Real fantasies

I am participating in the upcoming exhibition "Werkelijke fantasieën" (real fantasies) at Atelier Horneman in Ten Boer, Groningen, from September 17 till November 19, 2011.
 
More information: www.atelier-horneman.nl
 

Other participating artists:
Ricardo Goméz Becerra
Joep Hommerson
Stefanie Ottens
Hans Prins
Carla Stedehouder
Sijmon Terpstra
Hendrik Visser

Alice en mijn liefde voor boeken
ceramics
2006

A series of oil painting studies, 2005-2008

The MX dynasty portraits

Currently I'm working, among other things, on a painting for Mr. MX of The Museum Of Weird Art (MOWA).
It is a portrait of his daughter Nanou. I have portrayed her as the sacred Nanou, with a golden tree in the background. The painting is not finished yet, so this is a sneak preview.

Earlier I made this "portrait" of Mr. MX himself (De jammerlijk gefaalde berenjacht van Koning Mx/ The failed bearhunt of King Mx, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm). 

And also, I painted a portrait of his son Dado and his wife Danielle ('Prins Dado Damascus en zijn gemalin prinses Daniëlle de Schoone op hun Grand Tour'/Prince Dado Damascus and his consort Princess Daniëlle the Handsome on their Grand Tour, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm).

 

On the tabletop

Last week I made a small presentation (tabletop presentation) at STROOM Den Haag about my work in Jingdezhen in 2010, especially on the large vase I made there.

Stroom Den Haag is a centre for art and architecture
http://www.stroom.nl/

InLoop/EnTry: presentations
The lobby of Stroom - also known as the InLoop/EnTry - is intended as a three-dimensional journal with short features, spotlights and references. In order to give visitors an impression of the broad spectrum of activities organized by Stroom various projects are put in the spotlight. In addition there are so-called ‘table top' presentations. For example documentation of artists from The Hague who have an exhibition or project somewhere else; plus special features on current or new buildings and urban development projects in The Hague.

NOW IN INLOOP/ENTRY:
Opening hours: Monday thru Friday 9 am - 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 12 noon - 5 pm
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (tabletop presentation)
In October 2010 Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk worked as an 'artist in residence' at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China. There he particpated in the project '400 years city connection Delft-Jingdezhen'. The project focuses on the historical relationship between these two cities, with the emphasis on the influence the blue and white porcelain had on the development of Delft blue pottery. One of the large vases Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk made in China will be on permanent display in museum Prinsenhof in Delft from August 2011.

Mirabella Majolica klaar

My second Delftware plate "Mirabella Majolica" is ready ("klaar" in Dutch),
see my previous post "Made in Delft", July 6th 2011.

More information on Delftware you can find here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftware

And more information on Majolica (or Maiolica) you can find here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiolica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majolica

Cucumber time in the city

A rainy summer here in the Netherlands. Not much interesting going on, almost the whole country is in France or Greece. This is what the Dutch call "Komkommertijd", in English "Cucumber time".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season
And in Dutch overhere:
http://www.geencommentaar.nl/2010/08/22/big-goosberry-season/
Copy text + paste in translate.google.com

But the van den Nieuwendijk family is not afraid of a bit of rain so me and my two boys (Milo and Elias) are playing soccer! The picture was taken on a slightly better day...
And I cleaned up my new studio, and I must say that I am quite content with the result.

Sultan Mahmud Babar II

Work in progress on my new painting 'Sultan Mahmud Babar II'.
Showing left the preliminary sketch.

Perpetua's vase

I am happy to announce that my large vase 'Perpetua Porseline', I made in Jingdezhen, China in 2010, will permanently be on display in museum Prinsenhof from August 2011!

More information will follow.
http://www.prinsenhof-delft.nl/