H.Schotel

Based on "Fire Dreaming" a painting by Wipana Jimmy, a woman elder of the Pitjantjatjara community, born in 1931 in the bush west of Fregon, Australia.

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a famous novelist. Tekeningen van de beroemde Duitstalige schrijver uit Praag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

As the Egyptians saw it themselves / Zoals de Egyptenaren zichzelf tempels zagen bouwen.

Cuts from a carpet I happen to own. Perzisch tapijt. Orient.

Dutch Autumn in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

These great pictures are from the collection "Egyptian Gods" by Jeff Dahl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeff_Dahl

Scroll from the Edo period. In the persona the images are mirrored. For more info see for example: http://www.bombzai.com/monsters-of-the-bakemono-zukushi-scroll/

New York - Kolonie Nieuw Amsterdam, panorama - schilderij. I used a great picture of a painting that I found on the site of the New Amsterdam History Center (NAHC) called "The World of Peter Stuyvesant", published by the Museum of the City of New York. No repitition in 3000 pixels width! Peter Stuvesant was the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (Wikipedia). The NAHC site is here: http://www.localarchives.org/nahc/links.aspx

Nederlandse Fietsen. Taken from a drawing by Mark van Huystee in Delft: http://www.huystee.com

Used stuff uploaded by Floridians (again): http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/decorative_letters.php

Taken in Beijing, summer 2009

Blue Chinese Silk 1

Ramses III flowers, colors inverted for readability.

Based on a classical painting

Dutch: Spuiplein Den Haag (The Netherlands). Heart of the city view with Dr. Anton Philipszaal / Lucent Dance Theatre (orange), bibliotheek en Hulshoff (left), Mercure Hotel (right) + mirror image) spiegelbeeld.

Tops added to make this persona acceptable for The Persona Team. For more true to life pictures of Balinese village life before WW II, search for example for the pictures of Willem Hofker (who regrettably didn't paint my picture). Or read Margaret Mead's work on Bali. Schilderij - met bedekte borsten op verzoek van de redactie.

Based on a painting by the Shanghai and also Dutch resident Chinese ink painter Zhou Jun: http://zhoujun.eu

Like my previous one based on a work by manga inspired Japanese artist and fashion designer Takashi Murakami: "Army of Mushrooms" as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami, but with inverted colors.

Row of dragons from a shrine in a pagode in Fushun (Liaoning, China). Chinese Draken.

Based on a work by manga inspired Japanese artist and (Louis Vuitton) fashion designer (kunstenaar, mode-ontwerper) Takashi Murakami called Army of Mushrooms (Leger van paddestoelen), even in the Château de Versailles. More info via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami

Had to transform Dutch Piet Mondriaan's original (1942-1943) for readability,

Based on a 1967 picture by Ed van der Elsken, the famous Dutch photographer. Van de beroemde fotograaf: vrouw op ski-vakantie met been in gips in de zon.

American food in China, De naam van deze voedselketen begint met Mc.

Nostalgic but at the same time up to date sea view of a Papuan village [Papoea-dorp], in the Cenderawasih Bay, formerly Geelvink Baai, Irian Barat (formerly Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea), Indonesia. Based on a B/W photo "Gezicht op het dorp Jamakan op het eiland Roemberpon" of the photocollection of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)/Kon. Inst. voor de Tropen/Tropenmuseum http://tinyurl.com/KIT-Jamakan

From a picture taken in an international train in Europe. Alcohol can hurt more than you would like, but so can the bottles it comes in, empty or not after drinking. (Nonsense text: just a few more keywords to draw the searchers' attention :-) Verboden flessen uit het raam te werpen.

Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning, a northern province of China. Shenyang was formerly called Mukden. Groen dak in noord China.

Huizen: Naar de werkelijkheid getekende gevel. Small part of a big pen drawing by Delft artist Mark van Huystee, see http://www.huystee.com

Twaalf roeiers in een lange prauw. Asmat-gebied Nieuw-Guinea. The Asmat are an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the Papua province of Indonesia. Old photo taken from: http://tinyurl.com/KIT-Asmatprauw [papoea's] To see rowers in action please have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px70V-olUn8

Try it on! It looks better than you would expect. Cartoon picture from Mexico. From a "Long Count" Mayan calendar according to: http://media.photobucket.com/image/mayasnake+/BuckyNoel_Dome/MayaSnake.gif