Recent posts on Oil Paintings

Kyoto Gateway – Work in Progress

October 30, 2012

Work in Progress of an oil painting in a Japanese back-alley...

Noordwijk Art III – Poppy Field Painting

July 20, 2012

A new oil painting of the Noordwijk poppy fields. I sold it at the painting festival there...

Noordwijk Festival II – Poppy Flowers

July 9, 2012

Alla Prima Painting

Some more pictures from the Nordwijk Festival. This is the second painting I did outside there. Was kinda funny how it made all passersby shout “klaprozen” (Dutch for poppies) – I’ve heard the word 50 times that day. So named the picture this way. The original is sold, but I have various sizes of poster … Continue reading Noordwijk Festival II – Poppy Flowers →

Noordwijk Painting Festival Recap I

July 2, 2012

Noordwijk Schilder Festival

14 days ago I’ve spent all week at the Noordwijk Painting Festival – getting up, painting, falling to sleep. Here are the first resulsts – more will come in the following two postings. I can really recommend this festival – the quality of the artists was very high. So a great opportunity to learn. It … Continue reading Noordwijk Painting Festival Recap I →

Portrait Mashup – Step Two

June 10, 2012

Here is another work-in-progress of the portrait mashup I did at the Portrait Month. That one is over now sadly – still want to finish the image though (see first step here). So maybe one or two portraits will still come. But the next event is planned: I’ll be at the Noordwijk Painting Festival – … Continue reading Portrait Mashup – Step Two →

Portrait Mashup WIP

May 26, 2012

The second week of the portrait month is on. Painting people for three days in a row really taught me a lot, I should do it more often – else its really just walking in shallow waters. Anyways, here is a work in progress – planning to have two or three more faces on this … Continue reading Portrait Mashup WIP →

Elise

May 17, 2012

A new portrait of a friend. And just delivered to the gallery for the Portrait Month exhibition, that will start tomorrow. It’s done in what is now my new studio – I love the diffuse light, even if it makes it all a bit tougher. So there is more to come from that place. And … Continue reading Elise →

Work In Progress: Katie

April 8, 2012

A new painting close to finished – one more session.

Art Finding: Kent Williams

August 2, 2011

Kent Williams's art is impressive. He make the figures in his images look real while painting strongly distorted bodies...