Vesna 14-03-22, 2022

by Corné Akkers

Painting : oil 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

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Signature

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59.9 x 80 x 1 cm 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Not framed


Tags

Nude

Portrait

Figurative

Wild animals

Lady

Breasts

Model

Yellow

Dark blue

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Netherlands

Shifting Gear,
Another Risque painting depicting my muse Julia Filament. Two oil paintings earlier I already did an Ukrainian theme but why not use it once again. After all, the Russian-Ukrainian war is raging on or should I say Putin’s war? Who is going to free us from his sole wet dream? Time to shift gear and so I thought only to use the basic colors blue and yellow this time. Of course they represent the colors of the Ukrainian flag. What could be more beautiful than to depict my Ukrainian model Julia Filament with these colors? See how she would look like in this particular color scheme, symbolizing her country almost like a visual eponym.

Different Hues of Blue and Yellow,
Even though the initial plan was to limit myself to these two colors this certainly would not exclude varieties thereof. It's an old trick I regularly use. I particulary like these complementary contrasts in one color such as reddish blue and greenish blue. These are Rembrandt's Phtalo Blue Reddish and Schmincke's YlnMn Blue (Oregon Blue) as well as Greenish Blue. The same goes for the yellow, so I used an warmer, brownish ocre and Schmincke's yellow gold. As complementary couterparts I chose Schmincke's Ural Gelbgürn and Old Holland's Nickel Titanium. Consequently, by mixing blue and yellow I got great hints of green. First I thought to include some red as well, representing the Russian bear. However, that surely would cancel the strong yellow-blue flag colors everybody associates with the Ukraine. Less is more and I was thinking of a powerful image to create.

Vesna,
Of late I reread some Slavic tales I knew. Strange how sudden events can take you back. I remembered tales including certain animals like the rabbit and the dog and the squirrel versus the bear. So there it was, in her breasts and in other places I discovered them lingering about. The bird in the upper right corner came late in the process of painting. It is a match to the figure drones created in Rotterdam skies the other day as an hommage. By the way, I'd like to think of Julia to be Vesna, the goddess of Spring. It all makes sense to me: Yellow and Blue together make green, which feeds us all. So here's to the Ukraine, one of the most fertile countries in the world. They say it's a beautiful place to be. I have to find that out one day myself.
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Corné Akkers, Vesna 14-03-22
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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