paintings
On some occasions, there is just a panel, a brush, paint and some matter. The uneveness is slight, makign the result a material painting.
dated 2014 until 2017
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send a message to the artist
A definite state
2017Every creation / knows a definite state / at which the structure / resists change. (various paints on carton)
In Reverse
2017oil, pigment, sand, alkyd, acryl on panel
Turmoil (revisited)
2017chalk and paint on paper (30x45 cm); similarity with Jackson Pollock's Full Fathom Five (1947) is pure coincidence. Today Sept 18th 2017, this has been cut in six pieces, to be part of the project addresssing Canto 4 of Dante's Inferno (from Divina Comedia). Every part being send to participating artists.
The other issue
2017There were several elements / taken into consideration. // However, at the final workout, / yet another issue, / came forward. Chalk, paint, gravel on carton on board
Downfall
2017"If it's true / that downfall of some elements / may bestow us with good nature / and spirit, / then / let heaven's gates open..." (painting on carton, on board, with wooden frame intrinsic part)
lárbre qui chante
2017"if you aim to send / a message of tenderness /
choose a tree that sings” part of auction "Art of Medicine Foundation", October, 2017, Florida US
Ridges
2017In climbing / ridges offer support / by following / their course. // Taking long / to understand / wrinkles the timepath / of my senses. (cloth, resin, wood, paint, sand, gravel.)
Choice
2017"Standing at a crossroads / going back may feel / most preferable." alkyd, ashes, sand, on board
Tout abus sera puni
2017tout abus sera puni: all abuse will be punished (if only it could be so simple) Charcoal, paint, oil, china ink, on carton on board and wood, size includes fixed wooden frame
Les Sacs de Frappe
2017mixed media, oil, acryl, sand, ashes, carton on carton on wood
Windows (dark blue)
2017My apologies / I did not wish to / put you into a specific perception. // Although I must admit / that the image / cannot but steer you / into a particular direction. (mixed media, 11.8x8 cm, study for painting 5.4x4 m)
The Face of the Stream
2017"The face of the stream / changed with the seasons . . . now it wore a gentle face" (Morris West - The devil's advocate)
acryl, oil and ashes on old paper from historic album
Distant sight
2017The carrier of / my message is old / and that factor / makes the sight / to shift in time.
A different view
2017Looking at the left side or the right / cross-eyed or blank / the impression is arriving
at varying angle. // The artist puts his view / forward, which / on some occasions agrees / with that of the / spectator. Mixed media on cloth on wooden panel, lead, paper, oil, pigment, acryl, sand, metal.
Undefined
2016"The road conflicts / with my sense of direction.// One of the two / is undefined." (acryl on paper, somewhat inspired by WOLS)
At first impression
2016"At first impression / this appears like / the work of an unbalanced person. // At second view / you start doubting / about the sanity of the viewer." (acryl on cloth on wooden panel, size 19x22 cm)
In transition
2016"My description of this painting / of being in transition / is inaccurate and ill-timed." (mixed media, wooden panel, paint, sand, glue, total size 24.5x29.5x2 cm)
Que (dawn will come yet)
2016"It was finished, yet, something had to be done. So now, it is back to an unfinished state, or what? (Que)" (mixed media, board, wood, paper, paint)
The Trek
2016"The decision was taken / to go right. // Only then / was the goal formulated." (Mixed media, size including fixed frame)
Abstraction in the mirror
2016When looking in the mirror / you aim to decipher / elements of recognition. (painting in part by use of woodcut, unique print. size in fixed frame 13x 18 cm) In private collection
self portrait
2015Drager Meurtant Self Portrait: Just a few strikes / with the brush / and this painting is endowed / with a figurative character. // Since the artist / puts so much of himself / in his art-peaces / this must be a self portrait. (NB: this must be qualified as figurative abstraction; panel, acryl, sand, ashes, in private collection)
Redemption
2015Redemption: putting the burden / on someone else / or abstinence from thought. Panel in three dimensions, with three abstractions: wood, glue, acryl paint, sand, ash. (private collection)
Artisamindset
2015Artisamindset: my mind steered / by earlier experience / moves the brush / to formulate the inner image / of this abstract figure. Painting of 20x10 cm, fixed on 2nd panel with frame in one (cannot be separated) measures in total 27x17 cm, for complete image: see flickr) (in private collection)
Frayed curtain
2015
Insurrection (abstract)
2015The battle involved / paint against brush / and ashes / framed. Assemblage: trespa, wood, paint, sand, ashes. (in private collection)
Not in Style
2014Not in Style:
Dilemma
2014Dilemma: Had three pieces of / a wooden window frame / that was cast away / gypsum still attached. // I wanted to lift these in front / of a painted wooden panel. // But now the parts / do not tolerate one another. // Think I should not force things / and join them anyhow. // But if I leave the panel this way, / it would about / be my first painting...