Healing paintings

Paintings that form something tangible on the wall in honor and memory of a loved one who has died.

With love I make a portrait / scene painting. For this I want as much information as possible about that person in order to get the best possible impression; Often this results in a scene situated in a certain environment in which the character is strengthened, because this belongs to that person or covers an image of that person.

Painting style

My strength lies in the personal in a painting, often in combination with a characteristic environment, the story behind the person. You are therefore not only assured of a (perfect) similarity, but also a (perfect) characteristic appearance and environment.

In all my work I use (naturally) high quality (acrylic) paint. My painting style is based on layer-by-layer technique, my works sometimes consist of as many as 20 layers, in which I use glazing techniques (highly diluted layers on top of each other), creating deep and vivid colors that form different color shades under different light influences . I prefer to work in large formats (more than one meter).

A photo is also beautiful but is not the same as a painting:
7 differences between a photo and a painting:

• You can highlight objects or people or place them in the shade
• Strengthen character traits and change facial expressions
• Backgrounds change according to your own insight
• Increase or bring dimensions of objects and people closer
• Make a (big) difference between what you observe up close and what shows very differently from a distance
• Make colors so that they change due to different lighting conditions
• Feeling structure in a painting