Roundism – 26-05-17 (sold)

During my lessons as a teacher I stell my students there is no end to perfection and one never can tell when a painting or drawing is finished.
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.
Hélène – session 2 @ Studio Brugman – 20-05-17

Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
Hélène – session 1 @ Studio Brugman – 20-05-17

Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
The widow of Aleppo – 18-05-17 (sold)

I always wanted to do a piece after Rembrandt’s Jeremiah lamenting Jerusalem’s destruction and I could not find a more appropiate subject than the horrific destruction of Aleppo.
The mythical appearance of Alexis de Roode at Voorburg – 15-05-17 (sold)

These times call for a poet that says it all.
Roundism – 10-05-17

A pastel variety on the previous drawing ‘Roundism – 02-05-17’ in which I tried to match the found styled forms to a colour scheme that would match them.
Sans titre – 05-05-17

This one represents Darja Collin, fomer wife of J. Slauerhoff, a great dutch poet and writer of the 1930s.
Roundism – 02-05-17

Part of the roundism series. I was fascinated by the squares and round forms I detected in the body.
Roundism – 28-04-17 (sold)

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.