Showing posts with label model. Show all posts
Showing posts with label model. Show all posts

The Magazine Series, 50x30cm, oil on canvas, 2019

These portraits represent the lesbian gaze, filtered through cropped editiorials from fashion magazines.







The series include oilpaint on Steinbach paper studies, A3 size, 2019 :















 





'For Judith Leyster, 1635 - 2019' and 'For Judith Leyster' each 40x30cm oil on canvas 2019

For Judith Leyster 1635   2019

For Judith Leyster

This portrait is painted after two images, one is the 'anonymous woman' painted by Judith Leyster in 1635 and the other is an anonymous photograph from a contemporary fashion magazine. Both images are painted into one portrait, with eyes, nose and mouth borrowed from these two different faces.

Coulisses, photos and collages for studies.

coulisses 1 collage of prints 2017
In 2017 I was invited to the fashion show of Ann Demeulemeester in Paris. The show took place in the wonderful Musée de l'Homme and I arrived early.


coulisses 2 collage of prints 2017
The photos from that event inspired the work 'coulisses' or how it feels to be waiting in the shadows, ready to step into the light. I made collages from the prints as a first study and to look into the deformations.


the muses, collage of prints 2017
All these women are beautiful, but their appearance wasn't my first concern. I liked how the light reflects on their skin and how the shadows shape their faces. There is a softness to them like the early hours of dawn.

coulisses 3 collage of prints 2017
These photographs also started the series 'the almost portrait' as they move away from the person and don't focus any more.

almost portrait, collage of prints 2017



tapestry series, or how to paint the same portrait over and over again.

tapestry 1, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas
tapestry 2, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 3, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas
tapestry 4, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas


tapestry 5, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 6, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 7, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 8, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 9, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 10, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 11, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 12, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

tapestry 13, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas


tapestry series, 40x30 cm 2018 oil on canvas

coulisses 200x360 cm 2017 oil on canvas

COULISSES or 'Models waiting for the show to begin.' after a fashion show in Paris in the Musée de l' Homme.
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas
Detail Coulisses 2017 oil on canvas