St-Bavo in Haarlem – 03-10-23
This graphite pencil drawing ‘St.-Bavo in Haarlem – 03-10-23’ is a break from the continuous stream of cubist female forms.
Landscapes & Cityscapes
Gent – 08-05-23
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Gent – 08-05-23’ shows a different scenery for a change.
Castle ‘De Wittenburg’ – 14-03-23
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Castle ‘De Wittenburg’ – 14-03-23’ is a sound cry for Spring.
Aachen – 03-11-21
Sunday last October 17th my parents and I visised the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of Albrecht Dürer art works and contemporaries. Crime scene: Suermondt-Ludwig Museum at Aachen, Germany.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel – 18-07-21
Last Saturday I went to the Heineken Music Hall near the Johan Cruijff ArenA for my second vaccination shot. On the other side of the A2 there is Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a village to the south of Amsterdam.
Estate ‘Oosterbeek’ – 31-03-21
On my walks I came across Estate ‘Oosterbeek’ again. I was in the mood to do another landscape after my last one of Buitengoed Leeuwenbergh. After all, Spring has arrived and South Holland is covered in sunlight. Let’s hope the sun will bring relief in this cursed pandemic.
Puiflijk – 27-11-20
And it so happens my niece Lilian turned out to be a great photographer. Lo and behold, artistry runs deep in the veins of our family and I asked her to use a beautiful photo she took of a treeline in Puiflijk, near to where she lives.
Batenburg – 02-08-20
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Batenburg – 02-08-20’ depicts a place not far away from were I was born. A bit of beauty in impressionist hatched strokes.
Bergen – 10-04-20
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Bergen – 10-04-20 is a bit of impressionism. I was struck by the diagonal light beams creating beautiful shadows.
Valkenlaagte – 09-04-20
On my extensive trips I sometimes come across specific spots of beauty and in this case not accidentally. I saw a great mansion ‘for sale’ at the Valkenlaagte and I am sure I cannot buy it on short notice.
Wijk bij Duurstede – 13-05-19
I came to visit Wijk bij Duurstede, a small city near Utrecht and castle Duurstede is everything one can expect from a medieval castel: a moat, a keep and a perfect preserved round tower.
Voorschoten – 11-03-19
Last year I was walking through sunny Voorschoten, a town in the north to where I live.
Het Oude Hof – 20-10-18 (sold)
Last week I went to visit Museum Kranenburgh at Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Dordrecht – 07-12-17
A couple of weeks back I was going to the Jongkind exhibition at the Dordrechtse Museum at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and I decided to go on a short detour across the city which I visit almost two decades ago for the last time.
Conquering the Stelvio – 24-08-17 (sold)
A commissioned piece I did for someone who loved my roundism style. She likes to do holiday trips with their favorite car, a vintage Porsche Carrera.
Zoelen Forest – 04-02-17 (sold)
I change from nudity to landscapes a lot and I find trees equally attractive.
Oss – 05-01-17
Oss is a medium sized city in Noord-Bravant, Netherlands and I was in the local museum there (Jan Cunen) I had this view on Oss with the trees at the left of the drawing flowing into the clouds.
The promise of spring – 01-05-16
A depiction of my love for the return of the sun and life in nature, symbolized by spring blossom.
Strange Goings On At ‘t Meertje – 10-02-16 (sold)
Sometimes it happens that you see faces in trees and water. Such was the case when I came to ‘t Meertje, a place near Ooij and Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
The protestant church at De Ooij, Gelderland, Netherlands – 27-01-16
An experiment with cubism / roundism applied to a site that’s familiar to me: The former protestant church at the Ooij, at Gelderland, Netherlands.
Rijswijk – 04-12-15
The straight lines of the church and the difference in mass between the planes and the those of the branches, inspired to make this piece.
Culemborg – 21-11-15
I was lead by the cubist qualities of the Streets of Culemborg, a city in the centre of the Netherlands, in Gelderland.
View on Haaften – 10-08-14
View on Haaften, Gelderland, Netherlands at the river ‘Waal’, done in impressionistic hatched strokes.
Castle Duivenvoorde – 20-07-14 (sold)
A view on Castle Duivenvoorde at Voorschoten, Netherlands. Not quite satisfied with this one. I think it’s too stiff.
Mill near Haastrecht – 27-04-14
Amother impressionistic ink / pen drawing that I made on the same trip to Oudewater. This one is not far from it near Haastrecht. After all, everyone loves a good typical dutch landscape, rigtht?
Oudewater – 27-04-14
One of the rare ink / pen drawings I made during adulthood in spite of all efforts when I was a child.
Flowering Trees (2014) (sold)
Longing for spring makes me post this one. I closely studied Camille Pisarro and saw leaves, blossom transcending into the negative space around it very gradually.
Utah (2014)
This one is special. Sarah Rose, a pastellist and dear colleague from the U.S. and living in Utah, once took this picture on horseback.
The Hague Golf & Country club (2014)
This pastel drawing ‘The Hague Golf & Country Club (2014)’ is my attempt to equal skills with those of Pissarro. The grandmaster in depicting foliage.one big light show at the end of autumn.
