St. James Church (Grote of St.-Jacobskerk) at The Hague - 10-03-15 Situated in The Hague and blasting in the sun, I was struck by the light and the church standing there backlighted. It did something to my eyes and so I rendered the scene expressionistically. Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers
St. James Church (Grote of St.-Jacobskerk) at The Hague - 10-03-15 was created by artist Corne Akkers in 2015. This art piece , which is part of the Pastels - Corne Akkers portfolio, is a Drawings / Sketch artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Abstract, Expressionism, Fine Art, Impressionism, Realism, Surrealism. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Cityscape, Composition, Figurative, Inspirational, Landscape. The artwork was created in Pastel. The size of the original art is 63 (cms) H x 47 (cms) W.
Words which artist Corne Akkers feels best describe this work of art are: akkers, artist, artista, arts, clairobscur, corne, corneakkers, drawing, 인상주의, figurative, finearts, 印象派, hatching, 印象派, kunst, city, Импрессионизм, אימפרסיוניזם, cityscape, impressionism, thehague, impressionism, pastel, expressionism, pastels, zeichnung, انطباعيةr, abstractie, art, arte, arta, artista, cityscape, city, street, artiste, artist, realism, realisme, realistic, realiste, realist, kunst, 藝術, アート, искусство, արվեստ, קונסט, nghệthuật, فن, ხელოვნება, műv?szet, 艺术, seni, សិល្បៈ, कला, 印.
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.