Still life
In my free work I predominantly paint still life paintings. For a still life painting I use objects
that appeal to me because of their form, color and surface structure.
I prefer to paint objects at their real size or somewhat bigger than their real size. Elements that
fascinate me in a painting are rythm, color, the light and the structure of the surface of the paint.
I try to achieve some degree realism, but the paintings do not fall in the category of 'photo
realism' in which every detail is painted. I try to achieve realism using illusionistic tricks.
The compositions of my still lives usually arise as I'm arranging objects on a table, but often an
image will come to me in advance. Usually it is not my intention to use objects in a symbolic way,
but sybolic references sometimes do arise unintentionally.
For recent still life paintings, go back to
'recent works' .