Breaking up a forest into planes of light, darkness and cubistic forms. It’s called ‘The Valley of the Philisophers’ (Filosofendal) at Berg en Dal, near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands (Nederland).
I liked doing the facets like a diamond in this one. It’s with a private collector now.
The reference picture was not too great so I had to add a lot of things to it, like the moon and in the body.
I liked the model being thin so I could easily detect cubistic planes.
When I saw this photo for the first time I didn’t know what to think of it. I do not relate to so-called romantic art of ballerinas and dancers striking great poses.
I experimented with stronger lines and edges like featured on a futuristic machine.
Part of the roundism series. I wanted to have it as abstract as possible without losing the essence of the female body.
I loved to let the women’s forms flow into the sheets around and let them be a part of the body. Mass that desintegrates into lines around it.
I particularly like this one because of the cubist quality of the abdomen muscles and the compositionary division of the negative space in big planes.
This cubism-like drawing look rather like stained glass to me, now I look back at it.
Graphite pencil drawing of an art deco-like model. I liked the cubist quality of the hairs.
Part of the sans titre series, being Anne Baxter, American actress and celebrity.
With this one I felt confident to explore the connection of the dominant figure with the negative space around it by incisions across both spaces. By extending lines through the direction of body parts I got geometric figures outside that mirror them.
Part of the sans titre series, being Audrey Tautou, French actress and celebrity.
I thought it would be appropiate to let the model disappear into the negative space all around her so she would be lying there, scattered across the floor and so I did.
A cubist graphite pencil drawing that I personally find to be succeeded.
An impressionistic view on the buttocks of my favourite model.
Part of the sans titre series. This one is Sari Maritza, American actress and celebrity of the 1930s. It is with a collector from Germany now.
Part of the sans titre series, put in my roundism style: American actress and celebrity Gloria Swanson.
An impressionistic view from royal estate ‘De Horsten’ near Voorschoten over the meadows towards The Hague.
Graphite pencil drawing of the Riverside at Rotterdam Overschie, Netherlands.
Part of the roundism series. The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) is around the corner from where I live.
A sketch I did of Rotterdam Overschie, at the river Schie.
When I saw this photo for the first time I didn’t know what to think of it. I do not relate to so-called romantic art of ballerinas and dancers striking great poses. Therefor I had to come up with something different and I was intrigued by the pose nevertheless.
I wanted to suggest evaporatation and transparency with this pencil drawing.
A continuation of the roundism series. I particularly like this one because I like the pose and the fluidity that speaks. It’s a kind of zig-zag pattern that appeals to me. It’s with a private collector from the U.S.
A portrait of my distinguished colleague in art Julai Filament, drawn in Rotterdam, made in a live session at Rotterdam.
This surrealistic drawing was the cornerstone of this series for now. One drawing and three paintings would follow. The drawing is with a private collector from France now.
