In My Mind

The project was delayed by COVID as South Africa only really opened up in the autumn, but this gave the original premise time to marinate in my mind. I wanted to glorify the lion’s s...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

The use of the added blocks was doubtless sanctioned by Gauguin, but by which man they were made, by him or by Roy, is questionable in my mind and in that of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter, C...

If I were confined to my own back yard for the rest of my life, I'd still have more pictures in my mind than I would have time to paint. Art is nothing but having a good time" He di...

Each one is a roller coaster of emotions, a pilgrimage to places once visited in my mind and heart. The Welsh word ‘Hiraeth’ is what best describes it for me – it is a deep longing ...

Now what you see here is what my mind pictures as a virus. I know a virus is not a living thing.

Now what you see here is what my mind pictures as a virus. I know a virus is not a living thing.

"I never start a piece until I see it finished in my mind." In all of these endeavors, Van Loen is a man in love with the materials.

And as I walk down this country lane on one of the first sunny days of spring, metaphors swirl in the back of my mind. I suppose, however, if I had to define a central message that I...

However, the association in my mind was not to the flower, but rather the round, flat leaf with the protruding collar.

“One of the early images that popped into my mind when designing the series was the leaf of a Water Lily.

“One of the early images that popped into my mind when designing the series was the leaf of a Water Lily.

However, the association in my mind was not to the flower, but rather the round, flat leaf with the protruding collar.

Photographers can be reluctant to acknowledge how boring much of their work can be, but this is an area in which I have learnt. In my mind, if a contemporary photograph is sufficien...

"I started drawing because I was 'tususkuk' (when I saw other people doing it, I wanted to do the same things)...When I start to make a drawing, I have a picture in my mind, but when...

* UV Protection through Lascaux varnish International exhibitions: 2024, Oktober - Art eshibition "Exploring the Beauty", Art Voyage Gallery,  Zofingen, Switzerland 2024, February...

I take the genre in a new direction as I invent shapes and colors, re-creating Nature in my mind and on my canvas. It’s an external expression of an internal dialogue – what does thi...

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I see a color on one of those palettes, put in on the picture in my mind's eye, and this prevents me from making mistakes."

Internationale Ausstellungen: 2025,  April - Group exhibition "Flora: The Art of Blooming", Artseeker Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, USA 2024, Oktober - Art exhibition "Exploring the Beauty...

Details: • Size: 80 × 80 × 4 cm (31.5 × 31.5 × 1.6 in) • Medium: Mixed media with acrylic on 100% linen canvas • Gallery-wrapped, painted edges • Signed, titled, and accompanied by ...

Internationale Ausstellungen: 2024, Oktober - Art eshibition "Exploring the Beauty", Art Voyage Gallery,  Zofingen, Switzerland 2024, Februar – Kunstausstellung „Coming and Going“, ...

With these images and all the preexisting pictures of Linda in the back of my mind, I found it easy to distill her features to a very simple form.”

Internationale Ausstellungen: 2025,  April - Group exhibition "Flora: The Art of Blooming", Artseeker Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, USA 2024, Oktober - Art exhibition "Exploring the Beauty...

These thoughts were very much on my mind in Yellowstone National Park when working with this lone bison.

I am fascinated by the difference in cold and warm colors and the different atmospheres that it creates in our mind. My hereby presented oil paintings are describing people in water.

International exhibitions: 2025,  April - Group exhibition "Flora: The Art of Blooming", Artseeker Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, USA 2024, Oktober - Art eshibition "Exploring the Beauty", ...

At some point I think I’ve done all I can and it’s time to call it done. In the back of my mind I made a mental note to do a bigger version at some point.

I see a color on one of those palettes, put in on the picture in my mind's eye, and this prevents me from making mistakes."

The change of order that the ink shows in a painting is the materialization of change of order in the painter's mind. Its expression is form, but it obeys the mind.

So the composition must be determined in my mind before I pick up the brush. Then, as they say, the painting just falls off the brush.”

As twilight approached, the setting sun bathed everything in a radiant glow, a scene I aimed to capture in my representational painting. ~~~~~~~~~~~ In the mind of every artist t...

At times I use automatism, that is, drawing or painting in the subconscious with no preconceived composition in mind. I use my innate passion for abstraction with fragmented strokes...

Medium: Acrylic (spray, Heavy Body, Fluid) on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 19.7 × 0.8 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificate of ...

Not because you have closed your eyes — but because the body has stopped negotiating with the mind. Movement becomes the only thing that is real.

Frequency III — Acrylic & Spray Paint on 100% Linen Canvas 60 × 60 × 2 cm (23.6 × 23.6 × 0.8 in) There are moments when the mind steps aside and the hand simply moves. No intention.

Medium: Acrylic (spray, Heavy Body, Fluid) on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 19.7 × 0.8 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificate of ...

Medium: Acrylic (spray, Heavy Body, Fluid) on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 90 × 90 × 2 cm / 35.4 × 35.4 × 0.8 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificate of ...

When the rhythm has entered the body completely and the mind has given up trying to lead. The room is still there — you could describe it if asked — but it has become unimportant.

Series: The Quiet Hours Medium: Acrylic (spray, Heavy Body, Fluid) on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 19.7 × 0.8 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Co...

Not because you have closed your eyes — but because the body has stopped negotiating with the mind. Movement becomes the only thing that is real, and the room you started in is no lo...

After a long day, the body knows what it needs before the mind does. Not silence exactly — but green. Weight lifting.

• Protected with Lascaux UV varnish Medium: Mixed media on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm / 23.6 × 23.6 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificat...

Dimensions: 100 × 50 × 2 cm / 39.4 × 19.7 × 0.8 in Medium: Acrylic on 100% linen Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificate of Authenticity International Exhib...

Medium: Acrylic (spray, Heavy Body, Fluid) on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 19.7 × 0.8 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with Certificate of ...

• Protected with Lascaux UV varnish Series: Frequency Medium: Mixed media on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm / 23.6 × 23.6 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Co...

• Protected with Lascaux UV varnish Series: Frequency Medium: Mixed media on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm / 23.6 × 23.6 in Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Co...

• Protected with Lascaux UV varnish International exhibitions: 2026, Mai - Affordable Art Fair Austin 2025,  April - Group exhibition "Flora: The Art of Blooming", Artseeker Galle...

Medium: Mixed media on 100% linen canvas Dimensions: 145 × 145 cm / 57.1 × 57.1 in Ships rolled (canvas only, without stretcher) Year: 2026 Signed and dated by the artist Comes with ...