Lying Nude (Model study)

Life drawing and painting.

Watercolour, ink
Paper
21 x 30 cm

Odalisque (Model study)

Life drawing and painting on structured underground of a collage of paper tearing forms.

Paper tearings, watercolour, ink
Paper
21 x 21/30 cm

Family Snapshot

Watercolour, ink
Paper
21 x 30 cm

Agony And The Artist (An Interpretation Of Thom)

Portrait and expression study

Acrylic
Canvas
60 x 60 cm

Agony And The Artist - The Burden Of Longing (An Interpretation Of Thom)

Acrylic
Grained paper
21 x 21 cm

Just Dance! (Hubbard Street 2)

Quick and rough figure study drawn with ink and feather inspired by Todd Rosenberg Photography’s image of Hubbard Street 2 Dancers Jules Joseph and Katie Kozul in action.

Ink
Paper
21 x 21 cm

Message En Route

Ink
Paper
30 x 24 cm

I'll Be Back - Ik kom terug (Adriaan van Dis) (2)

Portrait study loosely based on photo.
Reference photo: Cover Sir Edmund/de Volkskrant 8-11-2014, Robin de Puy

Acrylic
Canvas
60 x 50 cm

I'll Be Back - Ik kom terug (Adriaan van Dis)

Quick sketch loosely based on photo.
Reference photo: Cover Sir Edmund/de Volkskrant 8-11-2014, Robin de Puy

Pencil, acrylic
Grained paper
21 x 21 cm

Olivia - Costruzione

I made a quick start on a portrait of Olivia ... her confident gaze made me stop for the time being. Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.

Acrylic
Canvas
60 x 60 cm

Doe-Eyed

Speed painting session.

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 40 cm

Paysage d'Automne

Acrylic
Canvas
30 x 30 cm

Metamorphosis

Studies come ... and studies go ...

Acrylic
Canvas
3 x 50 x 40 cm

Enlighten

Acrylic
Canvas
50 x 40 cm

Femme Noir

Finishing off leftover paint with a large brush on a small canvas.

Acrylic
Canvas
20 x 20 cm

Self-Searching

Exploring the self.

Acrylic
Canvas
50 x 40 cm

In Her Dreams - Femme d'Encre

Ink
Grained paper
21 x 21 cm

Murky Narcissism

Quick and rough abstracted and deformed self. After "the murk".

Acrylic
Canvas
50 x 40 cm

Narcissistic Self

Quick and rough abstracted and deformed self. Before "the murk".

Acrylic
Canvas
50 x 40 cm

Girl with a Red Hair Scarf (Pien)

Contemplating the in progress state.

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 30 cm

Girl with a Bun (Merel)

Contemplating the in progress state.

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 30 cm

Egonisms

Quick sketch roughly based on photos of Egon Schiele.

Ink pen
Paper
21 x 14,8 cm

The Rebel

... but deep in his heart he was a rebel ...

Enhanced version of the sketch in the previous post with some digital colour added.

Ink pen
Paper
21 x 14,8 cm

Le Liseur - The Reader

Quick sketch, revisiting the reader-motif I did in a previous post.

Ink pen
Paper
21 x 14,8 cm

Ruelle Aixoise - Alley in Aix

Quick and rough sketch of one of many picturesque alleys in Aix-en-Provence.

Acrylic
Canvas board
24 x 18 cm

Exhibition "10x10artist"

On Saturday the first "10x10artist" exhibition by Atelier Open was opened in Amsterdam. 10x10artist is an art project set up by gallery Atelier Open in Amsterdam focused on offering a varied selection of artworks by international artists on 10 x 10 cm sized canvasses. The art works are exhibited during special occasions, starting in Amsterdam, then traveling to other places and countries. The works also are on display on the 10x10artist website. I participated with my "Visages Nuages" series, small abstracted portraits in ink drawn/painted with a feather, shown below.

My work at 10x10artist.com

Review: "Sunday View: 10x10artist" by Jeroen Mirck

A Shade of Johan

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 40 cm

A Shade of Claudia

Abstracted portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 40 cm

Pieces of Her - A Shade of Karin

Although I liked the unfinished look of this work in the previous post, I went on to slightly rework it, yet still wanting to keep an unfinished effect.

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 30 cm

That Certain Feeling - A Shade of Karin

Acrylic
Canvas
40 x 30 cm

Nefertiti Blues - A Shade of Olivia

Abstracted portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.

Acrylic
Canvas
24 x 30 cm

Falaises à Varengeville - Cliffs at Varengeville

View from the beach at low tide.

Acrylic
Canvas board
24 x 18 cm

A Shade of Clyde

Abstracted portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.

Acrylic
Canvas
24 x 30 cm

Portrait study: Els

Life drawing and painting. Model: Els

Acrylic
Paper
70 x 50 cm

Portrait study: Els

Life drawing and painting. Model: Els

Acrylic
Paper
70 x 50 cm

Portrait study: Anke

Life drawing and painting. Model: Anke

Acrylic
Paper
70 x 50 cm

Portrait study: Anke (abstracted)

Life drawing and painting. Model: Anke

Acrylic
Canvas
50 x 60 cm

Exhibition "My Past"

This evening the group exhibition with the theme "My past" was opened in the town hall of Landgraaf. It consists of a presentation of art works created by students at the local art school (VAZOM). My entry titled "Leenhof Chapel: Childhood memories through coloured glasses" is a diptych of paintings I did in 2012 in an expressionist style of an early 17th century chapel which lies very picturesquely on top of a hill in the middle of the woods, known as the "Leenderkapel". As a child I played in its surrounding woods and in my teens I attended the secondary school built on the edge of those woods. Vanavond werd de groepsexpositie "Mijn verleden" in het raadhuis van Landgraaf. De expositie bestaat uit een presentatie van werken gemaakt door cursisten van het locale centrum voor de kunsten (Vrije Akademie ZOM). Mijn bijdrage, getiteld "Leenderkapel: Jeugdherinneringen door een gekleurde bril", is een tweeluik van schilderijen die ik in 2012 in een expressionistische stijl maakte van de "Leenderkapel", een pittoresk kapelletje op de top van een heuvel midden in een bos in Landgraaf. Als kind speelde ik in de omliggende bossen en in mijn tienerjaren ging ik naar de middelbare school die aan de bosrand was gevestigd.
(Mijn verleden, Raadhuis Landgraaf, 2.5.2014 - 9.6.2014)

Portrait Sketches (imaginary): Transparent painting on a textured underground

Series of quick abstracted (imaginary) mixed media portraits on a textured underground created with tile mortar. I started out with creating a textured layer on the paper and then tried to discover facial features in it and work from there, painting in transparent (watery) layers to let the effect of the texture show through. As the paper tends to get soaked and can start tearing, I had to stop in this stage. Perhaps I'll revisit them later.

Tile mortar, acrylic
Paper
21 x 21 cm

The Toast: Painting on a textured underground

Abstracted mixed media (transparent) painting on a textured underground created with tile mortar. I particularly like the hand. Contemplating the in progress state.

Tile mortar, acrylic
Board
60 x 80 cm

Exhibition "Alphons Winters prize 2014"

This evening the first of six regional exhibitions for the biannual Alphons Winters prize was opened in the town hall of Kerkrade. I was pleased to have my entry "(Sur)Real Reflections" selected for this first round exhibition. In the upcoming weeks a selection committee will select works from the regional exhibitions for the second round final exhibition in Maastricht later this year. Vanavond werd de eerste van zes regionale tentoonstellingen voor de tweejaarlijkse Alphons Wintersprijs geopend in het raadhuis van Kerkrade. Ik was blij met de selectie van mijn inzending "(Sur)Reële Reflecties" voor deze eerste ronde tentoonstelling. In de komende weken zal een selectiecommissie werken uit de regionale tentoonstellingen selecteren voor de eindtentoonstelling in Maastricht.
(Alphons Wintersprijs 2014, Raadhuis Kerkrade, 11.4.2014 - 14.5.2014)