Roundism – 28-04-17

Roundism

Part of the roundism series, in which I wanted to keep a big part of the body open and indicate and style only a portion of the shades. Although less abstract and minimalistic than the previous drawing ‘Roundism 25-04-18’ body forms still are simplified to such extent that exciting rhytmical patterns preside over the appreciation of nude body parts. At the same time I secretly hope it does but that the spectator also will appreciate the first.

Ogee

In many of my Roundism drawings I employed the principle of ogee: serpentine, double-curve structures. Must have been an internal drive that urged upon me initially. I see them all the time, for example in the curve of the upper and lower leg, in tree trunks and branches. I am no mathematician but I suspect the golden ratio must play its part in this, perhaps even through quantum mechanical wave forms. Eventually my dad, who was a carpenter (and my mother’s first name is Maria!) pointed me in the direction of Ogee. Maybe craftsmen like my dad and his freemason precdessors in the past got a hunch of secret knowlegde like I did or perhaps just a nifty way of distributing forces in construction?

Sold

While extending this description to the drawing in the context of making a printable, the drawing got sold to a Scottisch collector who also bought ‘The Venus of The Hague – 23-05-20’ at the same time. I am a happy man because, as I round up writing this story, a bag with two sold drawings is hanging on the door handle, waiting at Brugman Art where I will teach shortly hereafter will be picked up by UPS.

Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel 0.5 mm, 3B) on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm) – A4 format)

Artist: Corné Akkers

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