History
Talent will never get lost.
dated 1967 until 2002
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John Coltrane plays Coltrane
1967I was studying painting with acrylics when I was only 19 years old. This painting shows an odd simularity with 'Portraits of Bonaire' 35 years later.
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My friendly neighbourhood dealer
1975Next to working as an art director I wanted to show my skills in drawing. This is an example of pointilism. But in the seventies realism was not very popular.
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Diver
2000My first mural in Bonaire. Quite different from my early works, but this is how I discovered 'flat coloring'.
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Jan & Melfina (One-way ticket to Bonaire)
2002The first portrait in flat colors - with cartoonlike outlines. (Illustration to the first story in Portraits of Bonaire.)
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Rik & Nita
2002The first portrait without outlines: hard edge color against color. From here I've developed consequently my own style. I call it 'stylized reality'.