Created for the themed exhibition ‘Futuristic Beverwijk: green or urban?’. A colorful and positive series. The artwork depicts sports hall ‘De Walvis’ (The Whale) in Park Overbos, reflecting on the municipal plans at the time to fill in the surrounding water.
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Group showcase with the Lucasgilde.
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This standalone piece grew out of an expressionist study focused on capturing raw emotion in animals. The project originated during a class by Lydia Nederlof at the Lucasgilde, housed within the Kennemer Theater. Inspired by a KEK exhibition of Mies van Hout’s acclaimed children’s books on cats and fish in the theater’s foyer, the work began as a quick series of drawings exploring character and expression.
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Onder Invloed I – Acrylic on cardboard, june 2023, 30 x 40 cm Made during a lesson by Lydia Nederlof, inspired by the work of Corneille. The assignment was to work freely with colour, animals and simplified, graphic forms. I used these characteristic elements as a starting point, but developed the composition in my own
This still life was created during a lesson by Lydia Nederlof at the Lucasgilde. The focus of the class was to explore Giorgio Morandi’s color palette by mixing chalky, muted tones to capture a sense of absolute stillness and harmony.
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For this Lucasgilde class, we could choose between painting the iconic portraits of Kees van Dongen or Queen Elizabeth. I chose the Queen, but looking back …
Elizabeth II – Charcoal on paper, september 2022 A lesson by Yvonne Zomerdijk at Lucas Gilde. Following the previous exercise, in which I worked on a small scale from a newspaper photograph, this time we enlarged the image and worked on a much larger sheet of paper using charcoal. The drawing is based on an
Evia brandt – drawing on paper, september 2022, 18 x 21cm A lesson by Yvonne Zomerdijk, inspired by the early work of Marcel van Eeden. I made this drawing at Lucas Gilde. A small drawing based on a photograph from the newspaper. This exercise was later continued in a larger charcoal drawing.
Shell creature – Acrylic on cardboard, april 2023 This painting developed from an earlier shell study. I used the shapes of the shell more freely until it gradually turned into a fantasy creature.
Contrast Study – Acrylic, june 2022 This piece reimagines the traditional ‘house, tree, animal’ assignment by focusing heavily on color theory. By placing opposing hues from the color wheel directly next to each other, it creates a powerful contrast.
