Wednesday 14 August 2024

Life, Fun and adventure at the Quite Beach, The Hague


Strandslag 10, Westduinpark, DH
oil on canvas - 40 x 100 cm
painted on location - Tues. 06 Aug 2024

SOLD

Invitation to fun and adventure, and why not? Especially for the little ones, and at this specific location for our four legged furry friends, who dart off like a bullet down that pathway to the beach, when they finally get unleashed from their owners. Most people like to come here as it's not so busy as a little further North where you have the Scheveningen beach. 



Strandleven zomer 2024, de Stillestrand, DH
oil on canvas - 20 x 140 cm
painted on location - 02 Aug 2024

€ 975

Of course the beach is always much busier than what you see it in the painting.  However as this is a painting and as such it takes about 2 or 3 hours to complete.  When I get started the scene is not nearly as busy as compared to when I finish.   What I strive for is to give the viewer some kind of indication as to the view being depicted. So one gets a sense of the size and spaciousness of the location.


Haagse Kustzeil Vereniging, HKZV
oil on canvas - 50 x 60 cm
painted on location - 30 July 2024

€ 975

A recurring theme with me, painting of this brilliantly colored object on the Quite beach. And why not, makes for a great composition on this immense wide beach, breaking up the horizontal bleakness with  masts shouting way up into the sky.  The colors of the catamarans work well, a few people scattered here and there, the day is starting to take shape and I'm about to wrap up another plien-air painting.




Low tide, fun for kids

oil on canvas - 40 x 120 cm
Painted on location - 29 July 2024

€ 1250

Kids love it when the water is so low, they can run in it for hours. Splashing water at each other, giggling, and just having a jolly old time. This is such a large work, that I had to work on it on two occasions. It's loaded with suttle details, this kind of painting is much more appreciated when looking at it in the real. 
  
   







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