Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:
Monday, 11 January 2021
Sunday, 10 January 2021
Crown of thorns
Oil on Masonite, ACEO (= 3.5 x 2.5 inches):
One of my very occasional ventures into religious art, a genre I enjoy looking at, but am not too confident about working in.
This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.
Friday, 8 January 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Free State landscape
Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:
I decided to play around a bit with a palette knife, and liked it so much I may well make something of a switch in equipment.
Monday, 4 January 2021
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Monday, 28 December 2020
Old door, Greece
Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:
The Japanese call it wabi-sabi: the beauty of imperfection, and of old, used and withered things. Everyone (except perhaps very rich people?) seem to get it intuitively, which is why still life paintings are so often filled with such old things. One wonders then why, in the west, billions upon billions of dollars are spent annually in an attempt to make ourselves look younger more perfect.