Contemporary Art Painter - Modern Art Paintings and Drawings
Mytholohy
The main characters in myths are usually gods, supernatural heroes and humans. As stories, myths are often endorsed by rulers and priests and closely linked to religion or spirituality.
Prospero’s Books, inspired on The Tempest by Shakespeare.
These are the twenty-four books that Gonzalo hastily threw into Prospero’s boat as he was pushed out into the sea to begin his exile.
Portraits
Portraits are a speciality of mine. In oil, acrylic, watercolour and pencil. Here you find some of the many portraits I made. Much of them are commissioned.
Horses
Horses are animals who are indispensable for humans and they share a unique relationship with each other. In the old days and at the present. The horse has offered humans his strenght and loyalty and in return I want to show his beauty and speed in my paintings.
Still lifes
In May/June the garlic is harvested and sold in the French Provence. Because they intriged me, I started painting them. And so I went on, fruits and vegetables became subject to paint.
A contemporary combination of abstract and realism in acrylic, or classical realism in oil
I mainly work with life models. My mythological paintings are a combination of abstract and realism, my still lifes are realistic. When I work in big formats I love to start first in an orgy of colors. In this chaos my figures arise, then calmness again returns. For my still lifes I use the death paint technique, also called Verdaccio.
People, all living things, the market, the things around you, a phrase from a story, those are my inspirations. That is how mythological paintings of still lifes are born. Or small gadgets, such as jewelery. I love old masters such as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, Laurens Alma Tadema, but also the Dutch and Flemish masters. And do not forget the beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Aubrey Beardsley. They are my favorites. All masters in a magical realism. Recently I started making a Ball Jointed Doll and I wrote the book about this process "How to create a Ball Jointed Doll". Please contact me for a commission, a buy or more.
Karel Habets (Minerva Academie): "...I am impressed with your paintings and also with the story. The combination of agility and the text makes it very strong! Fantastic!"
People, all living things, the market, the things around you, a phrase from a story, those are my inspirations. And that is how my paintings and jewelery, are born.
Een interessant artikel over een bijzondere vrouw: Mathilde Willink. Terneuzense Muse en kunst icoon, die haar tijd ver vooruit was. Ze is het synoniem van de vrije creatief scheppende geesten en Kunsten voor Terneuzen. Mathilde Dag streeft ernaar een inspirerend en kunstzinnig feestelijk herdenking’s event op haar 80 ste verjaardag…
Hierbij weer een nieuwe nieuwsbrief met interessante wetenswaardigheden over mij en mijn werk. De meeste schoolvakanties zijn weer over, maar mocht je nog op vakantie zijn/gaan, wens ik je veel plezier en anders een aangenaam verblijf thuis en op je werk. Deze nieuwsbrief is in het Nederlands, en het Engels…
Rineke expose ses miniatures Additionally an article “Rineke expose ses miniatures” in the French newspaper La Tribune of 21 June 2017, following my exhibition in Maison des Plantes in the Tourist Office in Buis-les-Baronnies, which runs until July 12th. Due to the elections, the interview shrunk with half, but it…
The horse In the visual arts, the horse plays an important role. The horse in earlier days From the earliest times, it was used by humans for all kinds of purposes. We know the most beautiful reliefs of Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc. In the Renaissance, beautiful horse studies were…
