The eye of the photographer

My recent blue and white garniture/kaststel (that I made in collaboration with Tineke van Gils) has been photographed by amazing photographer Kees Hageman.
He often works with ceramic artist Tineke and her work has been photographed with such beautiful light and depth that I was thrilled with joy when I heard that he was going to photograph these vases as well. And I am really happy with the result!

Garniture challenge in blue and white

It's more or less a 'challenge' to me, painting about 6 vases in only two weeks. Together with ceramic artist Tineke van Gils I am making a so called 'Delftware garniture', 'Delftsblauw kaststel' in Dutch.
The set of vases is part of the upcoming exhibition 'In het straatje van Vermeer', see previous post.
The exhibition is organized in connection to the fact that Vermeer's famous painting 'The little street' is now on display for the first time at the Delft museum Het Prinsenhof.  
For this exhibition artist reflect on and are inspired by this famous work. 
On the picture below ceramic artist Tineke van Gils is showing the first finished vase.

 

The Adventures

Recently, these recent paintings were photographed/scanned by studio Buitenhof, Den Haag.

De avonturen van Noah en Milou in het rijk van de pijprokende apen 
The Adventures of Noah and Milou in the realm of the pipe-smoking monkeys
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 cm
2016
Commissioned by/collection M. van Peteghem

De boodschapper
The messengerOil on panel
 54 x 18 cm
2015

Onderhandelaars (Zeeslag der Sultans)
Negotiators (Naval battle of the Sultans)Oil on panel
23 x 33,5
2015

The Little Street

Upcoming ceramic exhibition:
In het straatje van Vermeer, In Vermeer's little street
Kerk Op Hodepeil (Church Op Hodenpijl), Schipluiden
Curator: Tineke van Gils
 
May 3-29 2016
Open Mon-Sun 10 AM - 5 PM

www.inhetstraatjevanvermeer.net

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Street

Ornaments and architecture

Ornaments and Hundertwasser, ceramics and paint. And some late night work.
A few days ago I had a very important presentation for a commission.
Now I just have to wait for the result, very exciting. And difficult because
the competition is really tough. 

But what the result may be, it was already immensely cool to work on the design.

Timelapse painting and Youtube account

This is a timelapse video of a grisaille (in black and white) underpainting in acrylics on a small canvas (the working title of this small painting is Prehistoric Monster Skull Collection). The rest of the painting will be finished in oil paint (but will take a lot longer than the underpainting).
I love timelapse video's and I really wanted to make one myself, and this is my very first try. I had already started the painting when I decided to make a timelapse of the rest of the underpainting. Soon I will add the final result here.
If you don't like the video you certainly must like the music by my good friend Bastiaan de Boer 'Open The Bottle'.
 
My new Youtube channel is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFr7pZMAzs7ZGyiV6EMMyuQ
On my channel you can find a playlist with video's about my work.

 

Sketchessketchessketches

It's been a few months not posting here on my blog (except from the two previous blogposts I posted just before this one), and that is about the longest time I did not blog. But I have been busy,  filling my sketchbooks with drawings for commissions, new paintings and actually starting to work on new paintings.
On the photos you see an overview of sketching.
Because most of the commissions are really seriously utterly secret I can't show much more now.

Furthermore, at the end of 2015, I started teaching art and design at the immensely cool Theaterschool in Rotterdam, and I am enjoying that very much!
Such a nice school with all those talented students.
http://theaterhavovwo.nl/