An introduction to my art

    Frida Kahlo (2020) There should have been a Frida Kahlo year here in The Netherlands. The Drents Museum was to organize this 'Viva la Frida!' exhibition but now it is postponed until Fall 2021. This event however inspired me to make this painting. I made a previous drawing 'Sans titre - 11-10-18' and the challenge in this oil was to scale it up from A4 to 85 x 120 cm and tell more. What to tell then? I decided to focus on her love for communism, Diego Rivera and the Aztecs. Three controversial topics that ruled her life, next to the initial tragedy, being the bus accident. Frida never backed away from controversy and so did not I. I mean, I love Frida, although her paintings sometimes are a little bit wonky as to techniques whereas others are simply fantastic. The latter keep prying in. your eyes. I often tell my students that it is prefereable to talk about an artist's idea rather than his / her techniques. Frida made up for ideas in abudance. I used the colo...

    Nude - 17-06-15 Sometimes you come across a picture that both enchants you and leave you clueless at the same time. For a long time I did not think I could not add value to the image, being the clairobscur lit photo of a ballerina. That is when I saw the connection between the nude woman and the horse so I decided to make them as one. I gladly make use of a quality only human beings seem to posses: to see patterns in everything by the force of association and inspiration. I wonder if horses can see ballerinas in the same species? I know I do and I am not even a horse. Click here if you want to read further on my website .  If  you like it, you can download a hi-res printable that you can frame as a poster. Only € 3.99