an artistic purpose

The goal in a portrait is often to make it look monumental, not just by size, but by setting the model down monumentally. Like a timeless frozen second.

The girl with her pearl

oil on canvas - 200x150cm

No smile for a while

oil on canvas - 160x120cm

Pre-fun

oil on canvas - 160 x 100cm

Tragedy or Tradition

oil on canvas - 200x150cm

Charlotte

oil on canvas - 160 x 100cm

Valerie

oil on canvas - 160x100cm

Josefien at Hogwarts school

oil on canvas - 60 x 40cm

Hardy RIP 22-09-2009

oil on canvas - 160 x 100cm

Rafke Pipo

oil on canvas - 100 x 160cm