museatwork

Higgs Boson part 1.

2012-01-24T12:23:00.000+01:00

Mixed medium on canvas 60 cm x 60 cm

Sketchbook project 2012

2012-01-12T15:57:00.002+01:00

My theme was 'In ten minutes, '
which is about how long it takes to put one collage in the book.
There is no order to this book.
It is random thoughts turned into images.
Made from things that are left over or tests I make for my canvases.
It is my way of keeping fresh.

Fijne Feestdagen

2011-12-22T12:01:00.000+01:00

Image christmas etalage sketch.

2011-12-08T16:24:00.000+01:00

Sketch for a Christmas window for Image.
The real thing should be ready by Friday.

Higgs boson sketch

2011-12-08T16:21:00.000+01:00

Working on painting about the ever elusive Higgs Boson.
These are some bits that are left over.

Sketchbook Project 2012

2011-11-17T15:54:00.003+01:00

Second time around for the Sketchbook project.

My theme this year is 10 minutes.

Finally a place I thought for my quick collages which loosen me up when I am

working on a larger piece.

Parrot preserved.

2011-10-31T12:32:00.001+01:00

Mixed medium on canvas 50 cm x 50 cm.

Sacrifice

2011-10-31T12:01:00.000+01:00

Sacrifice
Acrylic and paper on canvas 40cm x 30cm

Autumn.

2011-10-12T14:42:00.000+02:00

Acrylic, ink and paper on canvas 50 cm x 50 cm.

Doodle Therapy.

2011-09-01T13:30:00.000+02:00

'A doodle is an unfocused drawing made while
a person's attention is otherwise occupied.'

Ink, acrylic and paper on canvas 50 cm x 40 cm.

Retrospect

2011-06-20T13:53:00.001+02:00

"In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow
of years and events that follow each other in logical sense,
but a life periodically dividing into entirely separate compartments."

Yuri

2011-06-20T12:12:00.001+02:00

Yurei: Yu meaning faint or dim
rei meaning soul or spirit.

In Japanese mythology, Namazu is a giant catfish who lives in the mud
beneath the earth and causes earthquakes.
Namazu is guarded by the god Kashima, but when Kashima lets
his guard fall, Namazu thrashes about, causing violent
earthquakes.

After the great Edo earthquake of 1855, Namazu took on new meaning
as yonaoshi daimyojin, which loosely translates as a god of rectification,
and it became commonly held that the catfish was punishing human
greed.

We should not forget the thousands of innocent lives lost in this
modern disaster.

Canvas 50cm x 40cm: Acrylic and paper.

Toxic Avenger.

2011-06-06T13:06:00.001+02:00

Canvas 40cm x 30cm mixed medium

Broken windows

2011-06-06T11:28:00.003+02:00

Canvas 50cm x 40cm mix medium

Pasen Passie

2011-04-28T11:33:00.000+02:00

Graffiti Queen

2011-04-26T14:54:00.000+02:00

Lange Jufferstraat

The Queens

2011-04-13T16:41:00.003+02:00

Oil, acrylic, enamel and paper on Canvas 40x 50.

Gbagbo fini?

2011-04-12T13:53:00.002+02:00

Exhibition Art After Advertising.

2011-04-07T16:33:00.004+02:00

Bloody Mary

2011-03-28T12:56:00.002+02:00

I have been playing around with this image
for a while now, finally managed to
incorporate her into a canvas.
Acrylic, ink and paper on canvas 30cm x 24cm

Smoking smooths the edges.

2011-03-09T10:48:00.001+01:00

'If you resolve to give up smoking, you don't
actually live longer it just seems longer.'
Clement Freud

Zeedijk Oude Bakkerij

2011-02-20T15:37:00.001+01:00

I have often circled this beautiful abandoned building
looking for a way in.
This week I was in luck, someone had cut a hole
in the wire fencing big enough for me, my camera and
my collage character to squeeze through and have some fun.
Here is the result.

Art is rubbish.

Pink Mornings.

Fry up.

Paint Truck.

Brotherhood?

2011-02-10T12:36:00.001+01:00

There is a piece of graffiti that I run past every second
day that really pisses me off.
Not only is it a complete waste of paint but it is obviously
done by some mindless fool.
So I made a hybrid tribal character and stuck it over
the offensive type.
I am hoping that it invites others to comment.

The Journey

2011-02-10T12:29:00.000+01:00

Paint, ink and paper on canvas 80cm x 80cm.

Give me a robe...

2011-02-08T13:14:00.002+01:00

Hold my hand.

2011-02-08T12:59:00.001+01:00

Oh no!

2011-02-08T12:52:00.002+01:00

I have a recurring dream of being a passenger on a
plane that can not rise above the city.

There is no sight of a sky and no exit.

The plane never crashes but quite often lands on a freeway.

Swimming with Luna.

2011-01-26T15:09:00.002+01:00

Dr Jekel and Mr Hyde.

2011-01-20T12:01:00.001+01:00

Still life.

2011-01-18T09:51:00.000+01:00

Make over.

2011-01-17T11:47:00.003+01:00

"The dance is a poem...

2011-01-17T11:44:00.001+01:00

...of which each movement is a world."

Feeling kind of funky today.

2011-01-11T15:55:00.000+01:00

The future is bright bring on 2011.

2011-01-03T12:07:00.000+01:00

The Sketchbooks finished.

2010-11-29T15:33:00.000+01:00

Sketch book Project

2010-11-18T19:43:00.001+01:00

Only 2 weeks to finish the book.
Here is a sneak preview.

Paul van Dam

2010-11-15T20:18:00.003+01:00

I have been busy making a portrait of the
Architect Paul van Dam who tragically died
before he saw his final building (Creative Valley)
completed.
I dissected the photo into the same elements that
make the shape of Creative Valley.
One long middle section with five boxes either
side.
Added some texture of the concrete wall where he
hangs and printed that on ceramic tiles.

After quite a few attempts the tiles were cut out
and placed on the wall in Creative Valley.

Urban

2010-10-04T10:50:00.000+02:00

Our society is becoming increasingly urban,
crowded and devoid of contact with nature.

The Stedelijk Amsterdam

2010-10-04T10:17:00.000+02:00

A fantastic example of artists using,
occupying and animating a space.

The family mug shots.

2010-10-01T11:00:00.001+02:00

Family Portrait

2010-09-30T11:21:00.001+02:00

Finally the series is complete.
Looking forward to working on a group portrait.

There is a stranger among us.

2010-09-30T10:17:00.004+02:00

Couldn't resist doing something on this wall finally got the chance

yesterday. Adelaarstraat Utrecht.

Diary of a mad housewife.

2010-09-29T11:08:00.000+02:00

Thinking of working on this theme.
Perhaps it should be ramblings of a
mad housewife?

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 Â» Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

2010-09-29T10:54:00.001+02:00

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 Â» Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

5 minute collage

2010-09-29T10:36:00.001+02:00

Trying to step up my production,
as I only have 2 months to fill the
Sketchbook for the Brooklyn Art
Library project.

Past Lives.

2010-09-10T17:32:00.002+02:00

An Astrologer once told me that in a former life I was an asian
priest.
So I made this up from an old poster of a chinese empress,
a photo I took of balinese statue, a 1950's french Vogue and an
old shot from the 1980's (which feels like a past life anyway).

Photomontage printed on canvas 80cm x 80cm.

Loosdrecht.

2010-09-10T17:28:00.000+02:00

Oil, acrylic, & paper on canvas.
50cm x 60cm

little dutch girl...

2010-09-10T17:24:00.000+02:00

Destination.

2010-09-01T17:05:00.000+02:00

Leche Vitrine.

2010-08-30T20:24:00.004+02:00

Window shopping in Paris is a visual feast.

I'm falling she cried...

2010-08-24T17:44:00.000+02:00

...don't worry he whispered I'll catch you.

Paper, Acryllic, Oil on Canvas. 30x30cm

Halfway Down The Stairs.

2010-08-24T10:43:00.000+02:00

Wanton Wiles.

2010-07-21T16:14:00.000+02:00

Strange Bird. 30x30cm
Paper, fabric, and acrylic on canvas.

She's Electric. 30x30cm
Paint & paper on canvas.

The fun fair is in town.

2010-07-15T10:43:00.003+02:00

Fairground rides twist and turn as piercing shrieks
are emitted from upside down heads.
Neon lights flash frenetically as house music pounds
a mindless beat.

Still life II

2010-07-01T11:55:00.003+02:00

For flowers are good both for the living and the dead.
For there is a language of flowers.
For there is sound reasoning upon all flowers.
For elegant phrases are nothing but flowers.
Christopher Smart 1722-1771

Still life II: Medium acrylic & paper on canvas
80x60cm

Still life canvas.

2010-06-17T12:45:00.000+02:00

This is a study for a larger piece I am currently

working on.

30cm x 30cm. Acrylic and paper on canvas.

Melkmeisje

2010-06-17T11:43:00.000+02:00

Beautiful Decay.

2010-06-10T12:34:00.005+02:00

Influenced by the Dutch 16th & 17th
century Vanitas still life painters.
I have tried to translate that genre
into a modern urban setting.
Vanitas is latin, meaning emptiness and
loosely translated corresponds to the
meaninglessness of earthly life and the
transient nature of vanity.
These painters were often obsessed with
with death and decay.
I myself am more concerned with the latter,
but perhaps they go hand in hand.

Girlesque

2010-06-08T12:32:00.001+02:00

Mixed medium: oil, acrylic, paper, feathers. 80cm x 80cm.

LIfe is like a piano...

2010-06-03T11:03:00.001+02:00

...what you get out of it depends on how you play it.

Inspiration.

2010-06-03T10:25:00.001+02:00

Currently working on the redesign for an office space.

I came across the atelier of Decodel.

What a wonderful space filled with all sorts of goodies.

Perhaps not quite my clients cup of tea, but I am sure

I will find a use for these later.

www.decodel.nl

Made you think exhibition.

2010-05-19T10:52:00.002+02:00

This portrait is part of a book called Made You Think which
is the initiative of Rosa de Jong and Clien Wintzen.
60 Creatives were selected to participate with their free work
within the theme Made you Think.
Out of the 60 participants that contributed to the book 20 were
chosen by a professional jury for an exhibition at the club
Trouw in Amsterdam.
I was very happy to be one of the 20.

Final work is printed on Gloss photo paper 76 cm x 76 cm.

She's got legs.

2010-05-03T13:25:00.004+02:00

jule

Paper, acrylic & fabric on canvas 80 x 60cm

Sophie

2010-04-29T13:21:00.000+02:00

This is part of a series of portraits that I am making.

Final is printed on gloss photo paper.

Latest little canvases.

2010-04-29T13:14:00.001+02:00

Duchy. Acrylic & paper on canvas 40x 30cm

Flying. Acyrlic & paper on canvas 30 x 24cm

Grief. Acrylic, Oil & paper on canvas 20 x 20cm

I spy with my little eye...

2010-04-19T11:19:00.002+02:00

Whilst doing my ATM graffiti I was on the look out for camera's
and found this beauty on the Vinkenburgstraat.

Why are ATM's so insipid!

2010-04-15T13:44:00.004+02:00

I am interested in humanizing the

inhumane sprawl.

I look for dark corners, thoughtless

graffiti and architectural poverty.

I use these backgrounds as my canvas.

This is my way of communicating with

the inhabitants of my city.

Bellemystraat.

2010-04-12T19:29:00.002+02:00

Utrechtse jongen.

2010-04-09T10:36:00.001+02:00

Medium: paper and acrylic on canvas 80cm x 60cm

Langejufferstraat.

2010-04-07T13:24:00.000+02:00

Nobeldwarstraat.

2010-03-31T16:20:00.000+02:00

Rollercoaster.

2010-03-31T16:12:00.001+02:00

Medium: Acrylic and paper on canvas. 20 x 20cm.

The places I go when I dream.

2010-03-18T12:01:00.004+01:00

Mixed medium: arcylic and paper on canvas. 60x80cm.

The Dutch Landscape.

2010-03-18T11:35:00.001+01:00

My first attempt at street art.
I wonder how long Dutchy will last.

Sins of the Flesh.

2010-03-18T10:26:00.002+01:00

Greetings from the Avatars!

2010-03-18T10:21:00.000+01:00

Duchy goes urban.

2010-03-09T10:54:00.000+01:00

I know all the arguments that condemn graffiti, nevertheless
amidst a culturally impoverished colourless landscape these
images bring a refreshing diversity.

For a daily dose of inspiration.

2010-03-08T09:44:00.000+01:00

www.hedislimane.com/diary

Duchy

2010-03-02T21:10:00.002+01:00

Whales in love.

2010-02-27T11:09:00.000+01:00

SrX

Self Portraits?

2010-02-24T13:10:00.001+01:00

I think I do the same portrait over
and over just in a different disguise.

(R)Evolution of Urban Art.

2010-02-18T13:48:00.002+01:00

(R)Evolution of Urban Art from Warrington Museum & Art Gallery on Vimeo.

Femme Catastrophique.

2010-02-18T12:19:00.001+01:00

Warhols quote which referred to Edie Sedgwick

does not show him in a sympathetic light.

The song Femme Fatale by Velvet Underground

was written by Lou Reed at the request of

Warhol about Edie Sedgwick.

Poor Edie more a femme castastrophique than a

femme fatale.

Transparent

2010-02-16T12:37:00.001+01:00

www.laraclarkewardle.co.uk

Baggage

2010-02-16T12:07:00.001+01:00

My baggage is my strength and my weakness.

No ghost just a shell.

2010-02-16T11:55:00.001+01:00

'

A virtual space where her rights to an identity
and existence are constantly explored.'

Ann Lee is the work of Pierre Huyghe and
Phillippe Parreno who united forces to purchase
the identity of a Manga Character in order to pass
her around the art community and watch how she
developed in the hands of her many authors.
This exhibition at the Tate Modern explores the
possibilities of hijacking an identity.

Mug shots NYC

2010-02-15T13:10:00.000+01:00

Artists: Least wanted.

Source: www.unurth.com

Someone may be looking.

2010-02-15T13:06:00.003+01:00

"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone

may be looking." H.L Mencken

Smallest street art.

2010-02-15T13:05:00.000+01:00

Artist: Slinkachu

Source: www.unurth.com

Camouflage.

2010-02-11T18:10:00.000+01:00

Sticky Fish

2010-02-10T10:08:00.002+01:00

Came across this gum graffiti in Amsterdam.

They are hugging.

2010-02-10T09:42:00.001+01:00

I had lunch with my muse yesterday.
She shared this little gem with me by New York
artist Jason Polan.
www.jasonpolan.com

Them

2010-02-10T09:36:00.000+01:00

'What circus is this?

What strange ghosts are they that loom out of the

darkest black, the last place in our dreams?

They are us and they are Them.

They are the work of Danny Treacy.

They are figments of his imagination and desire.

They are made from recovered clothes, collected

from those lonely places - the woods, the wasteland,

the car-parks. They are re-stitched and re-fashioned:

re-modelled into junk monsters. They are nightmares

of the catwalk, prowling around the outskirts of style's

dumb extravagance.' David Chandler.

www.dannytreacy.com

Between

2010-02-03T10:20:00.000+01:00

Between from Via Grafik on Vimeo.

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

2010-02-02T20:22:00.001+01:00

Poetry in Motion.

The urban little dutch girl.

2010-02-02T19:52:00.000+01:00

Refreshing to see an alternative take on the

Little Dutch Girl.

Artist Kenneth Holland.

You know I wanted to be a spaceman...

2010-01-29T11:57:00.000+01:00

That's what I wanted to be

But now that I am a spaceman

Nobody cares about me

Say, hey! You mother earth

You better bring me back down

I've taken just as much as I can

But around and around and around

Is the problem of a space man

When I saw these haunting paintings of cosmonaut's set in
urban decay by artist Jeremy Geddes, a tune from way back
started playing in my head.
Harry Nilsson's song Spaceman was frequently blasted out of my
brothers headphones he was only eight at the time and therefore
probably unaware of the feeling of abandonment that resonates
through Nilsson's lyrics.
That same feeling is captured in these paintings.
www.jeremygeddesart.com

Typographic Impresario.

2010-01-28T17:00:00.001+01:00

I have always appreciated the masters of Typography.

Alex Varanese surely ranks with the likes of Lubalin & Brody.

www.alexvaranese.com

The Queen & The Frog.

2010-01-28T14:41:00.001+01:00

How to pass the time on those long swedish nights.

2010-01-26T16:17:00.001+01:00

Swedish photographer Magnus Mahr takes carcasses
of dead flies, lays them on paper and brings them
back to life with a few master strokes of his pen.