Der bärtige Kaiser

My "Der bärtige Kaiser " sculpture/vase is on display at the new gallery Nasty Alice (and two of my paintings as well).
www.galerienastyalice.nl

Opening: September 29th 2012

Participating artists:
Jolanda Moolenaar
Erik Klaassen
Dorien Plaat
Marianne van Heeswijk
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk
Jeroen Kool
Ilze Buziau
Thalia de Jong
Zan van Alderwegen
Tom Boekema

Maintenant, je suis dans le magazine français sur l'art, HEY!

Wow! The mailman just came by at the Cirque de Pepin studio with a very nice package: the French bilingual (FR/ENG) Art magazine HEY!. And I am featured in this magazine with my paintings and sculptures, and an interview!

This is the official HEY! magazine website:
http://www.heyheyhey.fr/fr

And you can buy HEY! magazine overhere:
http://www.ankama-shop.com/fr/h8-livres/1404-hey-11

 

Oriental domes in Transvaal

This week in the early morning between Tuesday and Wednesday at 1 AM I put my last brushstroke on the "Ganesha's gate" ceiling painting for "De Orient" domes in the Transvaal neighborhood, The Hague.
The same morning at 7 AM the Scaffold builders came to remove the scaffolds.
Now I was able to see the ceilings completely. I am very happy with the result.
Soon there are lamps placed in the domes.
Here are some pictures of the work in progress and the finished domes.
Now we need good light and a professional photographer (and better weather).

Production by Mothership: http://enterthemothership.com
The architects of The Orient: http://www.wam-architecten.nl

In an Oriental mood with lacquer paint and a paint mask.

Work on the three domes in new residential complex 'De Oriënt' (see previous post) progresses smoothly. Since last week I have a talented trainee who helps me one day in the week with the work. Sometimes it is difficult to work upon the scaffolds when the weather is stormy, but it is settled weather now. It is a great challenge because it is the first time I work with lacquer paint, in this case special paint for boats because the domes are made of Polyester.
On the pictures work in progress this month. The designs are based on ancient Hindu and Islamic miniatures from India and the Mughal empire, the Ottoman empire and the Persian Empire etc.

Production by Mothership: http://enterthemothership.com
The architects of The Orient: http://www.wam-architecten.nl

Liefs, Vermeer (and waiting until the rain to stops) II

And this is the final result, just out of the kiln Vermeer's wedding plate Anno 1653 (Porcelain, kobalt blue). I am painting two more porcelain plates for this exhibition.

Thanks to Tineke van Gils, she has made the plate and she is organising the exhibition.

http://www.liefsvermeer.nl/

Oriental domes

The scaffolds are installed. Just started cleaning, degreasing, and applying the primer.  

Next week I can finally start painting!

http://www.enterthemothership.com/en/nieuwsbrieven/

See previous post "Orient goes Oriental".

Liefs, Vermeer (and waiting until the rain to stops)

While waiting for a new project to start (see previous post "Oriënt goes oriëntal"... I just can not start because it rains all the time!) I am working on artworks for a upcoming groupshow about the love and marriage of the painter Vermeer. The exhibition will be held in the old church where Johannes Vermeer married his wife Catharina Bolnes in 1653.

I just finished painting the Vermeer wedding plate. In the old spelling, "getrouwd" (married) is written with an "t" on the end like they usually did in the 17th century.

Participating artists (from the Netherlands and China, because some of the artist are involved in the "Delft-Jingdezhen 400 years Exchange" project):

Jeroen Bechtold, Janneke Bruines,
Tineke van Gils, Peter Hiemstra,
Pauline Hoeboer, Netty Janssens,
Jeannet Klement, Jackson Li, Li Libo,
Wan Li Ya, Inge van de Louw, Sarah Michael,
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk, Adriaan Rees,
Marjan de Voogd, Karin van de Walle,
Pauline Wiertz

In Op Hodenpijl, Schipluiden en Vermeer Centrum Delft
1th till 30th September 2012

More information:

http://www.liefsvermeer.nl/

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/delft/delft_today/schipluiden/schipluiden.html

http://www.chinatimes.nl/en/lifestyle/culture/338-400-years-exchange-delft-jingdezhen