intro portraits
"You hear people say when they forget your name: I'm not good with names, I'm better with faces.
If you talk to someone, you look at someone's face. This is a ramble of which you do not need to be aware.
From brow to nose to mouth to cheek, from cheek to eye, eyelid to forehead, hair. Thus you form an image of someone.
I draw that experience of watching faces, and give others the opportunity to participate and to watch this event happening in time.
My portraits are a means to an end; to show the face of human nature, rather than a lifelike representation of the appearance of a particular person."
widows
Widows of Chernobyl, compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 215 cm.
blikveld
Field of vision, compressed charcoal on paper, 16 x 21 cm.
sjirkje
I.M. Sjirkje, compressed charcoal on wood, 34 x 27 cm.
studler
Studler van Surck, compr. charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
descartes
Descartes, compressed charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
maureen
Maureen, compressed charcoal on paper, 30 x 24 cm.
alessandro
Alessandro, indigo on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
hannelore
I.M. Hannelore, compr. charcoal on paper, 140x100 cm.
gitte
I.M. Gitte, compressed charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm
pjotr
I.M. Pjotr van Oorschot, pencil, indigo on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
louis
I.M. Louis Lehmann, pencil, indigo on paper, 40x30 cm.
gerrit
I.M. Gerrit Kroll, pencil, indigo on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
harry
I.M. Harry Mulisch, pencil, indigo on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
mieke
I.M. Mieke, compressed charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
johanna
I.M. VvdBb, compressed charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
els
I.M. Els Borst, compr. charcoal on paper, 140 x 100 cm.
eeuwig gelaat
Eternal vision, compr. charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
eeuwig gelaat
Eternal vision 2, compr. charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
eeuwig gelaat 3
Eternal vision 3, compr. charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
eeuwig gelaat 4
Eternal vision 4, compr. charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
eeuwig gelaat 5
Eternal vision 5, compr. charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
Chris Veraart 100x70
Chris Veraart, compr. charcoal on paper, 100 x 70 cm.
alice
Alice, compressed charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
A Dodo named Mary 90x70
A Dodo named Mary, compr. charcoal on paper, 90x70 cm.
19th century bearded hipsters Marx Bakunin Darwin each 38x28cm
"19th century bearded hipsters", Marx, Bakunin, Darwin, compressed charcoal on paper, each 38 x 28 cm.
amy
Amy, compressed charcoal on paper, 196x135 cm.
bosk-lach-70x50
Boskma, compressed charcoal on paper, 70 x 50 cm.
calvijn-42x30
Calvin, pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
darwin30x21
Darwin, compressed charcoal on paper, 30 x 20 cm.
finn30x21
Finn, compressed charcoal on paper, 30 x 21 cm.
Atte Jongstra portret
Atte Jongstra, compressed charcoal / paper, 70 x 50 cm.
phil
Phil Bloom, compr.charcoal on paper, 70 x 50 cm.
leo
Leo Schatz, compressed charcoal / paper, 140x100 cm.
Lucian
Lucian, compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 100 cm.
Samuel, 42 x 30 cm.
Samuel Beckett, pencil & indigo on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
mensje-140x100
Mensje, compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 100 cm.
Ximan 65 x 50
Son, compressed charcoal on paper, 65 x 50 cm.