Three’s a Party

After the start of the ‘birth of new cubism’ series I quite got the hang of it. In the beginning I was so motivated I sometimes made two drawings in one day. Just to give shape to my waterfall of ideas. Perhaps even out of fear of loosing a good idea along the way. This drawing is one out of three that day, a record until then. Not that quantity is a criterium but the stream of ideas was. The first that day I made in a whim, merely a sketch I think. It maybe also has got something to do with a sort of frenzy, breaking out of my previous impressionist style.

More Realistic than Cubistic

This one is a bit more considerate, searching for planes without any wild extrapolations of any sort. Looking back at this one I see the contours of what I did much later. However I find this one still a little bit ‘closed’ and more realistic looking than cubistic. On the other hand there is a great distribution of light and dark. Sometimes the focus lies on clairobscurity and in other cases on extrapolations. It’s still a sketch though but I like the planal struction and divisions.

Rewriting a Statement

This having said, in January 2023 I look back at this drawing because I am rewriting this art statement. The reason is that I sold this art work to an English collector through artfinder.com. A good way to start the year. With dear memories of my search to break out and find new ways of expressions I conclude this story. The collector must have catched my drift. The search is not finished though. To be continued.

Click here to read about this work featured in Artfinder collection ‘All Praise Pablo Picasso!’.

Click here to read about the sale of this art work to an English collector through artfinder.com.

Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel 0.5 mm, 3B) on Winsor & Newton paper (14.8 x 21 x 0.1 cm – A5 format)

Artist: Corné Akkers