Ik zag de maaister | fragment suse 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
suse 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm | atelier de moeren van gogh air
open studio view with model suse van gogh air zundert netherlands
suse 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
riek 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
riek 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
fragment riek 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
fragment riek 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
ella 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
ella 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
fragment ella 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
fragment ella 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
fragment ella 2022 charcoal on arches grain satiné 300gr paper 190 x 113 cm
open studio view van gogh air zundert netherlands
open studio view van gogh air zundert netherlands
Ik zag de maaister.
Ik zag de maaister. Ze stond in het veld.
Ze maaide en oogstte of haar dagen waren geteld,
Je vis cette faucheuse. Elle était dans son champ. Elle allait à grands pas moissonnant et fauchant,
Victor Hugo, les Contemplations: Mors | 1856
In late summer 2022 I was artist-in-residence at Van Gogh AiR in Zundert, at estate De Moeren where the studio was situated in a Flemish barn. I used my time in the residency to create new work in the vein of Van Gogh and his fascination with rural life. Farm life, and specifically the women in it, became the source of inspiration for me. The outcome was a new series of life-size charcoal drawings. Using local older women as models, I have put together a new contemporary image as a personification of time. A past time that refuses to give up.