Beek – 21-07-19

impressionistic treescape graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek – 21-07-19’ I made during a trip to Beek-Ubbergen with my parents. The focus lies on the tree in the front.

Voorburg – 16-07-19

cubistic treescape graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Voorburg – 16-07-19’ is about a place I know very well. It’s Park ‘t Loo in Voorburg and this is my cubist interpretation of it.

Kethel -13-07-19

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When I returned to my car from my little trip to Kethel, Schiedam, Netherlands, I saw this beautiful tree in bloom. Sometimes you look for grand things and the little all of a sudden pop into your eyes when least expected.

Voorlinden – 11-07-19

cubistic landscape graphite pencil drawing

2 days after my 50th birthday I visited estate ‘Voorlinden’ again, together with my parents and my godmother.

Gouda – 07-07-19

surrealistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

This is the fifth drawing of Gouda, a beautiful city in Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, not far from where I live. It is a depiction of the Sint-Janskerk from the Market (de Markt).

The nude portal – 03-07-19

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

As you may have noticed by now I am keen on vortices. They show an endless sequence of swirls, almost like a singularity. Some say they lead the way to eternity, others consider it to be just a mathematical principle.

The widow of Aleppo (2019)

Cubist-style painting of a seated woman in a contemplative pose, rendered in angular forms and warm tones.

Drawng often is called the primary process and I like it so much, brimming over with an ocean of ideas, that I forget about transfering those ideas to the secondary stage: the canvas. There always is something to dust off and in 2017 I used ‘Nude – 03-09-15’ to work out a bigger theme, called ‘The Widow of Aleppo – 18-05-17’, after Rembrandt’s painting Jeremiah lamenting Jerusalem’s destruction. Since the war in Syria sort of came to an end but the people still suffer, I found it appropiate to do this anew but then in oil.

Voorburg – 25-06-19

Cubist landscape graphite pencil drawing

In Voorburg I went through a park at the Spinozalaan when I came across some geese with their young. One of the parents always is on the lookout and this one was sizing me up.

Between the sheets – 21-06-19 (sold)

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

I was listening to ‘Between the sheets’ by The Isley Brothers when I completed this one so I tried to capture the sensual feel of the song in my drawing.