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Tag Archive: Charles Darwin
50 x 65 cm, graphite pencil on paper
colourpencil and graphite pencil on paper
100 x 70 cm
“On the origin of species X”
Graphite pencil and siberian chalk on paper, 180 x 150 cm.
To be seen at the exhibition 055 at the CODA museum Apeldoorn.
Also in the running for the Van Reekum Cultuurprijs
Ink, chalk and acrylic paint on paper, 75 x 140 cm
CHARLES DARWIN: notebooks recovered!!
And this week, the notebooks of Charles Darwin where found again! And his book “On the origin of species” was and is a big inspiration for me still. At this moment, I am reading “The voyage of the Beagle”.Very interesting
Drawing from the series “Die begin van die aarde”, a poem by Antjie Krog.
Siberian chalk on paper, 70 x 100 cm
New oilpainting, 100 x 90 cm
This painting is also part of my Edda project. The Edda is a collection of old poems. Two literary works, one known as the Prose Edda. The other one is known as the Poetic Edda.
Chalk, acrylic and oil on paper
100 x 70 cm
I am Dutch. Try to master the English language. Read a lot. Margaret Atwood for instance, with the Madadam Trilogy and A Handmaid Tale.
Run into new words:
Yore, of Yore: A long time ago.
This is me. My drawings and paintings. Refering to a time, where forms weren’t that specific. The origin of….
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70 x 100 cm. Acrylic on paper, siberian chalk on paper and oilpaint on paper.
I am using different backgrounds now (acrylic and siberain chalk) and try to make a combination between this background in paint and the drawings I’ve made lately. And on top, again paint, in acrylic or oil. Layer over layer, over layer. Chalk over paint, paint over chalk).
“DRAWTINGS”, I call them.
Or: “DARWINgs“
I am using not only siberian chalk here, but also conté and acrylic paint.
Still looks like a print, although it’s “just” a drawing
50 x 65 cm