Passaasj Heerlen

 

I am very proud that one of my paintings was selected for the exhibition "Passaasj" in Heerlen. Out of 500 artists (both professional and amateur) 100 works were selected, among other this piece. Theme of the exhibition was "at home". This painting refers to the cold winters in the 60s, where my Father would bring in fresh coals for the hearth in these kind of buckets. And it also refers to our forme coal-mining region.

Portrait

 

Live portrait session, with palette knife, last monday.50x60 acrylic..

Mila with oranges

 

Finished another paiting: stilllife inspired by Matisse: our cat Mila behind a basket of oranges. Acrylic on Board, 60x70cm.

Koale Kit

I grew up in the 60s, under the smoke of the coalmine "Emma". I was triggered by an call for art objects by the local museum, Schunck. the theme was "At home". I have no idea if this fits within their ideas of the exhibition, but that is not important. It's one of those things: you have an idea, and you have to work it out, as an urge, if only for yourself, I based it on the warmth of the coal hearths, my father would use one of these  to bring coal from the gardenshed into the house. We still have this coalbucket.

Blogpost nr 2000!

 

I started in 2017, almost 20 years ago, and this is my 2000th blogpost. 

A portrait made yesterday, a mondaymorning live portrait session. Acrylic on 50x70cm. bamboopaper. Took 2 hours to paint.

Anja, live portrait

 

Anja, monday morning live portrait session. Same technique as last week. Took 2 hours to make.

Armand portrait

 

Some experimenting this morning. A live portrait session, Armand this time. Acrylic paint and charcoal. on bamboo paper treated with tilemortar. That's what gives it's gritty effect.

Vosges Clefcy (2)

Two paintings I made in the painting week in France, based on the leaves and trees in the garden. The top one is a birch tree, made on board, tile mortar and acrylic paint, size 40x50. It looks better in reality. The second one is also acrylic on board 40x50, but with glued on paper to get some texture.
 

Vosges: Clefcy Ptit monde (1)

Last week I attended to a painting week in France, in the Vosges region. We did 5 days of painting with a lovely group, under the guidance of the gifted artist Annemiek Jongen. We stayed at a B&B in Clefcy called Ptit Monde, they were very hospitable and served great food.

 

Not all works were great. This is a view to a house in Plainfaing, paintedon location. It was supposed to be in the style of the Dutch impressionist Isaac Israels, I am not sure about that, but it was a great exercise.
 

Robots on Mars

 

I made this painting on request of my grandson, Jake. He wanted something with planets and rockets. So I made this one, size 50x60cm. He was very happy with this.

 

Wil, portrait

 

Live portrait session, Wil. Acrylic on paper, 50x70cm.

Jelle Portrait

 

Straight from the easel at a live portrait session. Jelle, the son of Annemiek, my art/painting teacher. I am rather pleased with the result. Hard to tell, but all strokes have a dedicated special mixed nuance of colour. And I maintained some of the background structure in the face itself. 

Acrylic on prepared Kraft paper, 60x70cm. About 2 hours work

Leuze in 2 themes

 

I made these two paintings on location, in Leuze, France. The subject was to make them in two different colour themes. Below you see the real situation. Unfortunately, it began raining halfway, and I had to finish them in another location. Acryl paint 40x40cm each.

France: Any Martin Rieux: an old barn

 

Here the painting I was most proud of: an old, half collapsed barn in Leuze, a small village close to Any.

I took a pice of MDF wood 60x80cm, and sticked carboard to it, then acrylic paint.

It was really nice weather that day, warm, but not hot. The farmer even dropped by to look at what we were doing; he was quite talkative, and showed us the cows he was clearly proud of. THe barn dated back to WW2, and had been in this state since 20 years. Which is a small wonder.

France: Any-Martin Rieux (2)

 

I am lagging behind. Far too busy in the office. Another drawing/painting in Jaunes. Acrylic and charcoal.

France: Any Martin Rieux

 

Painting week in France, under the guidance of Annemiek Jongen. We had a great group of 6 participants, fine lodging and superb French food. The weather wasn't so cooperative, it was quite cold for June, but we had a great time nontheless. 

Here is a study on bamboo paper 50x70cm, made with charcoal and acrylics, of an old farm in the little village of Jeantes.

Any-Martin-Rieux: 5th and last painting

I made this in the courtyard of our lodging, on the last day of our painting holiday.
 

Abstract landscape

One of the paintings I made in France, trtying to turn a landscape into something more abstract, with focus on making the painted areas as interesting as possible, without losing the composition. A bit like Rothko.

Any-Martin-Rieux (3)

The hills over Any-Martin-Rieux, near our Chambre d'hotes. Just when I had finished, an angry farmer dropped by, and said we were standing on private property. It looked like a country road, but who are we to know for sure. Actually, that was not the first time a farmer sent us away. Usually French are very friendly, but I assume we should have asked around in the village who the owner is, and asked permission before we started.

Live portrait: Margareta

 

A new live portrait/model session painting. Margarata (I think), she is an Indonesian model.
The idea was to use round brushes, and to start in watery shades, defining the interesting parts later in more detail. Took about 2 hours to make.
Acrylic, about 40x60cm.