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Giraffe

Giraffe

'Giraffe' Acrylic 2023 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

W028

W028

'Kingfisher' Pencil on paper 55 cm x 72 cm (framed), 40 cm x 58 cm (unframed) 2021 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

Art Nouveau Lady

Art Nouveau Lady

‘Art Nouveau Lady’ Graphite on paper 40 cm x 50 cm 2023 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

Lady with floral headband

Lady with floral headband

Pencil on paper 42 cm x 59 cm 2023 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

Nancy II

Nancy II

‘Nancy II’ Pencil on paper 2022 Here is another image of Nancy, my recent inspiration. I know, that it is very random, but I found her images on Instagram and something really drew me to her image. She has amazing tattoos and fabulous hair and I really wanted to portray her. RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & [...]

Nancy

Nancy

‘Nancy’ Pencil on paper 2022 Recently I found myself to be quite inspired by Nancy. I know, that it is very random, but I found her images on Instagram and something really drew me to her image. She has amazing tattoos and fabulous hair and I really wanted to portray her. Here is the very [...]

Time for Reflection

Time for Reflection

‘Time for Reflection’ Pencil and marker on paper 594 mm x 841 mm 2021 ‘Time for Reflection’ is a further development in my surrealism series. However, this time I decided not to have any background as I felt that the foreground is good enough. And it really is. It speaks to me and hopefully, the [...]

Angst

Angst

‘Angst’ Pencil and marker on paper 594 mm x 841 mm 2021 The angst in this piece is more or less a reflection of my mood at the time. When your art starts becoming popular, your clientele inevitably increases. Each piece that an artist makes takes a little bit of his soul. A little bit [...]

The Fallen Angel

The Fallen Angel

‘The Fallen Angel’ Pencil and marker on paper 594 mm x 841 mm 2021 The Fallen Angel is a third piece of my three ladies. I continued with the same style, where I depict a mythological creature in the foreground and then add patterns to the background. This angel emerges from the sea of illusion [...]

The Medusa

The Medusa

'The Medusa' Pencil and marker on paper 594 mm x 841 mm 2021 It’s an interesting mix, really. It’s partly based on Medusa, partly on Bridget Riley and has an oriental face. In essence, it’s a huge composition that has made me focus a lot on the texture of the hair and the background, which is [...]

The Mermaid

The Mermaid

‘The Mermaid’ Pencil and marker on paper 594 mm x 841 mm 2021 I think the transition from Medusa to the Mermaid was heavily based on my appreciation of Gustav Klimt (his painting ‘Water Serpents I’, in particular). It fascinates me to think that someone from the 1915-1920 era had such incredible foresight when it came [...]

W027

W027

Pencil on paper 55 cm x 72 cm (framed), 39 cm x 57 cm (unframed) 2021 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

The Gaze

The Gaze

I started properly learning human anatomy and drawing it October 2020. The start was not my favourite as it was hours and hours of going through all the details of skeleton, then muscles and finally skin. At one point I was seeing leg muscles and skulls in my dreams. That is how much I was [...]

Wakeboard

Wakeboard

‘Wakeboard’ Marker on wakeboard 135 cm x 45 cm 2021 Decoration of the wakeboard inspired by Bridget Riley. RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

Self-portrait

Self-portrait

One might say that you are not an artist until you have produced at least one self-portrait. I produced quite a few, but this one is the only one I am prepared to share with you. What can I say, this is who I am and how I see myself. I thought that it was [...]

Shadows – study of kitchen towels

Shadows – study of kitchen towels

One might think that this is the easiest thing to do. Just a bit darker where the light does not reach and lighter where the object encounters light, right? Maybe for some artists it is easy, but certainly it was not for me. Not at the start. Why do we need shadows at all? This [...]

Classical Drawing Sketch 1 - Stiffy Art

Classical drawing

Over the past few months, I have been actively developing my classical drawing skills. It has been a very intense journey so far with various results, some I’m more pleased with and some ended up in a bin. However, it is a journey which I have been enjoying regardless. Here are a couple of examples [...]

W030

W030

Oil on canvas board 33 cm x 63 cm (framed), 19 cm x 48 cm (unframed) 2018 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

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Acrylic on canvas board 38 cm x 48 cm (framed), 35 cm x 45 cm (unframed) 2018 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

W029

W029

Oil on canvas board 33 cm x 63 cm (framed), 19 cm x 48 cm (unframed) 2018 RETURN TO EXPERIMENTS & SKETCHES

William de Kooning inspired - Stiffy Art

Artist influences vol. 3 – William de Kooning

William de Kooning is quite an interesting artist who I have come across. His work seems to be almost ‘child-like’, but there is something that really resonated with me. Although here is an artwork which started with inspiration from de Kooning, but in the end it became something completely different. It looks almost like a [...]

Rauschenberg inspired - Stiffy Art

Artist influences vol. 4 – Robert Rauschenberg

Now this is something really interesting as I haven’t heard about this artist Robert Rauschenberg before, but I was guided towards his work and I’m hugely impressed. His portfolio is super diverse, however it has introduced me the possibility of using found objects on my artworks. It is like a mix between collage and assemblage. This [...]

Richter inspired - Stify Art

Artist influences vol. 2 – Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is German artist who is famous for his hyper realistic and abstract paintings. I was mostly inspired by his abstracts. Especially, how he manipulates the canvas using squeegee and creates the movement on canvas by dragging it across fresh paint. Again, I used just handful of colours to make sure that I will [...]

Van Gogh inspiration - Stiffy Art

Artist influences vol 1. – Vincent van Gogh

As with any artist, I’m very inspired by different masters. One of them is Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. I’m particularly motivated by his visible short brushstrokes as well as his colour schemes. Here is my work inspired by his work (on the right). When I saw his Starry Night Over the Rhône  it reminded [...]