Meyendel – 16-02-15 (sold)
A more cubistic pastel drawing of Meyendel, following the previous ones. I like this ones better because I dared to put the cubes through the branches so the drawing becomes fragmented.
Pastels
Meyendel – 10-02-15 (sold)
Another pastel drawing I made at Meyendel in the dunes just outside The Hague. Being the first drawing after my graphite pencil drawing ‘Meyendel 2 – 12-06-14’ I wanted something different.
Reclining nude – 28-01-15
A somehow expressionistic kind of pastel drawing that came from a live drawing session with my favorite model.
Roundism – 13-01-15
Part of the roundism series. I once was in Amsterdam teaching for an international group of expats and we used an Italian model who posed for us like a still.
Carthaginian waiting for her hero’s return – 29-12-14
This piece stands on its own I think. Almost tainted glass-like and not really cubistic anymore, more roundism but different.
Impression of an Amsterdam sunset – 19-12-14 (sold)
This is the pastel drawing of the prestudy I made in graphite a month before. I like the sun that sets not underneath the horizon but in a window somewhere in a cityscape.
Reclining nude – 10-11-14
I was hovering over my regular model and was charmed by this unusual angle. Perhaps you can forgive me when I tell you that I made the pastel from a picture I took that session because otherwise I had to keep my head upside down the whole time.
Roundism – 06-10-14 (sold)
A pastel in the roundism series. I think it might be the first one. Looking back I think I was very risky with the colour scheme but I wanted to enforce the jump-like figure. It’s owned now by a private Chinese collector.
A 4th tribute to Bettie Page – 16-09-14
Bettie Page became a sweet taste in my mouth so I rendered her in pastel in reds and greens.
Estate Oosterbeek – 15-07-14 (sold)
A realistic / impressionistic pastel drawing of estate ‘Oosterbeek’, at The Hague, Netherlands.
Mill ‘De Vlieger’ – 09-06-14
I was inspired by Mondriaan’s orange mill when I did this piece. I executed it in quite expressionistic colours.
Satin – 31-03-14 (2014) – prestudy
A study after the glow of satin. The women at The Hague Market looked very surprized when I asked for 5 mtr of her finest pink satin. One does everything for art.
The Hague Forest 2 (2014)
A pastel drawing at estate ‘Reigersbergen’ near the ‘Haagse Bos’ (The Hague Forest) in an impressionistic way.Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (47 x 62 x 0.1 cm).
Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres) 09 (2014)
An impressionistic pastel of the sun setting through the trees at the Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres), Gelderland, Nederland.
Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 08 (2014)
Scenery at the Hatert Meres between Nijmegen and Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland.
Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 07 (2014) (sold)
The Hatert Meres near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands at their best – marches, meres and trees.
Elementary Particles (2014) (sold)
An early very abstract cubist pastel that I like to do. The planes look so scatteered that I decided to call it ‘elementary particles’. It’s in Quatar now bought by a private collector.
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.
Royal Estate ‘De Horsten’ (2014) (sold)
Pastel drawing of the main canal at royal estate ‘De Horsten’, near Wassenaar, Netherlands. It’s owned by a Chinese collector now.
Berg en Dal 07 (2014) (sold)
A pastel of the ‘Berg en Dal’ series, an investigation after different styles of doing landscapes.
Berg en Dal 06 (2014) (sold)
A view on the hills of Berg en Dal, at Gelderland, Netherlands.
Berg en Dal 05 (2014) (Sold)
This pastel drawing ‘Berg en Dal 05 (2014)’ was my 5th of this enchanting place. An impressionist view with a beautiful slanted tree.
Berg en Dal 03 (2014) (sold)
A rather expressionistic approach to one of my favourite spots in The Netherlands – Berg en Dal, near Nijmegen where I grew up.
The Japanese garden 2 (2014)
The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I’m looking forward to do some more.
The Japanese garden 1 (2014)
An impressionistic view on the Japanese Garden at estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Netherlands. Opened in spring and autumn only.
Gemeentemuseum 05 (2014)
This is one of the pastel drawings I made of the Gemeentemuseum at The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, construed by the famous dutch architect Berlage.
Gemeentemuseum 03 (2014)
The Gemeentemuseum at The Hague, Netherlands is one of the leading museums in the world with the biggest Mondriaan collection (among others ‘Victory Boogie Woogie’, admired by Barrack Obama at the spot) I felt doing a series turning Berlage’s architecture into cubism. This is one of them.
Gemeentemuseum 02 (2014)
The second one of the series, turning to abstraction already. Still a lot of atmospheric depth and perspectives.
Gemeentemuseum 01 (2014)
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?
Cubistic Nude 07 (2014) (sold)
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.
