Golden 18-07-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas, 2022

by Corné Akkers

Painting : oil 70.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$8,780

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Unique work

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery

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70.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Tags

Nude

Portrait

Lady

Bed

Model

Yellow

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Netherlands

Go Hefty;
Golden is my new project I finished just ago. I thought it was time to extend the Golden series with another oil paint. Golden 18-05-22 was the last one and I didn't know what forms to solarize and to style cubistically next. I remembered I made some realistic and impressionist pastels of my regular model years back. Surely I was inspired by her golden skin and it shows in those pastel drawings. This series call for realism finally.

Simply Nude;
This having boldly stated it takes me back to a discussion I had on Facebook some time ago. An American women told me she adored my nude in Slava Ukraini 18-04-22. Beautiful were it not for those horses I put into her bodily features. That wasn't necessary she said. I replied I wouldn't waste a perfect linen to a meaningless nude. Until now I found these kinds of themes a bit exhausted but maybe I have to change my mind. I even regret that statement a bit. Regardless of my endless imagination and capabilities to depict whatever is in front of my mind'eye, plain nude is okay. And why not? Would we dismiss Rembrandt's Bathsheba or Velázquez Rokeby Venus because of their nudity right in the face?

Yellow Screams;
So maybe after all not an exhausted theme, at least not for me. In fact I hardly have painted realist ones I think. Except for aforementioned Risque oil the last one was 10 years ago: Chinese Nude (2012) (sold). I recall having fun doing that one. Yellow is such a difficult yet rewarding color. It tends to scream in relationship to other colors. So, why not let it dominate anyway and skip most other colors? It also gave me the opportunity to celebrate the exceptional beauty of my regular model's skin complexion.

Unforgivenly Realistic;
The reference picture I chose was taken by me years back in her home. Not a live session this time but the photo was that great so I didn't need to see her live. I decided to depict every little irregularity and small wrinkle on her back. No much fun to paint skin very smoothly anyway. Beginners often make the mistake to paint skin complexion smoothing it out like smooth marzipan. The razor light running across her back guided me, disclosing each and every little dimple and crack unforgivenly. The left side and her left shoulder part I painted much more reddish. Proof of the fact that color of skin is just an illusion, subject to change. In fact these are shadowy parts and the yellow parts are directly lit. The highlights I did in purple in order to let it complement all things yellow dramatically.

Flowery Plaid;
Enter the flowery plaid. I was reluctant to do all the flowers. I remembered having read about Ingres's painting of Madame Moitessier. Her flowery dress must have cost him quite some time to complete. Therefor the first set-up of the plaid was done in an impresstionist way. It didn't work out though. That is why I spent the entire Sunday (yesterday) to throw the flowers in. Especially the harsh linear structures contrasting the smootness of the skin was deliberate. It also reminded me to Klimt's sutble nudes girded by contrasting decorative patterns. The cramp in my right hand is gone now.
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Corné Akkers, Golden 18-07-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Corné Akkers

Corné Akkers

Netherlands  • 1969

Corné Akkers was born in 1969 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He grew up in a Bohemian environment, during the 70's. This ideal creative atmosphere inspired him and gave him the desire to paint. He trained in painting and drawing.

In his paintings, the artist explores the nude and portrait with several types of analysis and treatments, and doesn't lose sight on how light plays an important role. He combines the figurative style and the quest for abstraction, he plays around with colors and creates vast optical illusions. Not only is his work unique, his paintings shout out cubism but also surrealism and fauvism. They are so hypnotic that they are able to capture the look.

While working as a painter, Akkers also teach art at Voorburg in Netherlands. His paintings have been exhibited several times and sold to art collectors, all around the world.

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