One thing in another – 05-01-19
In my egyptian series I try to excavate treasures from the past.
Cleopatra – 22-12-18
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Cleopatra – 22-12-18’ is my newest Egyptian one. Someone bathing in donkey milk could only be that very special person.
La Langue Verte – 14-12-18
I liked the triangular position of the model’s body and put her in an Egyptian scenery, thinking of my roundism style relating to hieroglyphics and Egyptian arts in general. I always liked the intense need for styling and I consider the depictions of the human body by the old Egyptians to be one of mankind’s greatest achievements.
Initiatrix – 03-12-18
The third art work in my new series on Egypt. I experimented with my personal style ‘roundism’ in combination with realism and surrealism.
De Koepel (The Dome) at Voorburg – 01-11-18
When I go to teach at Studio Brugman, atVoorburg I often come across The Dome (De Koepel), situated in the middle of estate ‘Vreugd en Rust’.
Model session – 29-11-18
This evening I had a great session with my main model throughout the years. She is slender, knows what I want and shows dark skin tones, giving my the possibility to fool around with all sorts of colours.
The brown eyed girl (2018) (sold)
The brown Eyed Girl (2018) (Sold) A commission for a classic portrait. I focused on the complexion of the beautiful young woman from indonesian and dutch origin, showing a great mixture of madder red, burnt sienna, green, purple, yellow and blue hues in her face. I decided to put the stress on the face and […]
Oudaen – 26-11-18
Last year I was at Oudaen, a city castle at Utrecht, Netherlands which now is a crowdy hotspot for party people. I was dining near the window in the corner with hundreds of people around me but a single cat was lying quietly by the window.
Roundism – 19-11-18 (sold)
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 19-11-18’ is something new. I was in for a bit of fun. Perhaps caused by my previous one ‘An Archeological memory of Bettie Page – 13-11-18’.
An archeological memory of Bettie Page – 13-11-18
The reference picture I used was slightly different from the one I used for ‘The revelation of Bettie Page (2018)’.
