Recently I had a nice conversation with Paul Blais about my work for 'The Potters Cast' show.
http://thepotterscast.com
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk | Episode 91
Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk studied Graphic and Typographic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag).
After graduation Pepijn focused more on illustrating and painting. This was the beginning of Cirque dextraordinaire or what later became his alias and studio name Cirque de Pepin.
Pepijns circus, as a metaphor for a place where anything can happen.
How would you define you?
As an artist I am very open minded. I am very interested in different cultures. I am open to different people and different kinds of art.
What kind of habits do you employ to make sure you are creative in your life?
Try to spend time with my family. That is good always. I do fun things with my kids, playing soccer, things like that. Swimming and archaeology, I am very much interested in old stuff. Those are things outside my art life. Doing things that keep your mind off your work keeps you fresh, that is important for me to stay creative.
What was one of your most embarrassing moments as an artist?
I have made some financial mistakes. For a commission I should have asked for more money.
What is the best advice you have been given to be successful as an artist?
What someone told me was that if you have this idea in your head you have to always be very open to it. If you have this idea you really have to make this work. As an artist try to make this idea a reality. Always try to make it work.
I am participating in the upcoming group exhibition INKED 'About tattoos and art', at BAS10 gallery in the beautiful old town of Sneek (in the north part of The Netherlands, Friesland county).
March 14 - April 21, 2015
Participating artists:
Eveline Smit, Frieda de Witte, Henrike Scholten, Jans Muskee, Klasiena (Sieuwke Klaske) Soepboer, Maria Jager, Marlies Hulzebos, Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk, Rinke Nijburg, Sabine Liedtke, Sander Wiersma, Toyah van de Ven.
The exhibition is partly achieved with the cooperation of the Classical Academy of Groningen.
http://www.beeldendaktiefsneek.nl/
I am working on a few smaller oil paintings on wooden panel.
Below is the work in progress of one of them.
On the left the underpainting in ocher and burnt umber.
I am participating in the Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair 2015 with gallery Nasty Alice. There you can see some of my latest paintings, Including the one below.
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair is part of the Art Rotterdam Week February 4-8, 2015 Cruise Terminal Rotterdam
http://www.rcartfair.com
http://www.galerienastyalice.nl/home
La découverte des Caroténoïdes
Oil on panel
22,8 x 33,5 cm 26,5 x 36,5 cm including painted frame
2015
January 23-26, 2015
1160 degrees Celsius
Here are some pictures of new paintings that I am working on right now.
The painting on the easel:
La découverte des Caroténoïdes
Oil on panel
22,8 x 33,5 cm 26,5 x 36,5 cm including painted frame.
2015
The other painting is a yet untitled 40 x 30 cm oil painting study on canvasboard.
More news: www.pepijnvandennieuwendijk.com
Working on my new website has swallowed all time, at least the last month. It actually took me months to go through Youtube tutorials and library 'Wordpress for dummies' books.
But it was great fun to work on it.
Here it is:
www.pepijnvandennieuwendijk.com
And I hope the Google spiders will find my website soon, because the old one has disappeared.
