Surrealism

A surreal graphite drawing where a reclining nude female figure forms the contours of a desert landscape, with actor Rudolph Valentino depicted as the sheik on the right and a camel caravan moving below her body.

The sheik of Araby – 15-10-17

This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Sheik of Araby – 15-10-17’ is in honor of moviestar Rudolph Valentino. Originally a jazz song, now an artwork.

surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

Last Sunday I had another photo shoot and drawing session with my favorite odel and after I saw back the photos there was only one plausible conclusion: There comes a time when you look at a naked woman and discover new things.

cubistic portrait oil painting of Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford – 13-09-17

This is the painting based on a previous drawing ‘Sans titre – 25-10-16’ depicting Mary Pickford, one of the first female leading ladies in movie history.

Surrealistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

Delft – 19-08-17 (sold)

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Delft – 19-08-17 (Sold)’ is a surrealist one. One time I was finding myself steering my bike to Delft.

Graphite pencil drawing of a group of cyclists flashing past at high speed, their forms flowing together in a dynamic, surreal motion.

Tour de Rijswijk – 20-07-17

A couple of weeks ago I came across the Tour of Rijswijk when I was on my way to Delft.

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The return of the dutch elephants (@ Gouda) – 12-07-17 (sold)

Some time ago I saw a cloud that perfectly looked like a baby elephant.

back view of a nude female figure wearing thigh-high socks, standing before a circular light source. Diagonal pastel strokes create movement and texture.

Into the light – 15-06-17

This pastel drawing ‘Into the Light – 15-06-17’ is something different. Enter the gloom or into the light?

surrealistic urban graphite pencil drawing

Ascension – 24-05-17

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Ascension – 24-05-17’ is a special one. Initially I had a another title in mind: ‘God is loose’ but ‘Ascension’ describes it better.

surrealistic church graphite pencil drawing

The mythical appearance of Alexis de Roode at Voorburg – 15-05-17 (sold)

These times call for a poet that says it all.

A Metallurgical Approach to Bettie Page – 12-03-17

Bettie Page was an American pin-up of the 1950s that stood for her sexual liberation in an America that yet had to face the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

The chase – 20-09-16 (sold)

This one is based on the swimming pool full of optical illusions at Museum ‘Voorlinden’ at Wassenaar, The Netherlands.

surrealistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

The Ooij polder – 27-06-16 (sold)

A little pond situated in the Ooij Polder, Gelderland, Netherlands, near Nijmegen, caused me a lot of trouble. I saw human figures in the treeline and the water reflections but I had to come up with some subtlety so I wouldn’t attrack all the attention to the figures as well to the trees as a given realistic fact.

Cubistic portrait graphite pencil drawing

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.

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The last of the dutch elephants – 12-05-16 (sold)

Sometimes they roam about the streets of beach town Scheveningen, part of The Hague, at the North Sea.

Nude – 26-04-16 (sold)

Part of the roundism series although it has surrealistic elements as well.

Tribute to Man Ray (Lee Miller) – 22-04-16 (sold)

A mixture of cubism, surrealism and art-deco that I made to honor Man Ray.

Bettie Page – 18-04-16 (sold)

A surrealistic graphite pencil drawing of Bettie Page, American pin-up and 1950s celebrity.

Nude – 08-04-16

Once in a while I want to do something else like this one.

Marlot – 18-02-16

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Marlot – 18-02-16’ is a surrealist one. I started out doing this one impressionistically then I saw the potential for something else

Strange Goings On At ‘t Meertje – 10-02-16 (sold)

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Strange Goings on at ‘t Meertje – 10-02-16 (Sold)’ is something special. A bit of cubism, roundism and surrealism.

Nude – 04-10-15

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nude 04-10-15’ a full display of the principles of ambiguous image. Women are foxy!

Hakata Bay – 29-06-15 (sold)

A commissioned piece representing the battle of Bun’ei near Hakata Bay, where Samurai try to stop the Mongols in the year 1274.

Nude – 17-06-15

When I saw this photo for the first time I didn’t know what to think of it. I do not relate to so-called romantic art of ballerinas and dancers striking great poses. Therefor I had to come up with something different and I was intrigued by the pose nevertheless.