Exhibition The Hague

Today I exhibited two art-works at the art exhibition Kunstdagen at The Hague. Many positive reactions wich resulted in a place in the national exhibition in Amsterdam.

silver-grey painting

Last pictures were a bit to warm and this is what the real painting looks like;

Dutch Portraitpainters

You can now view my work on the portraitpaintersite http://www.dutch-portraitpainters.com/

silver-grey portrait

I used a picture of Russel James to paint this study on stone. It is painted on a silver-gray background on stone and I wanted to find a way to make the face and the background melt together.
It is a small one 20x20 cm.









1e stage

2e stage

3e stage

4e stage

backgrounds

The last couple of weeks I,ve been making studies for backgrounds. I wanted to find out what atmosphere, colour, texture and meaning a background should have for me to want to paint a portrait on. All of the studies turned out to be abstract and are earth coloured with a touch of gold or silver.
Here are a few examples;

and the first start of a portrait in commission on one of the backgrounds;

another bird

fase 1
I painted this bird on stone. It is the first stage. I'll be working on tones and depth.
I used goldpaint in the back to create a warm atmosphere and at the same time a suggestion of space in the back.

little Lola Crying

4 stages of a study how background changes the whole atmosphere of a painting. I'm not finished with this topic and lost a bit of an ear in the last painting.. That will be changed.

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I like the medieval atmosphere that happens in the last two.