Mother Nature – 22-01-21 Love or Run? Mother Nature holds many secrets but let me sketch you the following. All of a sudden you spot a naked woman on her own in the middle of a forest. Would you be attracted to her or would you run away screaming? Last year I saw the movie The Witch (2015) which was one of the inspirational sources to start this painting. I have put beautiful women in darker settings before like in my last Frida Kahlo painting. In this particular case I realized the attraction of a nude totally depends on the atmosphere, place and timing. At least it gives rise to mixed emotions and then some more. Non-Romantic Art In the past I have brought up so-called ‘romantic art’ in general and my discomfort with it. As such I planned this painting to be the opposite of romantic art. Therefor the beauty of this nude is compensated with things less obvious to the eye. I hope they will reach the spectator eventually. The model by the way is my dear friend Julia Filament, immortalized by art photographer Marco de Waal. I thank them for their beautiful reference picture. It shows a feel that stretches beyond snappy romantic shots you see so often on social media. Positive Note So I had the dark stuff, added animals to the scene, created mixed emotions, what else / next? It so happened I was listening to George Benson’s version of all time classic Nature Boy in the process of painting. It grew on me that the theme, after my initial darker thoughts, had to land on a positive note. Nature Boy became Mother Nature, stark naked. If you look very closely you can discover how fauna can turn into flora naturally. Such a discovery is only reserved for those who do not run away screaming but keep on looking. Oil on wood panel (38.7 x 58.5 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers
Mother Nature – 22-01-21 was created by artist Corne Akkers in 2021. This art piece , which is part of the Oil Paintings - Corne Akkers portfolio, is a Paintings artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Fine Art, Impressionism, Realism, Surrealism. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Anatomy, Animals, Composition, Erotic, Fantasy, Figurative, Inspirational, Landscape, Nature, Nudes, People. The artwork was created in Oil. The size of the original art is 39 (cms) H x 59 (inches) W.
Words which artist Corne Akkers feels best describe this work of art are: akkers, animals, artista, artiste, arts, clairobscur, corne, desnudo, nu, dutch, earth, finearts, nackt, nederland, nederlands, netherlands, nude, nu , mothernature, forest, oilpainting, surrealism, surrealisme, surrealist, surrealistic, zuidholland, ölgemälde, naakt, southholland, сюрреализм, olieverf, surrealistisch, искусство, لوحة, アート, картины, زي, 藝術, маслом, 油絵, art, سريالية, 油畫, gerçeküstücülük, シュールレアリズム, 超現實主義, زيتيةلوحة.
My work can be seen in many countries all over the world. I employ a variety of styles that all have one thing in common: the ever search for the light on phenomena and all the shadows and light planes they block in. My favorites in doing so are oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. It is not the form or the theme that counts but the way planes of certain tonal quality vary and block in the lights. Colours are relatively unimportant and can take on whatever scheme. It is the tonal quality that is ever present in my work, creating the illusion of depth and mass on a flat 2d-plane. I combine figurative work with the search for abstraction because neither in extremo can provide the desired art statement the public expects from an artist. Besides all that, exaggeration and deviation is the standard and results in a typical use of a strong colour scheme and a hugh tonal bandwith, in order to create art that, when the canvas or paper would be torn into pieces, in essence still would be recognizable.
I teach art (drawing / painting) at Voorburg, Netherlands where I have my second studio next to my first at The Hague, Netherlands, where I live.