Mariahoeve – 03-05-24
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Mariahoeve – 03-05-24’ is my next landscape sketch after ‘Den Haag – Nassaulaan – 01-05-24’. This time it’s my own neighborhood.
The Hague
Den Haag – Nassaulaan – 01-05-24
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – Nassaulaan – 01-05-24’ is a bit of impressionism. For no particular reason I always associate this season with impressionist paintings and drawings of landscapes.
Den Haag – 09-02-24
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – 09-02-24’ is my first one this year.
Den Haag – Nieuwe Kerk – 26-05-23 (sold)
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – Nieuwe Kerk – 28-05-23’ takes me back to my present residence.
Den Haag – Lange Voorhout – 15-05-23
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – Lange Voorhout – 15-05-23’ depicts a beautiful spot in the heart of the city.
Park Hoog Oostduin – 14-09-22
This graphite pencil drawing Park Hoog Oostduin – 14-09-22 follows directly after Het Sterrenbos – 12-09-22. Suddenly I found myself embracing the love for drawing trees again.
Estate ‘Reigersbergen’ – 16-05-20
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Estate ‘Reigersbergen’ – 16-05-20’ is a bit of impression, executed in my hatched strokes style.
De Hofvijver – 20-03-20
A unique situation: everybody all around the world at home and as to me: I got nothing to do except for painting and sketching but hey that is what we artists do all the time.
The Hague – 21-05-19
At the front my flat overlooks a great cityscape of The Hague, Netherlands, where I live. Already used as a styled (roundism) background in my oil painting ‘The Madonna of The Hague (2015)’ I decided to do a small sketch of the same view, now enriched with some extra high buildings like ‘New Babylon’ in the city centre.
Haagse Bos – 10-05-19
When I came back from Clingendael I took my favorite way back home through ‘estate Reigersbergen’.
Laakmolen – 26-04-19
The Laakmolen is an ancient mill already painted by Vincent van Gogh and it is hidden from plain sight nowadays.
The Peace Palace at The Hague – 04-02-19
The reference picture I used I took last year at the brink of spring.
Nieuwe Veenmolen – 23-09-18
The Nieuwe Veenmolen, dating back from 1652, is situated nearby to where I live.
The Hague Forest – 21-06-18
When I ride my bike through The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) just around the corner I see only beauty.
Nieuwe Veenmolen – 19-10-17
A drawing of the ‘Nieuwe Veenmolen’ (MIll ‘Nieuwe Veen’) at The Hague, a place around the corner from where I live.
Berlage’s kiosk (at The Hague) – 22-06-17 (sold)
Berlage’s kiosk (at The Hague) – 22-06-17 (sold)
The Court’s Pond (De Hofvijver) – 07-04-17
Situated in the heart of The Hague (Den Haag) next to the Tweede Kamer (dutch Parliament). I wanted to break up the scene into circles, planes and triangles.
The Hague – 19-03-17
A cubistic view on a bridge over the Hooigracht at The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
De Hofvijver (The Court’s Pond) – 17-08-16
View at the outer side of the Inner Court (the dutch parliament) and the Court’s Pond (de Hofvijver) at The Hague, Netherlands.
The last of the dutch elephants – 12-05-16 (sold)
Sometimes they roam about the streets of beach town Scheveningen, part of The Hague, at the North Sea.
The Hague Forest – 28-12-15
Part of the roundism series. The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) is around the corner from where I live.
The Court’s pond (De Hofvijver) – 26-11-15
The pond next to the dutch house of Parliament and the Prime Minister’s tower at the left, at The Hague, Netherlands.
Haagse Bos (The Hague Forest) – 02-11-15
The central pond at the Haagse Bos (The Hague Forest). I wanted to make the reflections look convincing even though there was plenty of figurative abstraction.
Het Binnenhof (The Inner Court) – 29-10-15
I wanted to do the dutch parliament in my roundish style without loosing the characteristics of the facade and buildings.
The Hague forest – 23-06-15
Part of the roundism series. The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) is around the corner from where I live.
The Hague (Halstraat) – 12-03-15
An impressionistic view on the Halstraat, a small street in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. I was fascinated by the blocked in light column showing lots of depth in front and back to the church in the background.
St. James Church (Grote of St.-Jacobskerk) at The Hague – 10-03-15
The St. James Church (Grote of St.-Jacobskerk) is situated in The Hague and I pass it by often. Then one day the sun was bursting out of the sky.
De Hofvijver (The Court’s Pond) – 10-06-14
I was intrigued by the evaporating water that seemed to pour out light.
