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geakoevoets
Netherlands |
gjyd
Somalia |
Alexandr
Russia |
vpedley
United Kingdom |
JANICE M WAR...
Castle Rock, CO |
giuliorossi
Italy |
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sulaartist
England |
bkiddo12
Saint Louis, MO |
Ladyrose126
Toms River, NJ |
walter52
Italy |
JETIII
Ringwood, NJ |
Tracy Wright
Spain |
Artist Statement
Likewise the famous Dutch painter and my relative Jopie Huisman I’m well known in my native country The Netherlands for my highly detailed works of art. My hyper-realist paintings are about everyday situations people encounter in modern city landscapes.
I registrate common people on the streets, in public transport, in stores, waiting rooms, museums or just show the surroundings people are living in. Because these situations are often gone in a second I take pictures of them, which I later uses as a starting point for my realistic paintings.
The paintings tempt to stand still at things usually don't observed. The loneliness of some people, the lack of communication between people, how people retire within oneself while waiting or just the surroundings we encounter everyday. A moment in modern urban living with all the distortion that comes with it. And then it's obvious that the situations usually don't observed say a whole lot about todays society, don't they?
Biograpy
I've studied painting and fine art at the School of Arts Minerva in the Netherlands, specializing in meticulous form drawing and realistic painting. I've been painting professionally fulltime since my graduation in 2001 and exhibited all over my native country and abroad. In 2003 the most influential museum in my region, the Fries Museum, decided to add my work to their permanent collection.
In the same year I won the public prize of the Vredeman de Vries Vormgevings Award for the project Emma. In 2004 and 2005 I was the recipient of a scholarship by Fonds BKVB, the scholarship for the most promising emerging artists from the Netherlands. Nowadays my paintings are in numerous collections all over the globe, including places such as New York, Washington DC, Chigago, Rome, Munchen and Amsterdam to name just a view.
Comments:
Gerard Boersma:
Thanks for your kind words, cyndicus! Kind regards, Gerard
Posted Apr 23, 2009 2:26pm.cyndicus:
it gives everyday scenes more depth and feeling. great work=]
Posted Apr 3, 2009 2:07pm.cyndicus:
Your work is incredible! it really makes me feel like being back in the city..the lighting is perfect, reflections, etc. it's all perfect!
Posted Apr 3, 2009 2:06pm.Patrice Large:
I like your work, have a look to mine, different medium, but still an illustration point of view.
Posted Sep 26, 2008 5:33pm.Gerard Boersma:
Hi Enrique, nice to meet you and thank you for the compliment! kind regards, Gerard
Posted Sep 10, 2008 7:54am.Enrique Lemus:
Excellent Compositions, Regards.
Posted Sep 9, 2008 6:50pm.Gerard Boersma:
HI Claudia, thanks for your kind words. I will add more work continuously. You can also check out my website http://www.gerardboersma.nl or http://www.gerardboersma.blogspot.com for my daily paintings. Thanks again! kind regards, Gerard
Posted Sep 9, 2008 6:42am.Claudia Hansen:
Hi Gerard! Welcome at artbreak! Your style is just awesome! Please show us more of your work! All the best, Claudia.
Posted Sep 8, 2008 7:26pm.sula:
Thank you for your friendship.!!!
Posted Sep 8, 2008 3:20pm.Gerard Boersma:
Nice to mee you too, odw211! Thanks for the comment, sula! kind regards, Gerard
Posted Sep 8, 2008 2:26pm.sula:
Very interesting.!!!!!
Posted Sep 8, 2008 1:35pm.Gerard Boersma:
Thank you Janice! kind regards, Gerard
Posted Sep 8, 2008 10:37am.JANICE WARRINER:
cool work, my friend~
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