Painter in NW Lower Michigan near the shore of Lake Michigan. I make things by hand. I write things with a fountain pen. www.richardkooyman.com www.loucksgallery.com www.willardgallery.com https://www.v-v-v-v.com/https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mtrlun2c7226richardkooyman.com/home.html New paintings added. https://richardkooyman.com/home.html23 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrlun2c7226https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mtjwvxtijs2arichardkooyman.com/news.html A year ago...... https://richardkooyman.com/news.html20 Aug 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwvxtijs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3msliutoauk2cImages of my painitng and some writings about the work posted daily at richardkooyman.substack.com https://richardkooyman.substack.com/08 Aug 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3msliutoauk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3msjelknvas2mEvery painting is a bit like a palimpsest, a trail of crumbs to find my way back except there is no going back, just forward until it surprises me. Every night the mooon is in a little different spot and I don't know how that happens. Where Is The Moon Now 10” x 20”, oil, 202607 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjelknvas2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3msjaly2yyc2m Red Ducks On A Morning Pond,oil on canvas, 34” x 40”, 2026. I was hiking early one morning near Point Reyes Station, CA when I came across this shallow pond where I didn’t expect a pond to be.07 Aug 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjaly2yyc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mho7w33xps2k"There is knowledge that can be known and described, there is knowledge that can be known but not described, and there is knowledge that can not be known and not described." Vanessa Machado de Oliveira richardkooyman.com/home.html https://richardkooyman.com/home.html22 Mar 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mho7w33xps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mh77rdo2vc24Pond At Night 12" x 12" oil on canvas. New substack at https://richardkooyman.substack.com/p/the-moon-in-the-woods16 Mar 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh77rdo2vc24https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mh3xak7ypc2tVanessa Machado de Oliveira suggests we live our lives: "as a spiritual ceremony where your relationship with unknownability and indeterminacy becomes more important than trying to fix the world into forms that can be categorized, ordered, ranked, and controlled." Read more in my new Substack post.15 Mar 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3xak7ypc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mgxukihthk2fhttps://richardkooyman.substack.com/p/the-moon-in-the-woods?r=5orfr My new Substack in a long time just hit the stands!13 Mar 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxukihthk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mddbgotrvk2bMy Substack 'On Beauty" is coming back. Not quite ready but soon. Coming back reinvigorated and a little pissed off. More info soon.26 Jan 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddbgotrvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mbotv4fu5s2pNew in 2026. - Moon In The Woods 44" x 44" o/c05 Jan 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbotv4fu5s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3maqxunrim227richardkooyman.com/home.html24 Dec 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqxunrim227https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mago3vggfc2zMoon Over Lake Michigan, 10" x 8", o/c 2025 That is how I remember it. That was the image I had in my mind. What's more, That is why I'm telling you this.20 Dec 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mago3vggfc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3madycceybs2sButter Sky Over The Swamp 10" x 8" , oil, 202519 Dec 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3madycceybs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3mabo25kgg22vThe first snow of the year doesn't try to advertise anything to you. It doesn't argue politics or make you sign up for something or ask you to take a survey. It is a gift. Ok, maybe by the end of the season you don't need any more snow, but it is still a gift. First Snow- 14" x 17" oil on linen 202518 Dec 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabo25kgg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m7uxcg32ws2s""I think what we're looking for is a way of experiencing the world in which ..... https://richardkooyman.com/artwork/5455275-Pond%20At%20Night.html13 Dec 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7uxcg32ws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m7pwz4t4x22yRed Borealis with Green 12" x 12" oil on canvas11 Dec 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pwz4t4x22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m7ge236tnc2iwww.richardkooyman.com New website, new work, almost a new year, a new approach, new ideas, new understanding. https://www.richardkooyman.com07 Dec 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ge236tnc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m2ufkf5pqc2bSet your mind to analog mode.10 Oct 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ufkf5pqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m2tnuf46es2zDe-computerize yourself. Painting by Harriet Korman10 Oct 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tnuf46es2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3m2oo3er4ok2nSay no to manufactured knowledge08 Oct 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2oo3er4ok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lx5v7uqxoc2ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTEMgpW3H60&t=2630s This has changed my thinking on so much.24 Aug 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx5v7uqxoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lrxqquzrrc2xMelanie Parke and I will be opening our studios as part of the Onekama/Arcadia Open Studio Tour July 5 -6 from 11-4 each day. Hope to see you there.19 Jun 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxqquzrrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lqsgdhdhuc2s04 Jun 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsgdhdhuc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lppgsokazc2s21 May 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppgsokazc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3llk2bx4dp227"Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth, (they) formulate ideas which would otherwise remain vague and focuses attention upon facts which can then no longer be ignored." Iris Murdoch Waves, 8" x 10", oil, 202529 Mar 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3llk2bx4dp227https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3llhvbrjb3k2qBuilding A New Landscape 10.5" x 8.75",oil and wood, 202528 Mar 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhvbrjb3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3ll5mcp4dt226"Art and morals are...one. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realisation something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and moral is the discovery of reality." Iris Murdoch Landscape, 10"x8", oil on canvas with wood24 Mar 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5mcp4dt226https://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lkyhsim4rs2cA new blog post at www.richardkooyman.com about how a March blizzard blew our power out which led me to think about the Italian philosopher Bifo and his ideas about Art feeding the soul.22 Mar 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyhsim4rs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richardkooyman.bsky.social/post/3lkovg6c4kk2cA company I have used in Canada that produces stretcher bars now has to pay a 25% tariff. They are offering to eat 10% of the tariff but US customers will have a 15% price increase.19 Mar 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:lhdutecroriikmwarxibfpja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkovg6c4kk2c