The sheik of Araby – 15-10-17

A surreal graphite drawing where a reclining nude female figure forms the contours of a desert landscape, with actor Rudolph Valentino depicted as the sheik on the right and a camel caravan moving below her body.

This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Sheik of Araby – 15-10-17’ is in honor of moviestar Rudolph Valentino. Originally a jazz song, now an artwork.

I lost my contacts – 23-09-17

surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

Last Sunday I had another photo shoot and drawing session with my favorite odel and after I saw back the photos there was only one plausible conclusion: There comes a time when you look at a naked woman and discover new things.

Mary Pickford – 13-09-17

cubistic portrait oil painting of Mary Pickford

This is the painting based on a previous drawing ‘Sans titre – 25-10-16’ depicting Mary Pickford, one of the first female leading ladies in movie history.

Delft – 19-08-17 (sold)

Surrealistic cityscape graphite pencil drawing

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Delft – 19-08-17 (Sold)’ is a surrealist one. One time I was finding myself steering my bike to Delft.

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.

Bettie Page – 24-02-17

surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

Another drawing by me of Bettie Page returning to surrealism again. After scrutinizing her features and estimating what her character would have been like I came to an inescapable conclusion. Eggs, rabbits, dogs and snakes could be derived from her and were essential for her expression.

Sans titre – 25-10-16 (sold)

cubistic portrait colored pencil drawing of Mary Pickford

One from the series ‘sans titre’ depicting moviestars. This one is a tribute to Mary Pickford in some kind of cubistic roundish style.

Sans titre – 23-09-16

One out of the series ‘sans titre’ after the moviestar ‘Gene Tierney’ in the roundism style.

The chase – 20-09-16 (sold)

surrealistic graphite pencil drawing

This one is based on the swimming pool full of optical illusions at Museum ‘Voorlinden’ at Wassenaar, The Netherlands.