Abstract paintings
In this gallery you will find a selection of my free abstract paintings. With each painting a short explanation is included. The paintings are for sale. You can contact me with the information under the subject Contact. Or you can make a phonecall for more information. Reactions are very welcome!
dated 2018 until 2026
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Dona nobis pacem
2026
The world is on fire! We need hope, light to survive. We are longing for peace! I applied the paint on the canvas with thick strokes, almost reckless and wild, because peace is not cheap and obvious anymore. We urgently need light and hope. Therefore the darker parts in my painting, in which everything goes wrong, the lighter parts are giving relief, giving hope for a better world, where people respect eachother, so that the dark powers do not get a chance to drive away the light.
Dona nobis pacem! Give us peace!
God's reckless love
2026
God’s reckless love for us! He has no other choice but pouring His love on us. The question is: will we accept his offer that His love was there before we were born?
God invites us to come to His party, everybody is invited, also the people who are living at the edge of the society, the dispised men, the not-welcome men, but everybody is invited. Therefore I call this painting: God’s reckless love! He knew we would make a mess of His creation, but God is still waiting for us!
The Light will vanquish
2026
In the news we hear nowadays more bad news than good news. Mostly about wars, ebola, polarization, natural disasters, conflicts all over the world. In short it will not chear you up. I wanted to paint something light, against all negative news what lies ahead of us. A song of a Dutch poet helps me to look otherwise. This is a translation of myself:
Awake my softness again
Let me look with the eyes of a child
So I can see and entrust to me
that I will not hate the light.
We need more Light in this world!
Changing landscape
2026How do we look at changing of the landscape? With an open mind to the future, somber or less somber, with a flagrance of hope? We think we can mold the landscape to our liking, but the opposite is true! The river flows in places you never expected to see. Forests changes and we lose a lot of nature, but sometimes there is hope that it is going to be better. Not the same as in the old days. Therefore: Changing landscape. Painted with acrylic paint on canvas in the style of visual artist Gerhard Richter. I used a trowel as equipment.
Look, I glow!
2026Glowing inside you, infects the whole world. Life is good to me!
Dance of the wolf
2025Sometimes the wolf is inside you. Only you have to learn the dance of the wolf and you will be cured.
Autumn
2025The autumnwind blows the leaves into the air.
A new song in my heart.
2023After a difficult time in my life, I noticed a new song in my heart. I used a medium to thin my paint. Spontaneously but in control.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
2023This is a line from the Irish Blessing. The yellow pieces shine in the painting. I used a medium to thin the paint. Spontaneouly but in control.
Resurrection (sold)
2023Painted with acrylic paint using a trowel to adjust the paint on the canvas. In style of Gerhard Richter.
Surviving the demons
2022This is the third painting in a series of three abstract paintings when I suffered from depression after an issue on seksual abuse on TV. In the style of Jackson Pollock and Sam Francis.
Conquering the demons
2022This painting is the second in a series in five paintings in my depression after an issue on TV about sexual abuse.In the style of Jackson Pollock en Sam Francis.
Beat the demons
2022Abstract painting during a depression after an issue about sexual abuse on the TV. This is the first from a series in five.
When trees cry
2021This painting views a forest with trees in an abstract way. The title "When trees cry" is a cry for help against the trees chopping in primeval forests worldwide. The consequenties of this chopping affects our world in which we live as humans, animals and plants. The change of climate is at stake.
Dress the naked
2021One of the seven works of Mercy is: Dress the naked!. The undressed woman looks vulnerable, only protected by her garment, however she is strong because she holds her back straight. I see a connection with refugees. Do we give them a 'garment' to give them back their dignity.. The colours are vermiljoen, turqoise blue, white and violet.
The wilderniss will blossom like a rose!
2020This painting refers to the Biblebook of Isaiah 35:1 and to a poet (VI) of Martinus Nijhoff in his book with collected poems. Made with acrylic paint mixed with marblepowder
Sorrow
2020I made this painting with the socalled squee gee technique. It is based on the technique the German artist Gerhard Richter uses for his paintings. This painting is called Sorrow, because I was really sad at the moment I made this painting.
Apology
2020Sometimes people give an apology for something they did wrong. I had guilty feelings of things what was not my fault. So I had to forgive myself and set myself free. This painting is the first of three paintings.
Trapped
2020This is the first of a series of three paintings inspired by German artist, Gerhard Richter. With many layers acrylic paint I used a trowel to paint the painting. Between the dark lines you can see the light coming in. Due to the Corona regulations I felt trapped and painting helps me to unchain myself
Longing
2020This painting is one of a series of three paintings inspired by the German artist Gerhard Richter, Due to the coronameasurs I am longing for some freedom, for a hug from a friend of relative. The world has changed and I want to be it normal, but what is normal?
Receiving
2020This is the third of a series of three paintings inspired by German artist Gerhard Richter. In these strange days I am receiving so much love and attention from other people, by telephone, a walk with the dog or a piece of cake into my mailbox. Gratefully accepted.
Goodbye
2020Recently I had to say goodbye to people I love. Sometimes because of death, sometimes because people are going further with their lives. Mourning has different layers, like this painting has also many different layers.
Between the wings
2020This painting is about myself, standing between the wings, in the shadow. I want to come foreward in the light, but I am afraid of rejection. I used also with this painting many layers of paint and used a putty knife to spread the paint over the canvas. This painting is made after the painting 'Goodbye' and are connected with each other.
Untitled 043
2018I made this painting with much joy and happiness! Therefore it became a merry painting