city and surroundings

dated 2002 until 2025 (click on an image to enlarge an artwork)
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2000 and yesterday

2020

(City)landscapes. As far as style is some degree my admirable painter Jean Thomassen. In my picture also a remembrance to Jeroen Bosch, further on a quartet extinct animals, the F 35 jetfighter, a comete and an aircastle of the architect Le Corbusier. Further architechture and sculpture, antique and modern. Culture from Dutch mill till Twin Towers. Under a depiction of the cities of Rotterdam, Groningen and Amsterdam for who there can still bring the eye for it.      

Celtic signs on Éire

2020

Irish flag, Celtic symbols (knots) used as monuments and manuscripts. Acryl and plaster. Flag air symbols knots. Green white orange blue red yellow brown rose grey skyblue

Winter landscape

2019

Winter landscape trees, dirt road, snow and air

Gettysburgbridge

2017

bridge sunset New York buildings river clouds. At opening 1883 most long hanging bridge in the world (Brooklyn to lower Manhattan) 

Groningen under attack

2017

Attack on centre Groningen-city with hstorical buildings incl. Martonitower etc.                   Middlepart; canal and saving, buildings. Upperpart; rest total buildings + stad    

Oranjekanaal

2017

Canal, somewhat romantic Middle of Drenthe 

Roundabout of life in Groningen

2015

Martinitower,  stores, townhall, houses and roundabout with animals in which imagining healthcare. education, police, trade, game/sport etc.    

Vierhuizen

2015

Forum (in earth)

2014

Forum Groningen in future

Gasbubble (fire)

2014

Gasbubble, symbole of gas and fire 

Martinitower / human person

2014

Martinitower in the clouds (in the air) and person imaginating population. 

museum in the water

2014

Modern Museum of Groningen in the water

Animalhotels

2013

Animalhotels as "Groote Griet" and "the Three Sisters" with animals like birds, a pig, a monkey, a dog, a cat, bees. Imaginating air, soil, water, (splash in the soil) fire, (as a firebird) Fictitious walker and other fictitious birds and working bees. Seen by a curtain as a theatrical performance.

From evolution to revolution

2013

Tryptisch, lower center section piece from "Animal Farm". Nazism, capitalism and communism imagined, top piece a "Futuristic city". (buildings) Side panels from mysticism (left) and evolution (right) where animals also play an important role. No people imagined.  

Groningen beneath N.A.L.

2012

Upperside of the painting narratively sunrise till sunset, from morning till evening or qua seasons. Terps with all around water. Waves coming to the beach, cows imaginating cattlebreeding, mermaid imaginating fishery. City of Groningen imagined by buildings of UMCG and motherfigure. A boy in sandy who look out on the scene.

eveningtwilight

2012

Landscape for Groningen in wintertime during eveningtwilight.

air, water and sand

2012

Schiermonnikoog. Air, water and sand

Schiermonnikoog

2012

Schiermonnikoog, beach with lighthouse and kite.

Schiermonnikoog the Shallows Shore

2012

Shallows Shore with death fish, harbour and boats. Acryl but more aquarel. 

city of Groningen in ball

2011

City of Groningen with canal and buildings in ball

woman staring at horizon

2010

Woman staring at horizon (romantic) with soil, water, air and fire.

City of Groningen modern

2007

Modern buildings and statues surrounded by soundbarrier, city of Groningen

Ancient Groningen, 555 years ago

2006

Ancient Groningen, surrounded by citywalls

Kapteynavenue

2005

Kapteynavenue Groningen in blossom (Japanese Cherrytree) with little man.

Blinds

2004

Blinds, (to Brueghel) six "blinds" be guided in the depth

Forest in death winter mood

2002

Death trees and "firtree" in the forest.

flowerbulbfield

2002

Flowerbulbfield. Form of pointillisme and a pinch of abstract.