Venus Lamenting – 14-06-24
A Bit of All
This oil painting ‘Venus Lamenting - 14-06-24’ is bit of all: surrealism, art deco and realism. Basically it’s one big trompe l’oeil. Noticeably the first piece since last May. The reason is I dedicated all my time to the completion of this one. It’s also my first oil painting after ‘Neo Deco - 05-03-24’. It all started with a great reference picture made by Swedish photographer Moisé Benkow in the 1920s. My graphite pencil drawing ‘Venus Lamenting - 13-01-23’ was the result.
Klimt’s Frame
The thing is I produce way more drawings than paintings. Since I consider them as prestudies for oils I have many to choose from. But I have to be very selective. Which one I would like to turn into an oil this time? After careful consideration I chose this very drawing. The initial plan was to revel in recreating that gold frame Klimt used for ‘Judith und Holofernes’. To be honest I was quite curious how detailed I could depict the wood and gold structures. Surely my love for textural expression shows big time, just like Jan van Eyck’s. On the other land a bit lazy as well. No big thoughts and ideas really at this time. But hey, why not give it a try and see what other ideas may come. Something’s gotta give and it always does.
Verisimilitude
Doing the frame was great. In order to create a satisfying verisimilitude I used my full array of gold paints. Next to this I shaded things up correctly from a tonal point of view. In the reference photo Judith’s frame showed a rather matt look really. That was what I craved for as well. Meanwhile, I remembered a fly Roelant Savery once painted as a ‘trompe l’oeil’. Some time ago I saw that one in the Mauritshuis, here in The Hague. Since this painting is one big optical illusion on it’ s own I thought to do much more. Then an oldie came to mind. In 2008 I painted ‘Maris’ and in 2006 ‘Fruits under arrest’. Both contain my arm and hand. Why not used that for a third time? It offered me the perfect opportunity to use my green
This oil painting ‘Venus Lamenting - 14-06-24’ is bit of all: surrealism, art deco and realism. Basically it’s one big trompe l’oeil. Noticeably the first piece since last May. The reason is I dedicated all my time to the completion of this one. It’s also my first oil painting after ‘Neo Deco - 05-03-24’. It all started with a great reference picture made by Swedish photographer Moisé Benkow in the 1920s. My graphite pencil drawing ‘Venus Lamenting - 13-01-23’ was the result.
Klimt’s Frame
The thing is I produce way more drawings than paintings. Since I consider them as prestudies for oils I have many to choose from. But I have to be very selective. Which one I would like to turn into an oil this time? After careful consideration I chose this very drawing. The initial plan was to revel in recreating that gold frame Klimt used for ‘Judith und Holofernes’. To be honest I was quite curious how detailed I could depict the wood and gold structures. Surely my love for textural expression shows big time, just like Jan van Eyck’s. On the other land a bit lazy as well. No big thoughts and ideas really at this time. But hey, why not give it a try and see what other ideas may come. Something’s gotta give and it always does.
Verisimilitude
Doing the frame was great. In order to create a satisfying verisimilitude I used my full array of gold paints. Next to this I shaded things up correctly from a tonal point of view. In the reference photo Judith’s frame showed a rather matt look really. That was what I craved for as well. Meanwhile, I remembered a fly Roelant Savery once painted as a ‘trompe l’oeil’. Some time ago I saw that one in the Mauritshuis, here in The Hague. Since this painting is one big optical illusion on it’ s own I thought to do much more. Then an oldie came to mind. In 2008 I painted ‘Maris’ and in 2006 ‘Fruits under arrest’. Both contain my arm and hand. Why not used that for a third time? It offered me the perfect opportunity to use my green
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