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Yūgen (幽玄) — het verhaal achter het drieluik

Yūgen (幽玄) — The story behind the triptych

⏱️ 8 minute read There are works you create because you have an idea. And there are works you create because you need to express something. Yūgen (幽玄) is the...

Yūgen (幽玄) — The story behind the triptych

⏱️ 8 minute read There are works you create because you have an idea. And there are works you create because you need to express something. Yūgen (幽玄) is the...

Sanzo Wada en Color Field painting: twee werelden, één kleurfilosofie

Sanzo Wada and Color Field Painting: Two Worlds...

⏱️ 7 minute readTwo worlds, one obsession: color as experience. Sanzo Wada, a Japanese color theorist from the 1930s. Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Helen Frankenthaler, American painters who made color...

Sanzo Wada and Color Field Painting: Two Worlds...

⏱️ 7 minute readTwo worlds, one obsession: color as experience. Sanzo Wada, a Japanese color theorist from the 1930s. Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Helen Frankenthaler, American painters who made color...

Van kleur naar kunst: hoe Monica Rotgans' boek mijn kijk op kleur heeft veranderd

From Color to Art: How Monica Rotgans' Book Cha...

⏱️ 9 minute readThere are very few good color books in Dutch. Most standard works on color theory are translated from English or German, and therefore lack some of the...

From Color to Art: How Monica Rotgans' Book Cha...

⏱️ 9 minute readThere are very few good color books in Dutch. Most standard works on color theory are translated from English or German, and therefore lack some of the...

A Dictionary of Color Combinations: de complete gids voor kunstenaars

A Dictionary of Color Combinations: the complet...

⏱️ 12 minute readThere are books you read once and forget. And there are books that enter your studio and never leave. For me, A Dictionary of Color Combinations by...

A Dictionary of Color Combinations: the complet...

⏱️ 12 minute readThere are books you read once and forget. And there are books that enter your studio and never leave. For me, A Dictionary of Color Combinations by...

Waarom ik silicone gebruik in mijn schilderijen

Why I use silicone in my paintings

Silicone is not something I haphazardly apply to my work. It is a deliberate choice, built up layer by layer on top of dried acrylic paint. The result is a...

Why I use silicone in my paintings

Silicone is not something I haphazardly apply to my work. It is a deliberate choice, built up layer by layer on top of dried acrylic paint. The result is a...

Drie werken, drie technieken — hoe methode de energie van een schilderij bepaalt

Three works, three techniques — how method dete...

Acrylic pouring, alla prima oil paint, texture paste. Three works, three completely different techniques, one recognisable style. Discover how method determines the energy of a painting.

Three works, three techniques — how method dete...

Acrylic pouring, alla prima oil paint, texture paste. Three works, three completely different techniques, one recognisable style. Discover how method determines the energy of a painting.