Into the light – 15-06-17

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

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

Ascension – 24-05-17

surrealistic urban graphite pencil drawing

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.

The green eyed girl (2017) (sold)

realistic portrait painting of a young girl in oil

A commission for a classic portrait. The young girl, age 3, has beautiful green eyes (hence the title) and was very animated during the sessions, which is fun to watch but difficult to work with as an artist.

Leiden – 27-12-16 (sold)

impressionistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

An impressionistic view on Leiden, where I studied. I am often fascinated my reflections in water and there are so many canals to be found over there. The movement of the water is what I put as a central theme in this drawing.

Nude – 21-12-16 (sold)

impressionistic nude pastel drawing

Did this one for a Chinese collector who wanted to have a copy the same pastel from 2012 which he acquired as well. The Chinese are into realistic western art nowadays.

Schoonhoven – 15-12-16

Cubistic cityscape colored pencil drawing

I was attracted to the cubist quality of the planes that still offer a realistic / impressionistic view on a back alley in a small town called ‘Schoonhoven’, Netherlands.