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 2020
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rumors of force
2020"There are rumors / of force being / being applied, or not applied. //
Note these are rumors / which may be unfounded."
mixed media, paint, ink, ashes
Disquiet landscape
2020made May 10-13, 2020
l'Autre Ensemble de Creatures
2019Already, the flamed / pattern of the wooden panel / held the design of this painting. // The nails of the dog / (think it was a bouvier de flandres) / added scratches, that were given company / by the cutting effects / of an angle grinder. // The fields that surfaced / became creatures of some kind / as colors were applied.
Battling
2019"matter and surface / mix on / grinding grounds // that fix pieces small / enough to meddle // with substance and / meaning"
Upward view
2019(mixed media, wood and paint on board, in wooden frame, total size 42x35 cm)
The tormented land
2018"in the middle of the sea there lies a tormented country..." (Based upon Dante's Divina Comedia, Inferno, Canto XIV. 45x45 cm, divided in 9 pieces to share with other artists.)
Four figures
2018"Four figures look / into the distance // in silence waiting / for something to happen." (mixed media)
people hiding
2018based upon Canto XIII from Divina Comedia. painting is cut in 9 equal parts to share with other artists. line 25-28: all those voices / were uttered from among / those thorny trunks by people hiding there . . .
The direction of erasion
2018An existing pattern / is exposed by erasion / of all superfluous elements.
down that heap of falle rocks
2018we made our way adown that heap of fallen rocks (work based upon Dante Divina Comedia Inferno, Canto XII, line 28-29)
In Reverse
2019oil, pigment, sand, alkyd, acryl on panel
Of all wrong-doing...
2018"Of all wrong-doing which in Heaven wins hate, injustice is the end..." (Based upon Dante's Divina Comedia, Inferno, Canto XI), cut in 9 pieces 15x15 cm to share with groupd of artist working on Divinsa Comedia)
Vision
2018After removal / of the heads of the nails // a new vision arose
What friends are for
2018"Friends are there / to survive in chaos." (painting addressing Virgil, the poet, and Aeneas and his friend Achate). mixed media, collage and painting, 50x71 cm)
That are far from us..
2018Based upon Dante Divina Comedia Canto X: “We see,” he said, “like one whose sight is poor, things that are far from us" (divided in parts 15x15 cm to share with artists working on Divina Comedia)
The veil of my mysterious lines
2018Inspired by Divina Comedia Inferno Canto 9,
"O ye in whom intelligence is sound / heed carefully the teaching which lies hidden /
beneath the veil of my mysterious lines!"
(painting 45x45 cm, cut in pieces 15x15 cm to share with group of artists)
Were these ecclesiastics?
2017And I, whose heart was well nigh broken, said: “Now, Teacher, show me who these people are, and tell me whether all these tonsured ones upon our left ecclesiastics were.” Work adressing Dante's Divina Comedia Inferno, Canto VII.
Scar-2
2017The images that / cross the web of / my experiences, some / getting stuck in old scars, without / taking account of / gates and prohibition signs / placed there to preserve life // those images do not / shed clarity. // Those images burn / their shadow onto / the remains of my / memories.
Sparks
2017"the three sparks that have set men’s hearts on fire, are overweening pride, envy and greed..." (Based upon Divina Comedia Inferno Canto 6; Original cut in pieces 15x15 cm and distributed amon collaborating artists)
The flight of the turtle-doves
2017As turtle-doves, called onward by desire, With open and steady wings to the sweet nest Fly through the air, by their volition borne. (based upon Canto five, Dante's Divina Comedia Inferno, line 82-84)
A definite state
2017Every creation / knows a definite state / at which the structure / resists change. (various paints on carton)
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. // A long time taken / to arrive at understanding / 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, pigment, sand, ashes, carton on carton on wood (in private collection)
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 (a travel one has to make)
2018Looking 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.
(2017-2021) 4th phase.
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)
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, in private collection)
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...