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Berg en Dal 05 (2014) (Sold)

A Fifth One

This pastel drawing ‘Berg en Dal 05 (2014)’ was my 5th of this enchanting place. The first one was a bit of expressionism, depicting a view downward from the Wyler path. This one is more directed to the east of it, somewhere above the Keteldal. Back in 2005 I was walking the N70 route with my then colleague. The very spot this pastel is showing is a valley really, extending from Berg en Dal to Beek-Ubbergen. There it ends in aforementioned Keteldal. Years later I eternalized my colleague in ‘Berg en Dal – 28-09-19’. This pastel drawing was the inspirational source. I remembered how fun it was to draw light through trees, creating leafy structures.

Personal Styles

Doing this one in 2014 I was searching for a certain style. Something distinct to call my own. At that time I developed my hatched strokes style. It resulted in Roundism, my personal view on cubism. However, now and then I return to impressionism again. This work is the reason why and bears all the artistic elements I usually like to incorporate. It has a great distribution of warm & cool colors, dark & light and saturational & unsaturational degrees. Perhaps I could also add the weird slanted tree trunk, enforcing the overall composition. Trees and hills I certainly like but trees can look a bit too vertical to me. Especially in productions forest that are common to The Netherlands, unfortunately I must say.

Do more?

After a decade, looking back on this one and rewriting this art statement, it makes me reflect on my art. Maybe I should do more of these treescapes in the next future. After all, this series was successful and sold out quickly. Not for the money though I should extend this series. Because of the thought people like looking at these and be captured by the light included. It coincides with my own preferences. Basically, I don’t have to paint what sells but sell what I paint. Me smiley!

Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm)

Artist: Corné Akkers

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