Sans titre – 08-08-19 (sold)

This drawing depicts Lily Elsie, Edwardian actress and singer. I liked the hair volume, its curls and planes.

Sans titre – 26-10-18​

When I was looking at the reference picture of Angie Dickinson my colleague at Studio Brugman, Gilbert said her face looked almost chiseled like a statue.

Sans titre – 11-10-18 (sold)

I am not sure what I thought about her, except for her strong personality. I sometimes liked her paintings and then I didn’t. What I have in common with her is that we both are autodidacts and that we like(d) to go our own way in life. Somehow I always come across her once in a while and that is why I decided to draw her. I saw a lovely – rare – nude photograph and thought I’d include her in my sans titre / roundism series.

Sans titre – 27-09-18

In this drawing I tried to capture the edgy character of U.S. actress Talullah Bankhead and still bring softness to her face.

Sans titre – 30-07-18

I was captured by the high lights at the top and the bottom and decided to keep the planes straight, putting the stress on the rough edged character of the figure.

Sans titre – 08-06-18 (sold)

I always liked Diana Ross (except for that ghaslty song ‘My Old Piano’) and when I saw a video recently I was intrigued by this shiny 80-dress oozing out glitter and glamour.

Sans titre – 01-05-18

This is the first art statement on a drawing I wrote before completing it.

Sans titre – 21-04-18

When I saw a picture of a young Catherine Deneuve I immediately saw the potential for my roundism style.

Sans titre – 30-03-18

Following my previous sans titre drawing this one shows more clairobscur (chiaroscuro), giving it a rather impressionistic look.

Sans titre – 26-03-18 (sold)

Seeing a photo of 1930s moviestar Myrna Loy reminded me of why I like this kind of photography so much.