs" had entered the country, predicting it's only a matter of time until there's a "reckoning," which will come when they "try to implement their views."

One of us-Toby-lives in the UK, and can categorically state that Musk's depiction of the country is complete nonsense. In most major cities you can walk around by yourself late at night without a second thought. The country is palpably safer than it was only a few decades ago, and would rank among the least violent cities in the U.S.
What's more, thanks to her empire, Britain has already had centuries of non-white, non-Christian immigration. The first curry house opened in
1810. Every generation has seen apocalyptic warnings of immigration unleashing rivers of blood that never materialize. Racist and political violence come almost exclusively from white nativists and the political right. Studies show the areas of the UK with the most immigrant settlers have seen the fastest declines in crime.
But here, again, Musk's depictions of the UK are not meant to be debated empirically. When Beddoes asked Musk if he's "anti-Muslim," he rejoined:
"I'm against rape and murder." The linking of Muslims to rape and murder was immediate, unevidenced, instinctive. It's not subject to debate. It's true by definition.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 27/07/2026

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From the Office of the Attending Physician:
"Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June. OAP physicians visit with the Senator every day, discussing all aspects of his rehabilitation care. Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls. His bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility. He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office."

Statement from Senator McConnell:
"I'm still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors orders.
Unfortunately, that means I won't be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday.
There's no place l'd rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton. When I first attended forty-two years ago, Fancy Farm was a pretty lonely place to be a Republican. But, my, how times have changed. Today, western Kentucky is a conservative Republican sea of red. So I hate that I'll miss the fun this year, but I'm sending my best wishes to the St. Jerome community for a successful picnic.
As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I'm looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon."

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 27/07/2026

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Office of the Attending Physician released the following today:
"I'm still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors orders. Unfortunately, that means I won't be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday.
There's no place l'd rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton. When I first attended forty-two years ago, Fancy Farm was a pretty lonely place to be a Republican. But, my, how times have changed. Today, wester Kentucky is a conservative Republican sea of red. So I hate that lil miss the fun this year, but I'm sending my best wishes to the St. Jerome community for a successful picnic.
"As always, l appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and 'm looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon:"
From the Office of the Attending Physician (AP):
"Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June. OAP physicians visit with the Senator every day, discussing all aspects of his rehabilitation care. Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls. His bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility. He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office."

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 22/07/2026

I went to check this for myself and Google suggested I check for days with "fish"in it. So I did, and sure enough.

• AI Overview

Only 1 day of the week has the word "fish" literally in its name: Sun[fish]
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However, depending on your diet, you might eat fish every day! If you follow a traditional meatless Friday diet (common in Christian/Catholic traditions), you might specifically associate 1 day (Friday) with fish. Alternatively, dietary guidelines generally recommend consuming fish 2 to 3 days a week for a healthy lifestyle. - Vermont Department of... +1

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 22/07/2026

Following! I’m always looking to expand my collection of books about color. Here are some of my favorites. Descriptions in alt-text.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 21/07/2026

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reply by no later than July 20, 2026."
Whereas the Defendant's Response to Order to Show Cause sets forth rational and
arguments in response to the Court's Order, the Plaintiff's Response is filled with hyperbolic
rhetoric seeking to impose punitive sanctions on the Department for availing itself of the process
the Court afforded it. As both the Order, the Court's memorandum opinion ("Op.") (ECF No. 16),
and the Court's Minute Order to set deadlines make clear, the Court has not ordered "the
immediate production of documents," but rather has ordered the Department to "show cause if [it] declines to do so." Op. 48; see also Order 1-2. The Court expressly denied the Government's request to issue a stay to the preliminary injunction because "Ms. Phang is not requesting the
immediate production of documents." Id.
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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 14/07/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay, again. Here a some of my recent portraits. Commissions are open, just get in touch to discuss details. More work at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #portrait

A portrait painting of a small boy and his mother

A portrait of a man looking confidently at the viewer

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 13/07/2026

INSIDE is both the name of a song I wrote when I first arrived in NYC in 1994, and a collection of songs that I recorded and published in 2001. I recently went back to the original tracks to add live drums and remix them with the audio tech I wished existed 25 years ago. Stay tuned.

Halftone-textured sepia poster titled "INSIDE / 25 years later." A person with curly shoulder-length hair stands on a rooftop wearing a dark tank top, arms at sides, with the Empire State Building rising behind them against the sky. The word "monospace" appears in large lowercase letters across the bottom.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 30/06/2026

Date yourself with a snap of your first ever computer.

The Amiga 500 personal computer system, pictured with a monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and a floppy disk drive.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 26/06/2026

QTP with your brown/orange/warm tone art. (More at hensbreet.art)

Casein painting of a sunset over the Hudson River, as seen from The Bronx.

A gouache painting of Nico’s And Leo’s Farmers Market in Union City, New Jersey.

An acrylic double portrait of the artist’s deceased brother and the artist himself.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 25/06/2026

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My neighbor cut down a 40-year-old Japanese
Maple while I was away.
Advice needed
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Location: Colorado, USA.

Just got back to my place near Fort Collins after a week on the road and I am losing my mind. My neighbor took it upon himself to hire a "landscaping" crew (probably just some guys with a chainsaw) to remove a mature Japanese Maple that was fully on my property. His excuse? He said the needles and leaves were messing with his "mountain view" and "fire mitigation" efforts.

The tree was roughly 40 years old and was the centerpiece of my yard. I called an arborist immediately. He told me that since this is Colorado and the tree was that established and healthy, the replacement value is astronomical. He is drafting a formal appraisal but hinted that we are looking at 20k to 25k easy just for the tree, let alone the logistics of getting a crane into my backyard.

I know Colorado has statutes regarding timber trespass. My lawyer already mentioned treble damages because the guy admitted he did it on purpose while I wasnt home to stop him.

The neighbor had the gall to offer me a couple hundred bucks for "the inconvenience" and told me to just buy a couple of saplings at a local nursery. I refused to take his money and told him to wait for the process server.

Has anyone dealt with treble damages in CO specifically for ornamental trees ? This guy basically nuked my property value for his porch view and I am not planning on letting this go. l feel like a jerk for wanting to sue my neighbor into bankruptcy but the sheer entitlement is what gets me.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 11/06/2026

Op het Noordereiland stond meer dan 100 jaar lang (1847–1968) een gasfabriek. Wat er in 1832 stond weet ik ook niet, was ruim voor mijn tijd 😜 m.facebook.com/groups/zwoll...

Luchtfoto uit mei 1937 van het Noordereiland met gasfabriek in Zwolle. Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 10/06/2026

Looking forward to seeing you all in person and showing off my latest pieces, this Saturday in beautiful Fort Lee, New Jersey. art.monospace.com

Promotional graphic for the Be Fort Lee / Main Street Pops Artisan Markets, June 13th, 12–5 PM at Hudson Lights Park, Fort Lee, NJ. The collage features three acrylic paintings: a wooded landscape opening onto a sunlit meadow with a cloudy blue sky; a forest path bathed in bright yellow-green light filtering through dark tree trunks; and a red barn and stone farmhouse on an open green field under a blue sky with wispy clouds. A photograph of pink flowers, orchids, a perfume bottle, and a kraft paper bag is also included. A stamp graphic reads “I’m a Vendor!”

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 06/06/2026

Been replenishing my stock for summer market season. Next up is Fort Lee, NJ, Saturday June 13. Trail in Teaneck Creek Conservancy, left, and Meadowlands Sunset, right. Acrylic on panel, 12”x9”. More at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #NewJersey

Acrylic painting of a dirt path winding through a grove of trees. The trees have pale trunks and green canopies. Green grass and low shrubs border both sides of the path. Light breaks through the trees in the background.

Acrylic painting of a body of water reflecting an orange and yellow sky. Streaks of dark grey-blue clouds cross the upper portion. Dark silhouettes of reeds and cattails line the foreground and left edge. A dark treeline runs across the middle distance.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 23/05/2026

My friend Dirk, from a 2011 reference photo. Acrylic on panel, 9”x12” art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #portrait

A painted portrait of a man with short dark hair, his gaze directed downward, wearing a dark jacket over a light blue collared shirt. The background is an out-of-focus pattern of green and white foliage, rendered in loose brushstrokes. The painting is signed in the lower right corner.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 23/05/2026

Happy World Goth Day! Here’s a picture of yours truly in East Berlin, 1986. #WorldGothDay

A young person with light, curly hair wearing a dark blazer and white shirt sits on a beige carpeted floor in an interior space with warm golden-brown wooden paneling and vertical slats. A dark rope or cable runs diagonally across the upper portion of the frame. The background shows additional wooden architectural elements and vertical divisions creating a structured, modernist interior environment with muted warm tones throughout.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 21/05/2026

A work in progress: self portrait with hat (grisaille underpainting.) Acrylic on panel, 9”x12”. art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #portrait #grisaille #selfPortrait

A small painting on a wooden easel, illuminated by a black gooseneck lamp. The painting depicts a bust-length figure facing forward, rendered entirely in black, white, and grey tones. The figure wears a light-colored wide-brimmed hat with a dark band, a dark high-collared garment, small round eyeglasses, and a mustache with a small beard. The painting surface is mounted on a larger wooden board covered in layered paint marks and color tests in blue, red, green, brown, and other colors. In the foreground on a paint-stained canvas drop cloth are a glass jar of milky liquid, a squeeze bottle labeled Golden OPEN, a white palette with grey paint mixtures, several brushes including two long-handled brushes, tubes of Golden OPEN acrylic paint, and paint markers. Additional art supplies, books, and shelving are visible in the background.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 20/05/2026

Grote broer (Big brother) Acrylic on panel, 9”x12” art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #portrait

A realistic painted portrait of a man smiling slightly and looking directly at the viewer. He wears a muted blue-gray shirt and stands outdoors in front of a brick wall and dense green foliage. The painting uses soft brushwork with careful attention to facial highlights and warm skin tones, while the background is looser and more impressionistic. Natural daylight creates strong contrast across the face, emphasizing the forehead, cheeks, and chin. The composition is tightly cropped around the head and shoulders, giving the portrait an intimate and confident presence.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 16/05/2026

Tune in this evening at 6pm eastern for an hour of crunchy rock and roll and cringey euro trash, handpicked by @laminda.bsky.social and yours truly.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 15/05/2026

Come find me on Washington Street this Sunday from 11 to 6, for one of Hoboken's best outdoor events. I'll have original paintings on hand — a great chance to see the work in person before anything goes online, and save on shipping costs.

Side-by-side image. On the left, a man stands in front of an outdoor art festival booth on a sunny day. He wears a black bowler-style hat, sunglasses, a dark vest over a light shirt, brown pants, and boots. Framed landscape paintings are displayed behind him under a canopy tent. A small chalkboard sign beside the booth reads, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. — Picasso.”

On the right is a colorful promotional poster for the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival. The poster features a stylized city skyline, bright pink sunburst rays, and large yellow lettering reading “Arts & Music Festival.” Event details list May 17th, 11 AM–6 PM, on Washington Street, with a rain date of May 31st. Sponsor logos appear along the bottom.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 13/05/2026

This Saturday from 6 to 7, tune in for the return of The Mister Ferocious Radio Hour, a drop-in radio show for WFMU's Rock 'n Soul Radio stream. @laminda.bsky.social and I have prepared another exquisite playlist full of obscure crunchy rock and roll and cringey Euro trash. wfmu.org/rocknsoulradio

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 23/04/2026

This was quite a challenge. One face in shadow, the other in direct sunlight. Overall I’m pleased with how this turned out. Glazed grisaille, acrylic on canvas, 14”x11”. More at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #grisaille #glazing #portraitPainting

A painted portrait on canvas depicting a child and their mother shown from the shoulders up, their faces close together and centered in the composition. The child, on the left, has short dark hair with bangs, dark eyes, and a slight smile, wearing a navy and yellow horizontal-striped shirt. The mother, on the right, has straight medium-brown hair parted in the middle and a serious, tender expression, wearing a dark jacket. The background is very dark, nearly black, with subtle warm tones toward the left. The painting is signed in the lower left corner with the artist’s signature. The canvas is propped on a light wood dresser with gray-painted drawer fronts, surrounded by several other partially visible canvases leaning against a wall or cabinet behind it.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 18/04/2026

I’m a visiting artist at the Garden State Art Weekend open studios in the Neumann Leathers Building, 333 Newark Avenue, Hoboken. I’m in Tim Daley’s space on the fifth floor. Galleries are open tonight from 5 to 9, and tomorrow from 1 to 5. Stop by to say hello if you’re in the area!

A photograph of a white gallery wall with two rows of paintings.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 15/04/2026

M and M. Grisaille underpainting, work in progress. Think I’m getting the hang of this. Acrylic on canvas, 14”x11”. Check art.monospace.com for more.

A painting in progress on a wooden easel in an artist’s studio. The painting is a small-format grisaille portrait in black, white, and gray tones, depicting two figures — a child on the left and an adult on the right — posed close together and facing the viewer. The figures are rendered with loose, expressive brushwork against a near-black background, with highlights in white and light gray defining facial features and hair. A flexible-arm clip light is attached to the top of the easel. In the foreground, a white plastic palette holds mixed paints in black, brown, gray, and white. Surrounding the palette on a tan cloth-covered work surface are several paint tubes, a glass jar with brushes and tools, a palette knife, paint rags, and small bottles including a red-capped jar and a white squeeze bottle. The easel’s wooden surfaces are heavily stained with accumulated paint in multiple colors. In the background, shelves with books and art supplies are visible, softly out of focus.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 14/04/2026

Self portrait, acrylic on panel. 9”x12”. art.monospace.com

A portrait painting in progress displayed on a wooden tabletop easel in a cluttered artist’s studio. The painting depicts a middle-aged man with shoulder-length gray-brown hair and a mustache, wearing a dark jacket over a white shirt, set against a warm orange-yellow background. The painted panel is mounted on a larger piece of board that shows gestural brushwork in blues, oranges, reds, and greens extending beyond the edges of the panel. A clip-on lamp is attached to the top of the easel, and a tablet device is mounted to the right side. In the foreground is a white ceramic palette with smears of red, yellow, pink, and brown paint, a glass jar containing milky white liquid, and several acrylic paint bottles and tubes. The background shows a bookshelf, additional art supplies, and studio furniture in soft focus.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 08/04/2026

The grisaille after a night of refining. Really digging these open acrylics.

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Monochrome painted portrait of an older man with a receding hairline and a full mustache, shown from the chest up against a neutral background. He wears a white shirt and dark jacket, with reading glasses hanging on a cord around his neck. The lighting emphasizes wrinkles on his forehead and around his eyes, giving him a serious, contemplative expression. Visible brushstrokes and canvas texture add a traditional painted quality.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 08/04/2026

I liked how the portrait of my brother came out, so here is the grisaille for my next piece. I’m using slow-drying Golden Open acrylics to give myself time to get this underpainting just right. When I come back from Pittsburgh this weekend it should be dry enough to apply the glazes.

A studio work-in-progress photograph taken from above, showing a wooden easel mounted with a grisaille portrait painting in progress. The portrait depicts a man with shoulder-length dark hair and a mustache, rendered in blue-gray tones against a light background, wearing dark clothing. The painting is mounted on a wooden board that shows visible underpainting or earlier compositional marks in blue, red, yellow, and other hues around the portrait. In the foreground on a gray canvas drop cloth sits a ceramic palette with wet blue and gray paint, two tubes of Golden Open acrylic paint (visible “OPEN” labeling), a brush, and a second palette or paper surface with blue-gray paint marks. A black lamp extends from the upper left. The wooden work surface behind and surrounding the easel shows signs of heavy use, with paint marks, stains, and accumulated studio wear.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 05/04/2026

Wiendelt and me, acrylic on panel, 14”x11”. art.monospace.com

A warm-toned painting of two long-haired men, one in the foreground facing forward and the other slightly behind and to the right, leaning in at an angle. Their faces are rendered with expressive brushwork and strong highlights, dominated by reds, oranges, and yellows that suggest dramatic lighting. The background is a glowing orange gradient, enhancing the intensity of the scene. The foreground figure has a calm, direct expression, while the figure behind appears relaxed, with a faint smile and a casual posture, wearing a dark jacket. The overall mood is intimate and slightly theatrical, with bold color contrasts and a painterly texture.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 01/04/2026

Closing time, Desmond’s Tavern on Park Avenue South. Reference photo from May 2005. Acrylic on MDF panel, 8”x10”. Available at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #nightlife #landscapeArt #urbanSketching #NewYorkCity

A painting of two figures embracing on a dark urban sidewalk outside a bar at closing time. A third figure wearing a hat stands in the shadows of the entrance to the left. Storefronts are lit by interior light from the pub, a green sign partially reading “ERN” at upper left, and a red-and-white sign to the right. The palette is predominantly deep brown and black, punctuated by amber, red, and yellow-green from the signage and spilling light.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 20/03/2026

A few glazed grisaille nocturnes. I like how this technique works on urban night scenes. Will have to try some landscapes next. Acrylic on mdf panels, 11”x14”. #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #UnionCity #landscapeArt #urbanSketching #NewJersey art.monospace.com

A painting of a car wash facility at night. A large illuminated yellow sign reading “MARTIN CAR WASH” in red block letters spans the width of the building, lit from above by a row of white lights. Beneath the sign, a wide open bay reveals a brightly lit interior. A dark SUV is parked to the left; a white SUV is visible to the right. Two figures stand in the center of the bay, facing the interior. The wet forecourt reflects white light in streaks. The surrounding area is in deep shadow.

A painting of an urban street corner at night. A large yellow traffic signal showing a red light hangs in the upper left. A three-story brick corner building occupies the center, its ground floor occupied by a commercial establishment with a red-lettered sign, partially legible, and illuminated storefront windows. Additional lit storefronts extend along the left side of the building. Overhead wires cross diagonally across the composition. Multiple traffic and street light fixtures glow yellow-green against the black sky. A white sedan and dark vehicles are parked along the curb in the foreground. A crosswalk is visible at lower center.

A painting of a city street corner at night. A three-story brick building with decorative window surrounds and a dentilled cornice dominates the upper right. At street level, a small commercial structure with a bright red awning and white-lit display windows occupies the corner. A yellow traffic signal showing a red light hangs at upper left. Overhead wires cross the dark sky. Two dark SUVs are parked along the curb to the right; additional parked vehicles are visible at the far left. A wide intersection with white crosswalk markings occupies the foreground. A small tree is visible beside the corner building.

Monochromatic underpainting for the previous painting. This so-called grisaille becomes the foundation for multiple thin layers of glazed transparent color. The process reminded me a lot of colorizing black and white photographs.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 18/03/2026

Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918) was a highly sought-after Dutch portrait painter, on par with contemporaries like Sargent and Zorn. This self-portrait is made in pastel, her signature medium. Compare the smooth tactility of her face and the sketchy, almost scratchy background. tinyurl.com/bddjbr94

A bust-length self-portrait in pastel of a young person with voluminous, loosely curled brown hair swept upward. The subject wears round, wire-rimmed eyeglasses and faces the viewer with a slight turn, mouth closed. They are dressed in a dark garment at the neckline, fastened with a round brooch, and draped in a large, loosely wrapped shawl or scarf in bright yellow-gold. The background is dark and loosely rendered in deep blue, brown, and black tones with visible, gestural pastel strokes. The face is rendered with greater finish and detail than the surrounding areas. The work is executed in pastel with expressive, visible strokes throughout the clothing and background.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 14/03/2026

Teaneck Creek, Teaneck Creek Conservancy. Acrylic on panel, 12”x9” art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #Teaneck #NewJersey

A painting of a wooded wetland scene. Tall, dark-trunked trees rise vertically through the composition, their reflections visible in a shallow, still waterway that winds through the center and right of the picture plane. Dense low vegetation — rendered in mottled blue-greens, gray-greens, and white highlights suggesting leaf clusters or flowering plants — fills the foreground and middle ground on both sides of the water. The background opens into a sunlit clearing with bright yellow-green grasses or reeds, contrasting with the darker, shadowed interior of the woodland. Dappled light filters through the canopy, creating warm yellow-gold accents on tree bark and foliage. The canvas texture is visible throughout. The overall palette moves from deep shadow browns and cool greens in the foreground to luminous yellow-greens in the distance.

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𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 🎨 @hensbreet.art · 12/03/2026

Teaneck Creek Nature Reserve, Bergen County, NJ. Acrylic on panel, 12”x9” Available at art.monospace.com #art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #Teaneck #NewJersey

A painting of a sunlit woodland scene in spring. A narrow dirt path winds from the lower left into the middle distance, bordered on both sides by dense clusters of small white flowers growing among lush green undergrowth. Two prominent trees with bare, dark branches rise in the center foreground, their trunks and upper branches contrasting against a pale blue sky with soft white clouds. To the left, a row of fuller, leafed-out trees forms a shaded edge. The middle distance opens into a bright green meadow, with a band of yellow flowers visible beyond a treeline in the background. The light is cool and bright, with strong contrasts between the shadowed path and the open field. The painting is signed in the lower right corner. The work is on canvas with visible texture throughout.

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