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Use of ink or paint to produce image by printing or imprinting. Doesn't matter how.
dated 2016 until 2019
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Branches
2019monotype
Viewing different directions
2019If in one image / the looks have the same focus // the decision might become / to go along. // Here, a question / is formulated. (Size image 12.5x15 cm)
Standing before the gate
2018"The gates were made first / to provide a certain distance /
to the landscape. // Then the place of the guard had to be decided / which became before the gate. // Which given the current circumstances / seems appropriate.
lino-cut, 23x32 cm paper size
The twins
2019Printmaking: Monotype, Oil, Paper on Paper. use of thrown-away cans in print, with 'family' as a result. three prints made into one collage, 2018-2019
Still crawling
2019Still crawling, even if / grounds sink into depths // movement does not halt / since elementary urges // have inner bases and / primary resources // of energy. (monoprint image 12x15,56 cm)
Diagram of the mind
2019"Whilst one guide aimed / to keep the design straight / and rectangular (where feasible), the others favored / a more complex model." (monoprint)
Mise-en-scene
2019Le paradoxe / etait mise-en-scene (mixed media monoprint)
The direction
2018Doubt, there is / great doubt / what the direction should be / but there cannot be / a stand still or retreat. (monoprint, size is paper format)
From this side (perspective)
2019"From this side / I share my perspective"
sheer joy
2019"Now, there is no time / for sorrow or grief / for angriness or / greed. // Now, it is time / for sheer joy / just now" (monoprint)
Change
2019"If the situation / will not change drastically / then we're out." (lino-cut, size image 16x22 cm, ed 1/4)
Absent
2019The image is determined by what is absent (monoprint image 12x17 cm)
Collision
2019(monoprint made with discarded carton, with acknowledgements to Jadwiga)
Understanding the causes
2019Understanding the causes / of being and beings / is a task without end. (etching, size image 15x9 cm, ed 1/4)
Transience
2019"Creation of art / interrupts the flux towards transience / for as long as it lasts." (monoprint with collage, size image 13x20 cm, edition 1/1)
The unexpected visitor
2019"An unexpected visitor / came forward" (monoprint, size image 11.5x17 cm)
Meeting
2018Meeting of trees moving / through abstract landscape / a tough journey / made with floating roots" monoprint, 4 phases)
Barricade
2018The essence of a barricade / becomes palpable at visualization (image size 10x15, paper 21x29 cm, ed 1/1)
Elements of speach
2019Elements of speach / do adhere to hearings / when held high, up / against the wall / of difference. monoprint 1/1, image 29x20 cm
the process of thought
2019"The process of thought / knows no better judge / than the outcome." (monoprint, using found objects, size image 18x23 cm)
Naiad
2018"The place, from which the Naiad / raises the arms / in a gesture that / asks attention or silence, // changes continuously/ under pressure / of the space." (monoprint, 10 layers, size image 11x17 cm)
Pathways
2018Walking about / goes through bushes and hedges / with thorns and ticks. // At times pathways / will be chosen / as these were laid down / by predecessors and ancestors /
in an evident logic.
(Etched lino-cut, ed 1/4, size image 16.5 square, paper 23 cm square)
Moving
2018"within a second / the scene will change" (monoprint, size image 11x15 cm)
The Struggle of visionary souls
2018"The struggle of visionary souls / does not know clarity / nor solution and lacks / justification" lithography, size image 19x23 cm, paper 32x45 cm, ed. 1/5)
Hearing
2018Sounds, words, whispers / catched by ears / if present.
(Monoprint, size image 10x15, paper 23x26 cm)
Before (the screen)
2018Solemnity, honesty and character. // Three traits that are on the red list. (mixed media of monoprint and linocut, ed 1/1)
light fall
2018Light falls / in irregular patterns / up or down. monoprint, one-phase, image 11x15, 21x25 cm
Abstract (ardor)
2018monoprint 1/1
The road
2018The road twines around / the pits on the way / targetting the next level. // Tucked in deep pockets / ambition dozes, to / appear at an unexpected moment. (monoprint, 3 phases, 1/1)
Would old liaisons suffice?
2018"looking in the distance / would old liaisons suffice?"
Listening to a distant sound
2018monoprint and lino-cut, three phases (edition 1/1).
Size 18x26 cm
The mountainfish
2018"The red mountainfish / resides at the border of / green land and yellow sky." (etching, ecoline ink, size image 14x10 cm)
Perception
2018"Activity of inner consciencesness / may hamper or even block / appreciation of outside viewings " (monoprint, one phase)
Intertwined
2019"The movement of dark matter / was retarded when intertwined with threads of red" size image 17x22 cm
"Someone"
2018monoprint, size image 20x12.5 cm, paper 24x15 cm.
Twosome-3
2018The third time / these two met / the absence of / greed, and of anger / was striking / / making words superfluous. (lino-cut, beeld 15x15 cm papier 24x24 cm, edition 1/8)
return of the lost son
2018"When the lost son got bored / of friends and favorities / of commuting without goal / he returned home in order / to dig up familial controverses."
No guns allowed
2018"with ample availibility of poison gas / we no longer accept use of guns." <monoprint, 2 phases, edition 1/2>
Crossing-3
2018"The belief in symbols / provides no insight / in the strength / of layers that / support the naked existence." monoprint, 2-phases
Balance
2017"standing on two feet / arms positioned at / the right side / and the left, / for one minute / there is the illusion / of inner balance." (etching, size of image 11x11 cm)
Conondrum
2018"Circulation between different / sections should enable / exchange of varying views / and perceptions of / what?" monprint, 2 phases
Asymmetric
2018The basis for asymmetry / is a central axis. //
The position, superior / or inferior / is a different issue. (monoprint, 2 phases)
The expectator
2018"the expectator / waits for meaning, for content / and, if that should not arrive / at least for significance" monoprint plus etching, 3 phases
Twosome-2
2018"no comment" monotype / monoprint, 2-phases, size image 11x15 cm, edition 1/1
The Meeting
2017Once the past / meets the future / tentacles touch. (image itself 11.5x8 cm, HxW, I/III)
At Once
2017"Confronted with the result / of my earlier doings // I decided to deny / all allegations // and to leave / at once." (monoprint, 1/1)
"Dazzling"
2017monoprint, one-phase, edition 1/1
In the air
2017The flat plane / invites for a flight.
Compassion
2017"Compassion arises / from the condition that / all elements are at the right place." (monoprint, 2 phases) In private collection, destroyed at fire.
Lucie
2017"Lucie arose and came to the spot where I was, sitting with Rachel...." (based upon from Canto 2, Dante's Divina Comedia, Inferno)
Underground (sympathy)
2017Seeking for sympathy / the paint streams from / undergound to surface. plaster-cut
Fortuitious
2016"It was not my intention to do harm / or to spread fear. // Neither was it my intention to be artistic. // It just so happened." Monoprint
Characters
2016"Characters / stand alone or in union, / opposed to coalition / and prepared for conflict, or they sing / of longing for / a certain harmony" (silkscreen 2016, poem 2020)
Uitgewist (in part) - 2
2017A window differs / from a gate in as far / as the boundary / is experienced as / less pinching. monoprint, 2 phases.
The track today
2017"The track planned for today / did not seem to be safe. // Our guide proposed / we should take the other one." (monoprint)
A certain aim
2017"A movement, / if not circular / is supposed to serve / a particular aim. // But what, / if a stand still / under the circumstances / is the optimal / condition?"
floating-2
2017"A statue / should not be floating" (monoprint, lower part made with template)
The Hat
2017This artist will not mistake / anyone for a hat. // The person under the hat, though / has it's own feeling about / being part of an art-peace. monoprint, paint on journal on paper.
Passage
2017"The traveller had followed / the indicated path for one day, / when doubt arose / about the possible passage." monoprint
No Symbol
2017"The mere fact / that six fingers are cross / with my thumb / should not be seen / as symbolic." monoprint (1/1)
Censorship - I
2017There is no censorship. Period. // There is no www.censorship.com signed: the censor
Tantrum - I
2017"There must be significance / in the absence or presence / of the letter E." (lino-cut, n = 8) size image 13x18 cm, size paper 24x32 cm
Symbol
2017"The mere fact / that two thoughts cross / with three earlier ones / should be seen / as symbolic." monoprint.
Actually
2017“Although the composition / seen in abstract light / might seem a scene from Exodus / I had a different view in mind / actually”. (lino-cut, printed, image 14x18 cm, paper 24x32 cm)
The Wall
2017"If you stand before a wall / then it's wise / to knock and get to know / whether it's massive or not / or a fiction." monoprint (two phases, paper size 24x32 cm (may be trimmed)
A shelf is not a knife
2017A shelf is not / a knife. // A thought is not / necessary something / to remember / apart from those / I have forgotten. (private collection)
In the presence (of light)
2017In the presence of light / color becomes visible / and fading has begun. (monoprint)
Alongside
2017"When representants / of your kind / stand alongside / it provides a sense / of security. // However / wait till the essence of speach / penetrates you..." monoprint
What if (a bridge)
2017What if / a bridge exists / only in your dream? / and the abyss / before you / is real? (lino cut, size of image 15x13, size of paper 20x18cm)
Submerged
2016"The issue whether you drown or not / when being submerged / is related to the taste of the pudding." monoprint, size of image 10x14 cm, total size of print on paper 24x36 cm (selection beneficial auction The Art of Medicine Gala, Florida, USA, http://theartofmedicinefoundation.org/)
Beyond meaning
2016etching; size of print 15x10 cm, size of paper 24x19 cm
Elementary Movement
2016"Elementary movement / is the going of basic elements / separated in one composition." (monoprint, screen printing, collage; in private collection)
A windless day
2016The apparent structures / can be explained / in various ways. (monoprint, 32x24 cm)
Filaments-2
2016"There were two motions / one violent and fierce / the other subtle and weak. // The first succumbed." Monoprint
The happy loser
2016mixed media, monoprint plus parts of feather.
Filaments-1
2016"Filaments mingle with / sprouts of meaning / in patches of color. // Where are the sounds?, listen!" monoprint, size 16x24 cm
Steering of motion
2016"The motion is upwards / at least for some time / as seen from the inbuild spectator."
(monoprint, in private collection)
The leaping frog
2016"Our brain filters new images through the screen of earlier ones" Monoprint, size 16x24 cm in total.
Going
2016monoprint (three primary colors), 12x15.5 cm image; total size 16x24 cm
On the Way
2016"The meaning of a specific image / arises from its content / in relation to the context" (this monoprint measures 16x24 cm in total)
Doucement
2016"No image, on board / save for my lack of sense / pertains a vein / of persuasion / able to freeze / my fear of beauty" (private collection)