THE WORK OF THE LAST MONTHS
The past few months I've been very busy and haven't got around to updating my blog. That's why this time a long post so that you...
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I have been fascinated by Photorealism since the late 1970s. I remember it well, I was in my senior year of high school and had drawing and art history as my exam subjects.
In the art history book I saw an image of a painting of an Airstream, one of those shiny American caravans.
I was stunned, I had never seen anything like it. I thought to myself "so there are artists who make paintings that look exactly like photographs".
That's what I wanted too...
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THE SERIES
Below are some works from the series I am currently working on.
AMSTERDAM!
Different points of view and excerpts of pieces of Amsterdam. Some locations are very recognizable and others, even for real Amsterdammers, are less obvious.
NOSTALGIC AMSTERDAM
Old photos of Amsterdam with matching props that I've collected over the years.
MEMORIES OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD
All kinds of things from the past that I have
fond memories of. I think most people of my
generation, generation X, have those too.
RECENT WORKS
MEMORIES OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD #20
One more game...,
oil on canvas, 70 x 70 cm.
MEMORIES OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD #12
Say cheese,
oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm.
MEMORIES OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD #19
Sweets galore,
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 cm.
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BACK FROM HOLIDAY, BACK TO WORK
Just returned from a holiday in Norway. Passed all borders by car without any problems and had better weather than in the Netherlands...
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LOTS OF TEXT ON A MONOPOLY BOARD
The past few days I have been working on the texts on the Monopoly game. All black text is now on it but still needs to be updated here and there...
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