1st August 2021 – Marlot – 04-04-21
Sold a graphite pencil drawing to a Scottish collector through Saatchiart.com
Model Session – 28-07-21
Together with a student I had a lovely model session at the Binckhorst in The Hague. She invited me to come to her studio because she had a friend who wanted to sit for us. Actually the same sofa was used as for the previous model session.
26th July 2021 – The Story of the Blue Velvet Jacket
My oil painting Geesje Kwak (2021) was released a couple of weeks ago and some were wondering where I got the idea of the blue jacket from. My mother Marijke Akkers-Kersten makes all my jackets and this one is an exceptional beautiful blue velvet one.
Sheep Have More Fun – 23-07-21
Sheep have more fun or do they? It so happened that my dear friend, poet and photographer Alexis de Roode went for a little stroll in nature.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel – 18-07-21
Last Saturday I went to the Heineken Music Hall near the Johan Cruijff ArenA for my second vaccination shot. On the other side of the A2 there is Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a village to the south of Amsterdam.
Woman in a Red Kimono – 02-07-21
This drawing of a woman in a red kimono is based on a session with my regular model. It so happened that I teamed up with a student of mine who rents a lovely studio in The Hague.
Maassluis – 08-06-21
This graphite pencil drawing of Maassluis is an inbetween exercise. Lately I am fantasizing about combining ‘realism’ or whatever realism might mean to an artist and my personal roundism style.
9th April 2021 – Sale of a Frida Kahlo Tapestry
Life unfolds itself in mysterious ways sometimes. Who would have thought of a print of one my art works on a tapestry. It’s all possible through Redbubble.
8th April 2021 – Framing of Pastel Drawing Meyendel – 10-02-15
Last week I sold a pastel drawing to a dutch collector. Today I framed it with museum glass. This is the result. I am quite content with the result.
7th April 2021 – Stylelandia’s New Groove: 3 smashing cubist portraits in one
Stylelandia expanded their range of products and I came across these products: 3 cubist portraits by my hand of Bette Davis, Loretta Young and Gloria Swanson.
