You're invited to watch the two videos based on both the Original and Starry Night versions of ORGANIVERSE on our Vimeo page.
Dear friend and composer, Ann Southam, 1937-2010
Blogger Henri van Bentum and pianist Eve Egoyan, following performance Jan 30 2012
CD cover, "Simple Lines of Enquiry"
Ann Southam in the early days
Pianist Eve Egoyan
"Returnings", new CD by Eve featuring work by Ann Southam
Her sailboat "Guppy"
on one of our many sailings, off coast of Easter Island
Henri van Bentum, several Dragon Years ago
Local Hummingbird (Anna's)
Eagle in the neighbourhood
Hamela'uma'u
Waimea Canyon, Kaui
It's all one Banyan tree
Available: Organiverse Rotation Set
by Henri van Bentum, handmade container made from recovered westcoast wood by VIWG
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Converted cowshed, cottage now, where Organiverse was completed in 1972 on the island of MADEIRA
Organiverse, Original edition, sphere #76 of #100, by Henri van Bentum. SIZE: 8 1/2 cm (3.3")
Plaque aboard Pioneer
H-A, film on Organiverse, mid-1970, poster from the Berlin International Film Festival
Villagers in India welcoming the Monsoon season
Satellite view of flooding in Pakistan
Lavender along the Tour de France route
Salish Sea officially named July 15
Gap, France
Some hairpin turns, descending today's "Col du Noyer"
Canadian RYDER HESJEDAL who lives in beautiful Victoria
Tour de France route 2010
Col de la Madeleine - highest category climb
Paul inspires t-shirt designers
Our "Paul the Octopus"
Henri van Bentum
Paul the Octopus predicts Spain will win
Mani the Parakeet predicts Holland will win
Paul's prediction two days' ago
Henri celebrates after Holland vs Uruguay match
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Organiverse, painting #3 of #100, by Henri van Bentum, Original set
another 1 of the 100 Organiverse images, Starry Night edition, by Henri van Bentum
Organiverse #10 of #100, Starry Night edition
on deck with Netherlands flag on 13 August
View of Juan de Fuca Strait
Fractal art by our friend Richard Rudhyar http://rudhyar.blogspot.com
Fern - Nature's fractal
Benoit Mandelbrot, founder of Fractals
Broccoli fractal
Eagle, Hornby Island webcam photo
Maquette of Emily Carr statue, which will be life-size
Stock Exchange
"Global WarNing", Henri van Bentum, 1964
"Starry Night" Organiverse, by Henri van Bentum, one of the one hundred
Rotation box, made from recovered Westcoast woods
Organiverse, by Henri van Bentum
One of the one hundred images from "Starry Night" ORGANIVERSE, by Henri van Bentum
Galaxy Cluster
He'll carry our 2009 Burden
Mexican textiles - always something creative (Natasha on deck "Marco Polo" en route St. Helena)
Traditional embroidery
Traditional New Year's Eve "Oliebollen"
Henri writing today's blog, December 28, 2008
"Organiverse" mandala 10 of 100, Henri van Bentum, "Swirling Cosmos"
"Elfstedentocht", Friesland
cavorting after Millennium 'eve
Fire and Ice: Hot springs at the Caldera, Deception Island, Antarctica, New Year's Day
The menace to the penguins, a SKUA
Henri van Bentum with a few penguin friends
van Bentum's, not passengers but hard-working art instructor and assistant
Beginning with the magic of colour
Diligent passengers, no entertainment here, hands-on work
Acrylic on paper, Henri van Bentum, 1963
"White Shadows", Henri van Bentum, acrylic on canvas, 1964
Captured moment, joyous arc, November 10, 2008, at our balcony
"Circle Magique", by Henri van Bentum, acrylic on canvas, 1976
Dream Come True
"Royal Viking Sky", our first circumnavigation, 1974
Henri with Wajang and Witch
Henri van Bentum, with his Muse, writing the Hallowe'en post
60 years later
Henri writing his blog posts
here is where I worked, after WWII
1st-class dining room, o/b "Nieuw Amsterdam"
Artist and infamous Master Forger
Han van Meegeren
at home
Henri writing his blog, James Bay, 500 metres from where ships dock at Ogden Point
Xmas / New Year voyage, 2006/07
Henri van Bentum, keeping an eye on his class, QE2, Caribbean Sea
Students hard at work, QE2
my father, faceting a diamond
Hendricus J. van Bentum, Amsterdam, 1952
Rough diamond, before cleaving
Henri van Bentum, 1966
"Amethysta", acrylic on canvas, Roberts Gallery 1967
partial view, solo exhibition
Roberts Gallery, 1967, Henri van Bentum
Henri van Bentum, 1967
"Push and Pull", acrylic on canvas
partial view, 1967 exhibition
Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Henri van Bentum, 1966
at exhibition Roberts Gallery 1967, "Trinity" acrylic on canvas
my mentor
J.W.G. ("Jock") Macdonald
Henri van Bentum, 1960, oil
"Midsummer Night's Dream", painted to music of Mendelssohn
Henri van Bentum, 1960, oil
centre segment "Midsummer Night's Dream",
Henri van Bentum, 1961, oil
"Inner Reflections" painted to music by Debussy
Henri van Bentum, 1966
"Living Tapestry", acrylic on canvas, won 1st Prize, OSA show, 1966 (section)
Henri van Bentum, 1956 (exhibited at Hart House, 1959, "Colour & Form Society"
"Montmartre", Paris, Oil pastel
Henri van Bentum, 1956 (exhibited at Hart House, "Colour & Form Society"
"Lapin Agile", Paris, pastel
the late Irving Layton (a friend)
his "Bravo!" letter fell on 'blind eyes'
Henri van Bentum, 1965, acrylic on paper
"Dancing Foam" (section)
HvB with Parkin family, 1959
(Mrs. Parkin, 3rd from left)
van Bentum, "Threshold", oil 1959
"before the lamp was rubbed"
Henri van Bentum, 1959
"Echoes of Native Art", oil
Henri van Bentum, 1959, oil on masonite
very last landscape "Goodman Farm", Baldur, Man.
Six horse trail rides in exchange
for one Oil Pastel
van Bentum 1959 "Turning Point"
oil ("Changing of the Palette")
Facing the "Great Divide"
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Henri van Bentum, oil on board
"Echoes of Native Culture", 1959
Henri van Bentum, 1959
"Lake Louise", oil pastel
Henri with some of his paintings
206 Otter Street, Banff "Parkin House"
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Three Sisters, Canmore, oil pastel
Chief "Many Colours" with friends
Calgary Stampede, July 1959
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Field painting, Moraine Lake
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Lake Louise, Banff National Park
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Whitefish Lake, oil on canvas board
My view of Peyto Lake, 1959
with my friend the Chipmunk
Henri van Bentum, Rockies, 1959
field painting, hot summer's day
"What is this creature?" I asked
Henri van Bentum, 1959
Henri van Bentum, 1959, Rockies
"Snowscape", Oil (section)
Henri van Bentum, 1959, Banff
"Banff fr Tunnel Mtn., Oil (section)
Henri van Bentum, 1959, Banff
"Beaver Pond" , Oil (section)
Henri studying Indian Paintbrush
near Saskatchewan Glacier, 1959
ss OLLANTA at dock, Puno
On our balcony, writing blog posts
and "visiting memory chambers"
Henri with fiesty young friend
South Georgia, Antarctca
Henri contemplating
and watching the world go by
Henri van Bentum, Organiverse
Original Set, Image 5 of 100
Rembrandt van Rijn
Storm at sea
Henri van Bentum, 1962
"Dancing Foam", watercolour
Henri van Bentum, oil, 1962 Ibiza
all the paintings survived shipwreck
Henri van Bentum, at helm, 1962
o/b "Buena Esperanza"
Natasha in moment of repose
while watering the garden
Henri van Bentum's art class at sea
on board QE2, mid-Atlantic ocean
Henri van Bentum "at the helm"
Ocean Explorer I, world voyage
Henri and Natasha at port
QE2 in background
Organiverse, #94 of $100
Henri van Bentum, pointilllism
Henri van Bentum, Madeira
Quinta Revisited, January 2008
Meteorite Pin for Chris Hadfield
created by Andrew Costen, 2003
Organiverse, #7 of #100, 1972
Henri van Bentum, pointillism
"Corona Credo", acrylic 1978
Henri van Bentum, 100 m dash
"Spatial Rhythms" H. van Bentum
each stroke "100 metre dash"
van Bentum with three works
from Paris show, May 1966
Legendary "Lapin Agile"
Henri van Bentum, pastel 1956
My room, Zonnestraal, 1953
(note different artwork)
Our rooms at Zonnestraal
overlooking forest
Back home, 1956 with cat Diego
Henri van Bentum, oil on board
Montmartre, Paris 1956
Henri van Bentum, oil pastel
San Miguel de Allende
looking down from hilltop
Henri at terrace 13th C farmhouse
Brunello country, Tuscany, Italia
yours truly and cyber engineer
at the poem-in-stone: Petra
Segment from "Qui sommes nous"
Paul Gauguin, Boston Museum
Adam and Eve with Navels ?
Peter Paul Rubens
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"Organiverse", 100 mandalas by Henri van Bentum, created 1972 in Morocco and Madeira