Pastels

A vibrant pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman seen from above, illuminated by dramatic color contrasts in yellows, greens, blues and oranges, with strong directional lighting and textured diagonal strokes.

Reclining nude – 10-11-14

This pastel drawing ‘Reclining Nude – 10-11-14’ grew out of my first model session with my regular model. A curious mix of impressionism and expressionism.

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.

Impressionistic treescape pastel drawing

Estate Oosterbeek – 15-07-14 (sold)

A realistic / impressionistic pastel drawing of estate ‘Oosterbeek’, at The Hague, Netherlands.

expressionistic landscape pastel drawing

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.

Impressionistic still life pastel drawing

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.

impressionistic landscape pastel drawing

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).

Expressive pastel drawing of a forest at sunset, with slender trees and a vibrant sky. Artwork by Corné Akkers.

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.

Expressionistic treescape pastel drawing

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.

Japanese Garden 2 (2014)

This pastel drawing ‘Japanese Garden 2 (2014)’ is the second of two pastels. An second impressionist view but this time on the temple building.

Japanese Garden 1 (2014)

An impressionistic view on the Japanese Garden at estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Netherlands. Done in hatched strokes.

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.

Pastel drawing of a tree in a wooded area near Haagse Bos, rendered in expressive colors and dynamic strokes.

Estate ‘Reigersbergen’ 01 (2014)

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.