Jaap's Blog
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New series!
I’m working on a new series, fable animals. Here are the first nine creatures. Hope you enjoy them.
Read MoreDrawing in the Dolomites
Like many others, I too am fascinated by the Dolomites, I love its moonlike landscapes, its granite rock formations, its foot paths at high altitude, the fresh air, arriving at a hut late in the afternoon, speaking with strangers about the wonders of nature and the steepness of the climb. I take my sketch book…
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Get your t-shirt with your favorite lino cut printed on it!
Do you like your t-shirt with a personalized print on it? Chose any number of ‘t-types’ you like, and I print them on any t-shirt in any size and any color for 5 Euro per print (not including the price of a t-shirt). I use book printers ‘cool black’ ink from Gerstaeker, that will last…
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Art fair / Kunstbeurs
I was at the art fair at Nieuwegein de Kunstbeurs, November 11-12, with recent linocuts and woodcut and sold several pieces to hopefully happy customers. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in viewing my work!
Read MoreT-series continues…
The t-series continues to evolve. I’ve created a little over 80 individual images by now, but have not yet added all the latest ones to this site. Here are two I’ve done recently. One is printed on the pages of a cannibalized book, the other a hand colored print.
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After the Flood
One of my fascinations, one of the themes to which I return time and again, are beach scenes. Here I’ve worked some of my drawings on the beach into larger images of dislocation. Not difficult to see an influence of Beckmann here, I guess.
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The Lovers
One of the first lino cuts I did, printed on the pages of an old book. In fact, if I recall correctly, it was a printing of Montessori’s ‘Method’, published in the 1920’s. I liked the thick soft paper that soaked up the ink really well.
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House at Loubas
Two paintings of the same house at Loubas, France, where I stayed with my family years ago during a summer holiday. We went there by car with all my painting equipment strapped to the roof, including an easel, a large role of canvas and of course a whole box of tubes. It was a hot…
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Placa Cataluna, Barcelona
Different versions of the Placa Cataluna, Barcelona, at night. I think I was there for a conference, and intrigued by the mystique of the square, I did some drawings on the spot, then worked them into a series of paintings. Oil on unprepared canvas.
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