When a friend asks you to create something special for her special someone, you just cannot refuse. As a variation on a theme, inspired by one of the greatest, this Rosella soup can was created. And a happy birthday to you-know-who… Rosella soup can, (60 x 90 cm I …
She is finished, and sold as well. It did not take long for the buyer to contact me and personally come and pick her up. She is currently living in Shanghai, together with ‘The End’… Angel of the sky (91 x 152.5 / 36 x60) Sold
Bought a new frame yesterday as the coming weeks there will be some bank holidays. Although I had some designs resdy, I decided that I wanted more choice. Today I have been drawing and the results are in the Sketch and Design section. I know already that at least two …
Finished at the end of January 2014, this is ‘The End’, until now one of my favorites. It took longer than expected and is one of the first on a thicker frame, but I am extremely happy it came out the way it did. Hope you like it too… (Sold …
Finally, only one more passing of black, and black only. That means that hopefully I can deliver both “Surfer Dude” and “The End” to the shop to ‘expose’… Hopefully the Year of the Horse will be good to me…
The time between T-shirts and framed canvas I entered a competition where the winner would be able to paint their design on a wall in SoHo, London… I did receiev the letter that I won, but I was on a study course in UC Berkeley, California. The prize then went …
Another large one, this time 1m8 x 1m8, and simple black and white… Strong, and reminding me of a sketch with which I entered a competition in 1998. I did win that one, but because of absence abroad, I never got to execute it. Hope you like it
Then on New Year’s Eve 2001, I was bored, took a brush and a pot of paint I had bought in error. It was heavier acrylic, mixed with medium… The frame also was a bit of am error… But hey, two negatives make a positive.
So, number two. Turbulent time in my life, and I decided that I wanted my second painting to be personal. This is the hand of my grandfather. I loved him dearly.
This is the first painting I made, still a bit rough, but for me the beginning of something new. Donated to me by my parents, as a graduation present. With their help I was able to build my own easel (they did not have easels for large frames), stretch and …