The first of the ‘Gemeentemuseum series’. This one still is in the recondo mode, investigating what I could do with the subject. I had a vague idea of cubism because there’s a lot in it and the building itself is a complex of cubes. A kind of ode to Mondriaan or would that be too corny?
With this pastel I was unfolding my way of cubism with different means than graphite only. This one is in Scotland in the hands of a private collector.
A pastel drawing of Estate ‘Reigersbergen’ adjacent to the Haagse Bos in quite some impressionistic moves. You can see me walk there very often because I live close by. Because of my artistic activities and my need to keep up my condition I take 10.000 steps per day.
Scenery at the Hatert Meres between Nijmegen and Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland. It is purchased by a Chinese collector through Artplu, China.
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.
A pastel drawing of a nude in red with only a tiny touch of yellow.
A pastel of the ‘Berg en Dal’ series, an investigation after different styles of doing landscapes.
An impressionistic view on the driving lane of the golf and country club at Wassenaar done in pastel. The road turned into one big light show at the end of autumn.
An experiment in pastel to get flow without blending out with my fingers (in order to avoid ‘muddy segments’ in my pastels).
A quick sketch of an old picture I once found that I quickly sold to one of my students.
An expressionistic way to depict the Hatert Meres near Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Trees and reflections at the Hatert Meres, Gelderland, Netherlands. I liked using purples and pinks in this one.
Found a pastel in the ‘garbage’ map of pastels that I found to be not very bad after all. Takes me back a couple of years when I did a lot of hatching.
A classic pastel study of a classic sort of model pose. I liked the diagonals.
Just like ‘Cubistic nude – 04 (2013)’ this one is featured in a daily dutch television soap although scaled down too small. I liked doing some strong stuff through a complementary mix purple / yellow.
One I did as a commission. It’s a combination of straight planes and round forms putting the stress on the model’s movements.
This one is featured in a daily dutch television soap although scaled down too small.
A very mild cubistic approach to this one. I wanted to see if a realistic view could be combined with some abstraction.
An impressionistic view on the Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen), near Overasselt, Nijmegen,Gelderland, Nederland. It is with a collector from China now.
Pastel drawing from a live session at Studio Brugman at Voorburg, Netherlands.
Pastel drawing from a live session at Studio Brugman at Voorburg, Netherlands.
Classic nude done in hatched strokes with only complementary colours purple and yellow.
A traditional clairobscur approach of a nude with some complementary colours to beef up the scene.
A study after extreme light from the front with a heavy use of complementary colours.
