Portrait paintings in oil and acrylic
Portraiture is my focus. Drawings and paintings. Here I group together paintings ranging from realistic portraits to intuitionist/expressionist faces
dated 2019 until 2024
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Miekes mom
2021Painting in oil - using a method that is ascribed to the painters of the age of Rembrandt - using only oil paint and a mixture of natural materials to paint. I learned this method in the studio of Mieke Siemons in Vianen. One time in a course - she allowed us to pick our own subject and approach - making the course a bit like an open studio. We had been making portraits of her mom (drawings and paintings) earlier. From these open studio sessions and other influences I painted several portraits. At least a year later I went back to the photos and drawings and made a new portrait in oils. But as I used several photos and drawings - the resulting portrait shifted away from a true likeness or exact copy of the photos used.
Expressive portrait of Miekes mom
2021One day I painted in the studio of Mieke Siemons. As we were making portraits - and had been drawing her mother earlier - I painted this painting of her (using my earlier drawings).
Freedom and Joy
2021A painting in acrylic. Free impression done after a photo. One of several. It was a result of looking for a free way to drawing and painting - using photo as a source but not meant to create exact likeness. I call these free paintings Faces - to stress the difference from Portraits.