Reminiscing Rebels

Sketch inspired by a performance of a German production of Yasmina Reza's play "Art" ("Kunst").

Ink pen, digital colour added
Paper
21 x 14,8 cm

The Intruder

Sketch from imagination with a bit of Vallotton in mind, revisiting the theme of a previous sketch

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The Separation - Leave Your Key On The Way Out

Sketch from imagination with a bit of Vallotton in mind, revisiting the theme of a previous sketch

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The Visitor

Sketch from imagination with a bit of Vallotton in mind.

With the title I toyed with the ambiguity that Vallotton's work often has. Who is the visitor? Is it the man with the top hat entering the apartment of his lady friend? Or is that man entering his own apartment and about to stumble on a surprise visitor awaiting his return?

Although not correct, I prefer it without a figure-shade.

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A Dream's Embrace (2)

An altered version of the previous post, sketch from imagination with a bit of Vallotton in mind.

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A Dream's Embrace

Sketch from imagination with a bit of Vallotton in mind.

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Unterwegs - En Route

Sketch from imagination

#crisis #despair #refugee

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Anywhere But Here

Acrylic, ink pen
Linen canvas texture paper
24 x 33 cm

Into Thin Air - The Syndics - De staalmeesters

Rembrandt abstracted sketch

Ink, acrylic
Grained paper
21 x 21 cm

Hubbard Street 2 Diptych - Just Dance!

I was pleasantly surprised that Hubbard Street Dance Company used one of my sketches, paired up in a dyptich, for their announcement on Facebook of their European tour. On the left, Todd Rosenberg Photography’s image of Hubbard Street 2 Dancers Jules Joseph and Katie Kozulmy in action. On the right my sketch inspired by the photo as described in a previous post.

Many thanks to artist Rodney van den Beemd for sharing his sketch at right, made with ink on paper applied with a twig...
Posted by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on Monday, 9 February 2015

Family Snapshot

Watercolour, ink
Paper
21 x 30 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

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

Window Shopping: Transparent painting on a textured underground

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

Roughly based on a continuous line sketch in a previous post.

Tile mortar, acrylic
Board
80 x 60 cm

Trois Femmes

Another painting in the style of Christianne Knops. Again, it's more the work process of Knops that I followed rather than the style itself. It's a process of starting out drawing an abstracted figurative composition, then painting in transparent layers, here and there losing the line sketch, then, where desired, picking up the line work again not necessarily following the original composition, but often correcting or adding to it. Then again adding transparent layers etc. and also opaque patches where ever desired.

Acrylic, pastel
Canvas
50 x 60 cm

Trois Femmes

Painting in the style of Christianne Knops. It's more the work process of Knops that I followed rather than the style itself. It's a process of starting out drawing an abstracted figurative composition, then painting in transparent layers, here and there losing the line sketch, then, where desired, picking up the line work again not necessarily following the original composition, but often correcting or adding to it. Then again adding transparent layers etc. and also opaque patches where ever desired.
Composition roughly based on a quick sketch (below) I did earlier based on a photo. The painting turned out quite different.

Acrylic, pastel
Canvas
80 x 80 cm

Pencil, Ballpoint
Grained paper
21 x 21 cm

An Armchair Story (study)

Quick sketch, more or less meant as an underpainting. Coming back to it, I found it had enough life in it to capture it in this stage.

Acrylic
Canvas
30 x 30 cm

Sisters On The Sofa

Life drawing and painting. Painting in the style of Christianne Knops. Model: Anne, who for sittings always wears one of her many extravagant (huge) hats.

Acrylic, pastel
Paper
50 x 70 cm

Soldes - Window Shopping

Quick contour/continuous line drawing.

Ink pen
Grained paper
21 x 14,8 cm

Old Masters At The Gallery

Quick contour/continuous line drawing roughly based on a photo in a magazine.

Ink pen
Grained paper
14,8 x 21 cm