Eros & Psyche III

Once again these roses have absolutely seduced me with their abundance and lushness. Eros & Psyche are nuzzling in the background. The play of oil paint over the dot papers on a pale blue background this time. I hope I can keep my hands off this one=an explosion of effusion and tenderness if I do say so myself.

Eros & Psyche III: Oil over paper on canvas

60 X 80 cm. unframed- 1,500 €

Isabel & Lucia

These two Spanish/Dutch sisters were a delight to talk with and capture in oil on panel. The sittings are two hours and afterwards I take a few weeks to weigh and measure if I have really gotten the spirit of the sitter. In the last 20 years I have made over a thousand of these vignettes. I never tire of the kick it gives me.

oil on panel
25X25 cm.
€ 500 in commission, framed

Eros & Psyche-Ode to Love

The second in the series- Eros & Psyche, the god and goddess of love. These Luxor roses are giving me their best. I take the big tube of red and then white and paint with them. of course I have prepared a "failed canvas" with the "Ben Dot" paper I am crazy about. I hope there is something to ask questions about here. I work to find a balance and a feeling of mystery. the best way to spend a dreary, dismal rainy day I can think of!

oil on canvas, covered by paper and painted again with oil
40 X 60 cm. €600 unframed

Ode to Love II

An explosion of profusion! These roses are the ultimate for me in painting an Ode to Love! And the two beloved ones are Eros and Psyche, a figurine given to me by a Flemish girl friend. The original was found in Tongeren, Belgium, in 2 AD.

Oil on canvas covered by paper and painted again in oil. 70 X 90 cm.
price: 1,750 € unframed

roses 02

Each new day with these roses gives me the chance to explore the changes in forms and movements of color. Again I have used a canvas with a painting I didn't find good enough. I covered it randomly with my favorite papers, mostly the "Ben Dot" one. then I charged on with the oil paint, beginning with paint directly from the tube. when I am gasping for breath, I stop.

Oil over paper over oil on canvas,  40 X 40 cm.  700€ unframed

Roses 01

These Roses never let me loose. A freely painted impression of my favorite kind.

Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm. 850€ unframed.

Two of my revised Men in Blue. I love to just keep painting on these portraits in an attempt to make them more paintings with stories without loosing the white background and movement of paint. These two have to do with flying. The portrait I was working on (see Blog post 9\16\13) now has included this man's favorite hobby= butterflies. and the lower portrait has "gierzwaluwen" flying through. I always think of this Man in Blue when I see these beautiful birds darting through the air.
these portraits and more are in the show opening Sunday at 4 p.m. in "de Tuin-Zwammerdam". see www.waterlelies.nl for more information. but then you have to read Dutch.