Other arts

Over the past ten years, I have practiced and attended classes in a number of other arts, including drawing, painting and sculpture (clay-modelling). I strongly belief that practicing multiple art forms enhances each of them. Insights into the workings of light on natural surfaces gained in drawing helps in becoming aware of the effects of (artificial) light in photography and the other way around... Modelling forces you to become fully aware of the 3D nature of the human body and the need to asses a model from all sights and directions, something very useful in photography too. In the end, each art form helps you to really start seeing things. You can look at a subject for hours, but still not grasp the true essence of it's shape or state of being... that's gained through experience. Especially with sculpture, becoming aware of the anatomy of the human body is a great thing. Being able to sense the bones and muscles in the models body from a distance while sitting behind your easel, really helps in getting things right. Concentration is needed to render a good realistic representation of a model. Those days that you are able to detach the models body from it's state as a human being, but just be able to see it as it is - a great sculptural form - are rare but the best. However, it's a never ending story of learning, and I still feel I have a long way to go...

On this page you can find links to a number of galleries with some of my work that you may find of interest. There is no inherent ordering in these images, nor any intended kind of chronology. Click on the images to open the associated gallery pages. Most of the sculpture has a separate gallery where you can view the object from multiple directions.

Please note that quite a lot of the sculpture work is actually unfinished study work. Limited time in lessons both puts a positive strain on the work to be done, but may also make it difficult to properly conclude something.

Galleries

Charcoal drawings A selection of charcoal drawings I have made over the past years
Ink
Oil paintings
Architectural sketches (pencil)
Sketches (pencil)
"The Thinker"
"Markéta", unfinished
"The Sleepster"
"Study of foot"
"Untitled_1", unfinished
"I am listening, am I?" - a male's perspective to listening
"Untitled_2"
"Untitled_3"
"Untitled_4"
"Untitled_5"
"Divers other work" This is a gallery with a miscellaneous set of photo's of sculpture objects. Unlike the galleries above, these objects have usually only been photographed from a single position.