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

Indigo Monster La Lanta Bangkok opening

The opening of my Indigo Monster exhibition last week at La Lanta Fine Art in Bangkok was a great succes. Shin Koyama, Vipoo Srivilasa and myself had a great time. 

Many thanks to Fon from La Lanta, and Mr. H.E. James Wise, Australia's ambassador to Thailand and all the many visitors for the wonderfull evening we had.  

And even the Bangkok media wrote about it:

http://www.bangkokscene.com/articles/122

www.lalanta.com

And here the little Indigo Monster book I made for the exhibition, it arrived just on time one day before the opening.

Oriënt goes Oriëntal

There are many visible characteristics to be found in Era Contour’s new residential complex ‘De Oriënt’ in The Hague, that remind one of the Far East. For instance, on the inner courtyard there are three striking domes whose ceilings will be painted in a typical Eastern style by Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk. The design for the domes’ ceilings come fromworkshops to be given for future residents and people from the neighbourhood. Pepijn, who supervises the workshops, selects a number of designs that will be included in his paintings. In this way the creativity of the future Orient residents flows back into the building project, and Era Contour and its partners demonstrate that they support a high-quality living environment in their housing complexes.

Commissioned by Era Contour, Mothership acted as producer. With thanks to Bianca Seekles.

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