An introduction to my art

    The Peace Pace at The Hague – 04-02-19 Building In The Hague (Den Haag) The Peace Palace is situated, wherein the The International Court of Justice of the United Nations. The building is impressive and as a lawyer I dwelled there a lot and before that time I visited it as a student a couple of times. I remember a legendary Student Ball in 1993. My girlfriend at that time and I made love in the building itself. Making a Drawing I often pass the Peace Palace by on bike and I also saw it from behind a window at Museum Mesdag. It is one of those drawings that keep on lingering in your mind, until it becomes unbearable. Then it has got to come out. That was on a windy February day and not a good time to outdoor sketching, so I took a photo. My drawing Leidschendam 11-04-19 is rendered in the same style and I am not sure how to call this style. It bears elements of roundism, cubism, impressionism and realism in it. Click here if you want to read further on my website....

    Roundism - 20-08-20 I didn't need to add much to the reference picture, only abstract the bodyscape some more. It looked surreal to begin with so I exaggerated the curve of her arm and let it flow into the round movement of the shoulder part, as some kind of natural continuation. The circle behind her back is a compostionary element called 'invertion' and serves as a counterbalance and guidance for the spectator to follow the bodyscape to the bottom of the page. Within the positive form of the body I put it some circular structures, almost looking 'bloated', creating conical mass after the fine paintings by Tamara de Lempicka . She is and always will be a great inspirational source. Click here if you want to read further on my website , where I explain my process of dissociation and association. Click here if you want to download a printable (downloadable hi-res image you can print and frame).  

  Roundism - 08-09-16  Part of the 18 Variations of the same theme. This one I drew after the last one I did already was a year ago. Somehow I did not felt the series was finished yet. I did two oils on the theme: Roundism - 06-07-16 and Roundism - 12-02-17.  I sold it quickly and this roundism variation was a cornerstone for many to come. I like doing these roundish forms that remind me to Tamara de Lempicka's volumnous body scapes for a very long time. For some reason this one turned out to look rather art deco . It is an artistic era gone by that I love very much. I often wonder why such eras do not come to pass nowadays. I feel that some kind of new movement in art is yearning but I cannot see the dawn of it yet. We are stuck in postmodernism, concept art and all things unaesthetic. Perhaps I did this art work to evoke some movement? Maybe you can tell... If you want to read futher on this topic, please visit my website . If you want to buy a printable (hi-res picture...

    Roundism – 19-08-20 Once per month I pick up my model at her house and drive to mine where we have a session. I shoot photos of either premeditated poses I let her pose or just freewheel and let her move in all her female ways. This pose was a spontaneous one while she was reclining at my folding guest bed. If I am lucky I have time left to do a live drawing sessing. Models are way to expensive nowadays to only draw them and not take a whole lot of reference pictures for a rainy day. The drawing is a continuation of the Roundism series I started 6 years ago but it evolved over time and the latest addition to the mix is the element of solarization . It became famous by the photos of Man Ray who put it on the surrealist menu. I did render the body cubistic while I did the folds of the blankets solarized. This way the arm does not 'float'. Perhaps I will do more in the future. What do you think? Click here to read further on my website . Click here to buy a printable of this...

   Roundism - 07-04-18 When I saw this body position I immediately was charmed by the slanted position creating a dynamic impression, even enforced by the round curves in the calf, triceps, breast and back. Sometimes one has to look very hard and discover the beauty consealed but with this one it was dead easy. It almost drew itself in one go. I sold it straight away. Click here to go to my website if you want to read further on this topic. If you like it, you can download a printable (hi-res picture for printing and framing purposes) for only € 3.99.

  Roundism - 10-08-20 My model visits me every month and I either have her pose on my couch or my bed. The latter is the case here and perhaps you recognize the lighting and the bed from the Venus of The Hague severies I made some time ago. The trianguar position of her body inspired be to think in diagonals and triangles. I drew a couple of slanted diagonal structures from the shin up to the thigh, blocking in the light from the light. The feet I kept relativey small in spite of the actual size in front of my eyes. Forshortening can cause strange effects and I wanted to avoid any strange implausible deformations. The drawing is a fine example of what blocking in the light might bring. You can read further on this post on my website . If you like it, you can download it for € 3.99 on my website .      

  Roundism - 07-08-20 There are so many subjects to draw: dogs, cats, pets in general, still lifes, people, landscapes and. It was bestowed upon me the task to draw nudes. Somebody's got to do it. I don't mind. Since I am a bachelor I have all the time for the ladies and nudes in particular. In this one I concentrated on the slanted position of the legs that were that beautiful, it did not need too much cubist styling from my part. In stead, I added massive blocks of black and white, covering the total tonal bandwith. I kept the left lower corner and the upper right one blank so I created a counterbalance to the position of the legs. If you want to read further you can go to my post on my website here . If you like it, you can download a printable (hi-res photo for printing purposes) for only € 3.99 .

Roundism - 24-11-14 One of my earliest drawings in the Roundism series. It evolved out of my earlier 'The birth of New Cubism' series. Some bloke told me he found the title a little bit presumptious and perhaps it is. That is why, after good tradition of swear words in art history, I jokingly decided to call my personal cubist style 'Roundism', just like a journalist accused Pablo Picasso to make little cubes. Whereas Picasso, Georges Braque and artist like Juan Gris embraced the principle of looking at an objects from differect perspectives and thereby referring to African art, I like employing a correct use of perspectives, anatomy and atmospheric depth and therefor I reject multi-perspectivism. In that respect I am a bit of an aesthetic that like to depict nice shapes but always keep the subject recognizable, even though I add a lot of geometry to it, not to speak of the play of light and dark that keeps on enchanting me till the day I will be no more. If you like yo...

Sans titre - 06-10-16 Natalie Wood , once one of Hollywood's finest actresses and known for her role as Maria in The West Side Story, rendered in blacks and reds and part of my Sans titre series. I liked to avoid using the name of the person it represents because a) it is like trying to explain a good joke (you understand it or not) and b) I like people to enjoy the drawing for what it is: a beautiful composition of carefully selected plains with tonal rhythym and color relations. The ressemblance is great to have but art moves behond that point. Next to these principles I tried to create a balance between saturated (red) and unsaturated colors (black, white) just like great expressionists would do. I hope you like it too. If you like you can read more here on my website . Click here if you want to download a printable for only € 3.99 .