A family gathering on a day in early spring

The last few months I worked quietly on this painting. I could not show anything of it as it was commissioned by the client as a present for his daughter's graduation at the University of Leiden. It is loosely based on a large family portrait from the 1860's.

Een familiebijeenkomst op een vroege lentedag
A family gathering on a day in early spring
60 x 40 cm oil on canvas 2015

Piket Art prizes, the first award

These are new pictures of the first of three awards that I am working on for the Piket Kunstprijzen.
http://www.piketkunstprijzen.nl/

It's not all gold that glitters

This is what kept me busy this summer.
Last two months I have mainly been working on four awards for the Piket Art Prizes. The first one has just came out of the kiln (three firings, bisquit, glaze and goldluster).
The basic shapes of the awards are thrown by potter/designer Norman Trapman and I am decorating and sculpting the award.
The first one will be presented at Museum Mesdag during the Den Haag Museumnacht (Museumnight) on September 5th 2015, on that evening the nominees will be presented as well.
An interview with me about this project, with even more work in progress pictures you can find here: http://www.piketkunstprijzen.nl/het-kunstwerk-van-2015-het-fantastische-circus-van-pepijn-van-den-nieuwendijk

A conversation about circus, ceramics, dragons and Felicien Rops

Let the trumpets blare! I'm on Youtube! I am featured in the August 2015 episode of ‘De kleine K’, the Independent Digital Ceramic Magazine. http://www.dekleinek.nl/ and they made a video documentary/interview about me and my work.
Below you can watch the interview, especially made for ‘De kleine K’.

  

Building a lady

Assembling of my 'Lady and her dwarf' sculpture at Diederiks Fine Art in Den Haag.

Paper Lady

Now and then I make small print-on-demand books about my work. This is my latest about my ceramic sculpture 'Dame en haar dwerg' (Lady and her dwarf). The Lady will be exhibited again soon.

This is my small personal bookstore:
http://nl.blurb.com/user/store/cirqueboek

A direct link to the Lady and her dwarf book:
http://nl.blurb.com/b/6295458-dame-en-haar-dwerg

Piket Kunstprijzen

Pepijn has been commissioned to make an award for the Piket Art prizes. He makes a ceramic artwork for the winners. The categories for the art prize are painting, dance and theater.
The prizes will be awarded in November 2015.
The nominees will be presented at the Museum Night in The Hague, September 5-6, 2015

More information (in Dutch):
http://www.piketkunstprijzen.nl