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Dick van Dijk
Netherlands
Artist highlights
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on wood. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 27.6x39.4in
About this artwork
'Dancing Barefoot' shows a lot of limbs and body parts, becoming one layered, indistinguishable mass. I withdraw from showing any faces that might serve as “an anchor point,” which would be an easy distraction from the rhythm and movement of the composition, its intended chaos.
As mostly the work started relatively simple and restrained with one central figure, but figures were added, then changed or removed, wanting it to feel multi-layered, but… always working towards harmony. Through this process the work gains character and complexity as the layers of paint build up over time and also the central idea gets more layered, moving away from the pure physicality of living in our bodies. The painting is (as my work mostly is) less about a narrative than about emotion.
This piece is sold unframed. It will be carefully packaged in mostly repurposed shipping materials.
The artwork is "Ready to Hang". It is signed on the back.
This item is an original work of art.
As mostly the work started relatively simple and restrained with one central figure, but figures were added, then changed or removed, wanting it to feel multi-layered, but… always working towards harmony. Through this process the work gains character and complexity as the layers of paint build up over time and also the central idea gets more layered, moving away from the pure physicality of living in our bodies. The painting is (as my work mostly is) less about a narrative than about emotion.
This piece is sold unframed. It will be carefully packaged in mostly repurposed shipping materials.
The artwork is "Ready to Hang". It is signed on the back.
This item is an original work of art.
Dick van Dijk
Netherlands
Credentials
- Works on commission
Dick van Dijk is an Amsterdam-based artist who draws and paints. His work is inspired by the male figure and balances between control and intuition. Dick compares his process to collage, composing, modifying, deconstructing and reconstructing human shapes in layers of paint and colour. Painterly discoveries during the working process create new elements and dynamics. In doing so, he seeks a duality between recognisable forms and less elaborate parts to create a lively image. In some works, (parts of) figures are hidden, while in other works bodies appear, visual clues to what is or is not there.
The results are bodily forms that tell layered stories of freedom and intimacy, close to the skin and viewed through the lens of memory and expectation.
The results are bodily forms that tell layered stories of freedom and intimacy, close to the skin and viewed through the lens of memory and expectation.
Dick van Dijk
Dancing Barefoot
$3,320
