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Japan Expo Halftime – And New Stuff Upcoming

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Thomas | My Exhibitions | Tags: , , |

Time for a little update about the expo of the Japan artworks.
The reactions so far are really nice. The opening was sold out – and even with added seats there were still people willing to stand to watch the presentation. It’s great to get lot’s of people that care about the topic and art… some lesson I tried to apply from my experience from my first bigger expo, where it was quite full but mostly with friends. Of course now I had fellow artists helping. There is still lots to improve for next time – I’ll write a detailed post-mortem after the expo is closed.

Anyone who wants a tour is welcome to contact me – I live closeby, and happy to hear what people think.

Some other notes:
The Gallery-PR2 is now also selling my artworks. With some group-showings possibly coming up. Some really skilled artists showing there, like Svetlana Tourina and Natalia Dik. A must see if you like representative art (close to CS).
This month is packed with other events:
On Sunday (17th) I’ll be at the Rembrandt Art Market with a little stand, trying to sell paintings. If anyone wants to join in, let me know – it’s said to get busy (and press is coming), so it might be tough to keep an eye on the stand alone.

Aaand the following week, 24th of March: Portraits in the Noorderpark (aka Flevopark) for the Noorderparkkamer.

Sunday the 30th I’ll be at the Rembrandt market yet again. As because per usual I’ll do everything wrong the first time :D

And then Monday I’ll portrait again: …on Het Feestje van Steve on the Steve Bikoplein in Amsterdam Oost. Time for a new challenge: This time I’ll try black and white with oil colors.



Some pics from the expo:

Japanese AIR Exposition - Amsterdam 2013

Empty…

Japanese AIR Exposition - Amsterdam 2013 - visitors

…packed!

Japanese AIR Exposition - 2013 - sweets

The sweets – green tea mousse by Uno.

Japanese AIR Exposition - Lies Verdenius Presentation

Lies’s presentation.

Details of the “Kyoto Artists In Residence” Exhibition Amsterdam

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Thomas | My Exhibitions | Tags: , , , , , |

Two weeks to go: Time to push out all the details here (Engl., Nederl., 日本語). First of all – the poster! If you know any venue where I can put it, or want a bucket of flyers, please let me know. Gotta get the word out.
There is an opening on the 2nd of March with talks by each of us three artists (limited seats). You can also see the exhibition all through March.

Kyoto Machiya Exposition, Amsterdam. Thomas Schmall, Annelinde de Jong, Lies Verdenius

“Kyoto – Amsterdam exchange exposition” poster.

Following are description and details in English, Dutch and Japanese.

English

What:
“Artists in Residence in a Kyoto Machiya” Exposition
The works from Kyoto by Annelinde de Jong, Lies Verdenius and Thomas Schmall

When:
Exposition: 2nd of march until 30th March 2013 – Tue – Sat   10am – 6pm
Opening en presentation talk: 2nd March (Sat) 1pm

On March 2 the artists are giving a presentation at the Japans Cultureel Centrum about their stay and work in Kyoto. Everyone is welcome to join. Admission for the presentation: € 5. There are limited seats, so reserving via www.japans.nl is advised.

Where:
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, near Dam-Square
Stichting Japans Cultureel Centrum
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 177, 1012 RK Amsterdam
Tel.: 0031(0)20-6279523  E-mail: info@japans.nl

Why:
Machiya are the traditional wooden houses in Kyoto. A unique mix of merchant/artisan and living space. The idea to let artists from the Netherlands stay in such a house, is to let them experience the everyday live of the city more direct than when staying in a hotel. Seeing the traditions and way of life of the neighbors directly, allows a direct exchange between the Dutch and Japanese cultures.
At the end of 2012 Thomas Schmall, Annelinde de Jong and Lies Verdenius took part in this residence program. They stayed from mid-October  until the end of November – working on artworks, installations and learning about the local culture and craftsmanship. The specific inspirations during this stay came from the small streets with many of the Machiya, the production and use of Washi (like the Washi-making, a handmade paper that is made since more than a thousand years) and the impressive temple gardens.

Dutch / Nederlands

Wat:
“Artists in Residence in een Kyoto Machiya” Expositie
De werken uit Kyoto van Annelinde de Jong, Lies Verdenius en Thomas Schmall

Wanneer:
Expositie: 2 maart t/m 30 maart 2013 – Di t/m Za   10-18 uur
Opening en presentatie: 2 maart za 13 uur

Op 2 maart geven zij in ‘t Japans Cultureel Centrum (boven ‘t Japans Winkeltje) een presentatie over hun verblijf en werk in Kyoto. Iedereen is van harte welkom. Entree voor presentatie: € 5, Reserveren via www.japans.nl wordt aanbevolen

Waar:
Stichting Japans Cultureel Centrum
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 177, 1012 RK Amsterdam
Tel.: 0031(0)20-6279523  E-mail: info@japans.nl

Waarom:

Kyoto Machiya Exposition Flyer

Een ‘Machiya’ is een traditionele stadswoning in Kyoto. Het idee achter een verblijf in een Machiya is dat je als bewoner het alledaagse leven in de stad beter kunt ervaren dan als toerist vanuit een hotel. De tradities en levensstijlen van buurtbewoners zijn zo direct toegankelijk. En kan er een wederzijdse uitwisseling van de Nederlandse en Japanse cultuur werkelijkheid worden. Door een verblijf in de Machiya woning kunnen de verschillende begrippen van schoonheid, levensstijl en filosofie samenkomen.

In 2012 waren Thomas Schmall, Annelinde de Jong en Lies Verdenius de deelnemende beeldend kunstenaars. Zij verbleven van 16 okt. t/m 26 nov. in een Machiya, werkten aan hun creaties en leerden over lokale cultuur en traditionele kunsten. Hun inspiratiebronnen lagen in de kleine straatjes met vele Machiya in Kyoto, in de productie en het gebruik van Washi (handgemaakt traditioneel papier) en in de prachtige tempeltuinen.

Organisatie:
“Artist in residence in een Kyoto-Machiya” wordt gesponsord door ‘t Japans Cultureel Centrum (JCC), een niet-commerciële organisatie in Amsterdam. In samenwerking met het Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration (KCCC) en het Kyoto Art Center (KAC).

Japanese / 日本語

何:
京町家 ・ アーティストインレジデンス

アンネリンデ・ デ ヨング と リス・フェルデニウス と トーマス・朱丸

何時:
展覧会の日時:  2013年 3月 2日(土)  >  3月 30日(土)
火曜日~土曜日  10:00~18:00

プレゼンテーション: 3 月 2 日(土) 13:00
チャージ (プレゼンテーション): € 5        予約してください: www.japans.nl

どこ:
アムステルダム、オランダ
Stichting Japans Cultureel Centrum (日本のカルチャーセンター)
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 177, 1012 RK Amsterdam

何故:
「京町家アーティスト・イン・レジデンス 2012」は、オランダ、アムステルダムを拠点とする非営利の日本文化センター JCC (Stichting ’Japans Cultureel Centrum)と公益財団法人京都市景観・まちづくりセンターが共催する、オランダと日本(京都)の交流を基盤にしたアーティスト・イン・レジデンス プログラムです。
このプログラムは 2011 年から始まりました。京町家に滞在し、日常の町家暮らしや京都の伝統文化・生活文化の体験を通じて の二国間の文化交流から、「地域社会に何を提供できるのか」をテーマにしています。
オランダに暮らす人々が京都で生活者となり、自分自身の目線でこの街を眺める機会を提供できる「京町家アーティスト・イン・レジデンス」。オランダ特有の美意識と生活様式、哲学が、日本の伝統と出会い、斬新なアイデアの提案によって、新しい物語を創りだすことを期待しています。

Annelinde de Jong, Lies Verdenius, Thomas Schmall - artworks

Artworks from each of us.

Portrait Month Coming Up

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Thomas | Events | Tags: , , |

Coming May I will take part in the portrait month again. This time with much more days. Anyone is welcome to join as painter, model – or just drop by and watch the artsy action and exiting exhibition.

We will be painting from May 18 until June 3 (2012) in the windows of Gallery De Stoker in Amsterdam. Since there are sessions every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there is lots of opportunity to join. We also need lots of voluntaries for models – so please drop the organizers a mail (also if you want to paint). All details and the agenda can be found on the website of Maroesja Lacunes. It will be quite relaxed sessions of four hours, with lots of breaks.

Personally I will have some of my portraits there, and will try to portraitize at least every Sunday, and lead the first Saturday and Sunday. I’m kinda secretly pondering to make some “Portraits of Amsterdam” exposition with my works in the future. So it’s a good chance to produce!

Below is the Dutch flyer for the Portrait Month (whoo, I’m even on it…. twice!), and for the model sessions every Sunday in the studio downstairs.

Portrait Month - Galery Stoker - Amsterdam

Flyer Portrait Month in Gallery De Stoker.

Portrait Month - Galery Stoker - Amsterdam

Sundays there are model sessions each week. Artists are welcome to join.

Window Display in Amsterdam – The Last Weeks

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Thomas | My Exhibitions | Tags: , , |
Yoga Lab Art display Amsterdam - Flattr button

The flattr button is also still there. I've got a few donations as you can see on the counter below. Thanks all, much appreciated.

The time has been a bit extended on the Yoga-Lab art display. Extended in time: Two weeks remaining now. And extended in scope: Already two months ago I’ve added an additional window.

Which I didn’t show here yet – time to catch up. It is a roughly 1.5 meter deep space with a big window in front. I tried to use the depth – by hanging the artworks in several layers. I used all white frames and bright images, so it works well with the white wall. Turned out nice if I may say so myself.

The other window had some new images the last weeks – following is a photo of it. And I switched them again, so currently it is all landscapes showing there. One big painting I’m working on at the moment might turn up there if I get done in time.

If anyone is interested in using the space in the future (located next to a metro exit at Nieuwmarkt), you can contact the Yoga-Lab.



Yoga Lab Art display Amsterdam

The last lineup in the art display

Yoga Lab Art display Amsterdam - 3d view

Trying again the 3D trick - to show the depth of the window. (click for still image)

Yoga Lab Art display Amsterdam

The extended window from inside.

Emily

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thomas | Oil Paintings | Tags: , , , |

This painting (wip here) will be at the Gallery Stoker exhibition which starts tomorrow – only filled with artworks of 20x20cm and smaller.

Thomas Schmall - "Emily"  - oil on 20x20cm canvas

Thomas Schmall - "Emily" - oil on 20x20cm canvas

Coming weekend is this also this huge flee market in Amsterdams old NSDM Docks again – called “IJ-Hallen Vlooienmarkt“. Just a quick trip with the ferry from Central Station. I think sometimes this one is art-related – but since their website is horrible I can’t see if I remember it right. The market is every month.

Either way I’ll try to buy some old frames for the upcoming exhibitions – and I sure will bring a camera, because it’s just beautiful there. And if you go for some shots yourself, be sure to check out the old trams there – some squatters made their home out of them.

Geeking out in Amsterdam

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Thomas | My Exhibitions,Oil Paintings | Tags: , , |

Good news: I can extend the art display at Amsterdam’s Nieuwmarkt for two more months. And I’ll have have one more window, so I’m thinking about what to show. I also took some pictures at night – looks very nice with the warm lights from below.

The offline flattr button.

The Yoga-Lab art display - with offline flattr button.

And right now I’m trying some geeky stuff by adding a flattr-QR. Flattr is originally an online tool for micro-donations. You might notice the little buttons below my posts. It’s an awesome idea: you can give quick tips to things you want to support without the hassle of buying useless merchandise or going though complicated donation setups.
Recently they added real world buttons – so I print a physical image with a code and people who like the work can take a picture of it with their mobile phone. Given that they have the right app for it a micro-donation will be transferred to me.

The Yoga-Lab art display at night.

Dramatic Light!

If this works it might not only give me a couple of coins, but I think it could solve a specific problem of such open art displays. Because I do not directly interact with the viewers, I have little feedback about them. Even if anyone takes the effort to remember my website and visits it, I won’t know. Only if they want to buy prints or originals then I would hear about it – but the barrier is very high.
So this could be a new and easier way to interact. Besides, its kinda fun.
The only problem is that I might be too early: Flattr is not very widely known yet – especially not in Holland. The Flattr team should work hard on ending the German domination on their website. Those Germans… I guess my fellow countrymen see the same potential in this idea as I do.

On the forefront of next generation art exhibitions... yeah that's right!

On the forefront of next generation art exhibitions... yeah that's right!

Also for the window I fixed some little damages on “Yola” – a painting from last year, and gave it a protection layer. Since I was at it, I did some enhancements on the shoulders and hair… it’s nice to notice that I learned quite a bit in the last 12 months, not just about painting, but also about how to treat and present an image, and scan it properly.

"Yola" - oil on 60x40cm linen

"Yola" - oil on 60x40cm linen

Exhibition Mania

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Thomas | My Exhibitions | Tags: , , |

Yesterday I’ve put several images in display windows in Amsterdam Central (close to Nieuwmarkt). Also, the planned joint exhibitions in Breek van Donk are taking shape and several other options are coming up. Busy, busy.
So always remember: “You never knew you can stretch like you can stretch in the Yogalab!” …not sure if that makes any sense, but I thought I should promote a little. Thanks a lot to Patric of the Yogalab for offering the windows and helping out with everything. A bigger exhibition with opening might be possible there later this year, sounds interesting – I’ll have to see if I will go for it.

Thomas Schmall - Exhibition - Yogalab

Wall right behind the window of the Yogalab-studio.

Looks really nice on the wood panels. This is still a bit Work-in-Progress. I will replace some images with newer ones over the coming weeks. One I am right about finishing. Also a proper poster is missing telling my name.
If you’re in Amsterdam on the Nieuwmarkt, it is right there – half a minute walk into the Koningsstraat. Great spot.

Thomas Schmall - Exhibition - Yogalab

The window on Koningsstraat 36, in Amsterdam

Thomas Schmall - Exhibition - Yogalab

Pretty sweet location - 10 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station.

Gallery De Stoker 20 year Exhibition

Gallery De Stoker 20 year Exhibition.

There are also more infos about events I talked about recently: – from March 31st until April the 23rd is the open exhibition to celebrate the 20 years of the Gallery Stoker. If any artists wants to take part: You have to supply one image of 20×20 cm. And you have to act fast: 100 of the 120 spots are taken already. Here is the PDF with the information again.

For 3 weekends starting May 14 my water colors will be part of the exhibition in Galerie Berkendijkje in Beek en Donk as part of the Aquarellist Collective. I will be there for sure on the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of May – I will have a tent to exhibit more works, and do portraits again. Looking forward to it.
There is a nude-paintings-exhibition planned there later – where I may be part of it too. Better get busy painting!

Figurative Art in Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Thomas | Events | Tags: , , , , , , |


There is quite a lot going on with figurative art in and around Amsterdam/Rotterdam. The following exhibitions and events might be worth a look if you're into that - most of them end very soon.

This week the Realisme Art Fair will be held, close to Amsterdam Central Station. I've never seen it before - but will check it out Friday and Saturday at the least. For new artists it is also possible to take part on a lecture series on Friday - I will try.

Just until the 16th January you can still see "Illusions of Reality" in Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum - an exhibition of realistic paintings of the turn of the 19th century. For me it's sometimes depending on my mood if I am impressed by an exhibition - maybe that's why I wasn't so much into it when I saw it two days ago.
The technical quality is extremely high, so for artists there is certainly a good bit to learn from. I'm just missing a real masterpiece. It does look all a bit like painted from various photos, and then beefed up a bit with colors and effects. I wasn't even able to tell one artist apart from the other. It seemed to have taken a while since many artists really worked free with this technique.

Anders Zorn - "The Mora Fair" ("Mora Marknad")

The Zorn picture ("The Mora Fair") was the only one standing out. Btw: when looking for this image I came across this goldmine of 10 pages of high resolution Zorn glory!

One thing I noticed: There was not a single piece done by woman. Even 17th and 18th century exhibitions usually show some female painters. Are they missing because they didn't care, or they weren't allowed to play a part back then?

If you go, don't miss the showings on the upper floors. Small but nice is Monet's development from realistic painting to impressionism. And interesting for the plein-air painters is the research on Charles-François Daubigny art and equipment.

In Rotterdam there is Kees van Dongen in the Boijmans Museum until the 23rd of January. An interesting Dutch painter, with a big range of styles.

Kees Van Dongen - "A Finger on her Cheek" (1910)

Kees Van Dongen - "A Finger on her Cheek" (1910)

And if you're up for even more abstraction, nearby you can see Edvard Munch in the Kunsthal Rotterdam up until the 20th of February. At the same place is the Internationaal Realisme Exhibition, with realistic art (photos and sculptures) until the 16th of January.

Edvard Munch - "Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette (1895)"

Edvard Munch - "Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette (1895)"

Whitewalk – Drawing from a Fashion Event

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Thomas | Drawings | Tags: , , |

I started this at a fashion event in Amsterdam I was invited to. But the time was really really short, with the models only being there for a couple of seconds.

So I had to finish it at home, and used the chance to try a bit different style of penciling. Just by chance Gurney had a post about drawings, so I took some tricks. I like the structure the strokes create, and the vibrancy in it. I’ll just work a bit smaller from now on – and with less shading, as my thumb got blisters from filling up the whole sheet.

Whitewalk, Pencils on 32x42 cm Bristol Paper

Whitewalk, Pencils on 32x42 cm Bristol Paper

Summer Shower in the Singel

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Thomas | Oil Paintings | Tags: , , , , |

My latest cityscape work from Amsterdam. I was standing on the Singel (a channel very close to Central Station), and looking at a little side road called Korsjespoortsteeg.

It was the toughest work so far - I started in April. But rain and hail stopped several sessions. In early summer it was too sunny, and only now I was able to complete it. Right now I do have the freedom to finally spend more time on my works, so lots of hours and though went into it.

I think it payed off. It is now exhibited in Koppelaars Kunsthuiskamer at the moment. And I've heard good comments by visitors about it (while I pretended just to be a art connoisseur watching other paintings :) ).

"Summer Shower in the Singel", oil on 40x50 cm linen

"Summer Shower in the Singel", oil on 40x50 cm linen

You can buy it in the gallery and I also offer prints - I am continuously working on getting the highest quality reproductions I can. When you buy a print you will get a limited copy printed on a canvas so that the result resembles the original as close as possible.

This print is limited to 20 copies.
Print in original size 40x50cm: 90 Euro.
Print in scaled size 30x40cm: 70 Euro.
(Plus delivery if destination is outside Amsterdam)

Right now I have high quality pictures of the following works, which I also offer as prints. Please contact me by mail. I am working on a more pictures, an automatic ordering system and more information in the next few weeks.

02_prinsen
32_kaisa
24_fabio
08_anna2

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