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.
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude – 02-06-15’ is an attempt to create a female form in motion. I extrapolated contours outside the body
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.
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude – 12-05-15’ is a mininalist one. Only executed in short strokes and stripes, omitting no essential structures.
Variation 11 show a return to straight lines and planes. I wanted to put less stress on the body and more on the planes as a whole – in- and outside the body and communicating.
Variation nr 10 is an oddball. The flickering and the light bulbs in the joints almost create a kind of stellar constellation.
Variation nr 9 shows a further development and I felt more and more confident to show more. This one I found it to be a success and a prestudy for The Madonna of The Hague later that year.
This one already takes on the shape of today’s roundism. By blending / fading graphite I was able to get a very soft look.
A rather gloomy drawing but I liked doing it. It’s art deco rather than cubism I think.
I am not quite satisfied with this variation. It look static. And the tiny strokes contouring her body look daft to me (in retrospective).
Variation nr 5 in which I experimented with ball structures – put on the main joints in the human body.
Variation nr 3 being the roundism version. It’s in the U.S. now with a private collector.
After the last graphite pencil drawing I realized something was missing, not the nude of course. That style was realistic or impressionistic, something I am skilled at for a long time now.
A realistic pencil drawing that is with a private collector in the U.S. now.
This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Hague – 12-03-15 offers an impressionist view on the Halstraat. It’s a small street in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands.
This drawing was a commissioned one, depicting Maria Harp, a dutch-american jazz singer. Although it look cubistic I consider it not to be. Perhaps an extreme styling but the forms remain closed.
Part of the roundism series. I wanted to create a kind of psychedelic effect around the buttocks of the woman.
I was drawn to the cubistic qualities the model created by posing this way, creating a beautiful rhythym of light and dark planes in her body.
A combination of my love for American pin-up and 1950s celebrity Bettie Page and roundism.
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 25-01-15 depicts French actress and celebrity Simone Signoret. Captured in triangular cubism.
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 17-01-15’ depicts American celebrity moviestar Loretta Young. Rendered with some power lines.
The sans titre series continued in 2015 in bigger dimensions (A4). This one is Ginger Rogers, american actress and starring next to Fred Astaire in fabulous dance movies in the 1930s). She is with a private collector now in the United States.
Part of the sans titre series, depicting moviestars and celebrities. This one is Jane Fonda in a slight cubistic way.
The last one I named that way. It’s a prestudy for a pastel that followed. A Tunesian girl Asma that I met on Facebook was the model.
A commission I took to render two people in an angular cubistic style, preserving realism in an impressionistic way.
