Sans titre – 10-06-16
In my ever quest for finding styles and new ways of rendering I found myself challenged by this picture of Ingrid Bergman, famous Swedish-American moviestar and celebrity of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and part of the 1970s.
Portraits
Thermonucear goddess – 01-06-16 (sold)
I was visiting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen at Rotterdam, Netherlands together with colleague artist Julia Filament, when she saw an artistic lamp hanging from the ceiling in front of her nose.
Bettie Page – 18-04-16 (sold)
A surrealistic graphite pencil drawing of Bettie Page, American pin-up and 1950s celebrity.
Julia Filament – 01-02-16 (sold)
Portrait of my dear colleague and friend Julia Filament who has a very round face, so I felt myself forced to break her up in straight lines and planes.
Sans titre – 21-08-15
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 21-08-15’ depicts Anne Baxter, American actress and celebrity. Her greatest role might me in the 1950 movie ‘All About Eve’.
Sans titre – 06-08-15
Part of the sans titre series, being Audrey Tautou, French actress and celebrity.
Pieternella – 18-07-15 (sold)
Commissioned work. They wanted a portrait in a cubistic style. I used velours paper so I could make planes very easily with my Schmincke pastels.
Sans Titre – 09-07-15 (sold)
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 09-07-15 (Sold)’ depicts Sari Maritza, American actress and celebrity of the 1930s. Beauty meets cubism.
Sans titre – 08-07-15
Part of the sans titre series, put in my roundism style: American actress and celebrity Gloria Swanson.
Julia Filament – 20-05-15 (sold)
A portrait of my distinguished colleague in art Julai Filament, drawn in Rotterdam, made in a live session at Rotterdam.
Laura – 01-04-15 (sold)
A commission piece done in an impressionistic style with lots of clairobscur. I liked doing the blue in the hair at the left top side, showing the blue sky just outside the window.
Maria Harp – 04-03-15 (sold)
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.
Sans titre – 25-01-15
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 25-01-15 depicts French actress and celebrity Simone Signoret. Captured in triangular cubism.
Sans titre – 17-01-15 (sold)
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 17-01-15’ depicts American celebrity moviestar Loretta Young. Rendered with some power lines.
Sans titre – 07-01-15 (sold)
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.
Sans titre – 03-01-15
Part of the sans titre series, depicting moviestars and celebrities. This one is Jane Fonda in a slight cubistic way.
Lot & Janik – 07-12-14 (sold)
A commission I took to render two people in an angular cubistic style, preserving realism in an impressionistic way.
Queen Maxima – 17-10-14
Now I found my groove in cubism it was time to put some dutch royalty on paper.
Sans Titre – 31-07-14
Italian moviestar and celebrity Claudia Cardinale drawn in cubistic planes.
Sans titre – 30-07-14
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 30-07-14’ depics American moviestar and celebrity Lana Turner. Rendered in cubist planes.
Sans titre – 06-07-14
A cubistic view on American actress and celebrity Shirley Maclaine, part of the series ‘sans titre’.
Sans titre – 12-05-14
A cubistic portrait of Lauren Bacall, part of the series ‘sans titre’ depicting famous actresses and celebrities.
Sans titre 2 – 09-05-14
A rather rough sketch of a total non-iconical picture of Marilyn Monroe.
Sans titre – 09-05-14
In my ‘sans titre’ series it was obvious that eye charmer Audrey Hepburn couldn’t be missed so I did her cubistically too.
Sans titre – 08-05-14
Being part of the ‘sans titre’ series Grace Kelly unmistakenly is one of the great moviestars that I wanted to give a cubist edge.
Sans titre – 07-05-14 (sold)
Part of the ‘sans titre’ series, being the depiction of old moviestars in a cubist style. I sold this one to a guy who recognized Brigitte Bardot and in fact she is.
Sans titre – 06-05-14
A cubistic portrait in the ‘sans titre’ series depicting actress and celebrity Romy Schneider.
Ineke Mahieu – 24-05-14
My distinguished art colleague Ineke Mahieu at work during the annual Art Fair at Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands at 24-05-14
Sans titre – 10-05-14 (sold)
A drawing of Marlène Dietrich in the ‘sans titre’ series done in cubistic planes. I love the tonality of such pictures, enabling me to create a lot of depth, expression and character.
Marilyn Monroe (2014)
Moviestar Marilyn Monroe in oil and cubism. I chosed a fairly unknown / at least not iconic picture of her.
