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Post by Jaga on Jul 9, 2006 14:17:27 GMT -7
This is really a great portrait of Emanualle Seigner from Bitter Moon by Polanski. done by Pieter, our Dutch friend  |
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Post by rdywenur on Jul 10, 2006 16:52:03 GMT -7
Not only is Pieter good with a pen but good with the brush too.
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Post by Jaga on Jul 10, 2006 20:58:40 GMT -7
Chris, I agree, I really love this picture! It could hang on my wall in my most representative room  |
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Post by pieter on Jul 12, 2006 14:32:00 GMT -7
Jaga, thanks for posting, and this is the first time that there is an image of a painting
of mine on the internet. It is strange to see it here, because I am used to the painting
in the format 160 X 120 cm ( I don't know how much inch that is).
Painting is more difficult than writing rdywenur, both takes a lot of experiance, training,
imagination, knowledge (of form, content and composition) if you want to get quality
out of it. But both things give great satisfaction in life, because you put something of
yourself and something you saw someday, somwhere in time and space.
This painting was in oil, and I am satisfied with the risk I took in painting the background
in naturalistic (self mixed) green. By doing so I fade away the Paris appartment with
the piano which was in the original piece.
I haven't spend much time in my studio lately, because I was working on my appartment
and was more in a writing mood. Actually this hot weather is exellent for oil painting,
because it dries much better than in other seasons of the year (In this cool and wet climate
in the North-West of Europe).
Pieter
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Post by rdywenur on Jul 12, 2006 15:11:26 GMT -7
Pieter...painiting is easier for me than writing/talking. I will take painting any day. You can relax and loose yourself in your work. And as they say a picture says a thousand words, plus I am a visualist. My only downfall is it will take me forever to complete anything.
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Post by rdywenur on Jul 12, 2006 15:26:47 GMT -7
  Two pictures that are still not finished and both started in the 80's. Maybe when I retire I will finish painting them. |
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Post by pieter on Jul 15, 2006 6:55:12 GMT -7
Thanks for posting your paintings. I prefer the highest one, because animals are not my favorite subject.
Because I am a liniarist (Ingre) above colorist (Delacrois), my only critisizm is about the lines, the two
people could be drawn a bit more clearly or sharper, in a way of painting. But that may be a matter of taste!
It is not so bad to paint forever on paintings, as long as they turn out good at the end.
Do you know that Vermeer, made maybe 30 paintings in his life. He worked very hard on every painting.
In the Netherlands they are now celebrating Rembrandts 400 years bithday with big festivities, and a lot of cultural/art
programs on television. Asking well known people about their bond with Rembrandt, writers, art historians, pop musicians,
artists and others. There will be a big celebration in Amsterdam tonight, with hundreds of people dressed like people
in Rembrandts paintings.
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Post by rdywenur on Jul 15, 2006 7:43:01 GMT -7
Pieter, A true artist will paint anything, anytime, anywhere. I think mine is just a hobby. But in this case I am painting in oils, when I started I had better light conditions and space. I hate smell of linseed oil. When I moved these were sort of stored and forgotten. Out of sight out of mind and I have a short attention span. My niece is the true artist in our family. Unbeliveable eye and talent. She is the one in the top picture far left. (now 32yrs old) The other is my sisters cat.... she was beautiful. I could watch her for hours. Not a typical siameese.
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Post by bescheid on Jul 15, 2006 8:38:49 GMT -7
RDY and Pieter Bless you both, artist are very special people. They {artist} place a bit of their being in their artistic work and it shows whilst the viewer is observing. It would so seem {generalizing} that each particular artist paints with their own individual personality. Some times it is the colours, the eyes, the format of the scene and such. A treat at the Stanley Park in Vancouver {Canada} is to watch on a sunny Saturday. Many painters would be out drying their paintings and displaying at the similar time. It was as wonderful as varied, the differences of prospective of the various artist. www.seestanleypark.com/Charles |
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Post by pieter on Jul 15, 2007 3:38:51 GMT -7
Scatts,
Is this topic not better placed under the art department! For me it has nothing to do with photogrpahy! Please see this as a kind request, not as an accusation of any kind!
I aprreciated all the work you have done!
Pieter
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Post by Jaga on Aug 4, 2007 6:26:36 GMT -7
Pieter,
you are probably right. I moved it. By the way, it is nice to look are your art again!
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