Corne Akkers Art

A Sort of Try-out This graphite pencil drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 25-10-23’ puts me back on track. Lately I was planning to do some more cityscapes, treescapes and landscapes. T...

Lorelei – 12-07-18 I always tell my students that art is about seeing one thing in another, just like tasting wine and describing it by comparing to something completely differe...

Henriëtte Sibie This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 18-10-25 – 1’ is a continuation of my cubist endeavours during live model drawing sessions. Henriëtte Sibie was our ...

Just Another Artistic Motif This graphite pencil drawing ˜Venus Lamenting “ 13-01-23 is a special one. It is an indictment of prudishness. My second to last one ˜Roundism “ 30-12-22 apparently shook up a bunch of people. Comments varied from great to ˜yet another tit pic. There also were prudes from various countries who scorned me for the subject nudity anyway. Throughout the years I became used to these reactions somehow. I also take into account the fact people from each and any nation are present on social media nowadays. With this variety comes a whole set of different opinions and views of life. I cherish them all. That is, as long as they cherish my opinion back. If they dont, then this art statement is for all those who lack the word reciprocity in their dictionary. Climbing the Barricades Personally I think the nude can be as much an artistic motif as any other. In fact I dont complain in the least about a world of other motifs. One could like to depict golden retrievers, red roses and other darling, save and sound themes. I see them on a daily basis on Instagram and Facebook among others. I probably wouldnt have made a big fuss because of contempt shown in the past. Thats what an artist is all about. I even like to provoke with my nudes a bit. A bit of sexiness but not too much. Just to be able to deny the presence of too much of it by underligning artistic aspects as well. Hmm, a bit of risque here an there. I love it! Why climb the barricades once again? Heres why. ArtKitchen In a dutch paper, called ˜NRC there was this item on Jeannette Dekeukeleires. She is the gallery owner of ArtKitchen in Amsterdam, known for its stimulating and provocative art...

Freedom above All The West has recently become familiar with the phrase ‘Slava Ukraini’. Obviously everyone who is a democrat and values freedom above all can support the meaning of this slogan. It seems as if the world has split into the good and the bad all of a sudden. The free world is pro and some rascalious countries keep supporting Russia’s goals. Strange how Europe and NATO can feel united more than ever whereas recently disunity was rife. Strong Ukrainian Women Vesna – 14-03-22 was my last oil with the Ukrainian theme. Somehow I felt the story for me to tell wasn’t finished yet. My reference graphite pencil drawing ‘Hold Your Horses – 04-01-22’ had the Scythians as theme. Strange why I chose to do an oil ‘Una in Aliam – 01-09-19’ covering the same topic three years back. In particular it tells of the legend of the Amazons. Legend has it they were Scythian warrior women on horseback. No great mind is needed to associate them with modern strong Ukrainian women rising up against the Russian agressor. And so I read the story of a woman from Kiev who bought a sniper rifle just to be able to defend her city and country. This painting is to honor those women and of course all freedom fighters in the Ukraine in general. New World Order There also was another reason to do another Ukrainian painting, to me an urgent one. Instead of fearfully waiting for whatever new world order will arise I decided to create one myself. This painting all makes sense to me. Ukrainian’s struggle is not theirs but ours too. A couple of days ago I commented on a post by Jerry Saltz. I stated law school was the best preparation for my work as an artist. Now I know why. Becoming a master in international law makes me mastering my artistic diction as well. I cannot ever be a soldier but I hold sound weapons in my hands: pencil and brush! Everything Gold The statues symbolize my view on art. I think they are beautiful and the pinnacle of aesthetics. One of them is Anton Gratz’s and the other ones I don’t know who made them. Makes me realize I maybe should start an art movement called ‘back to aesthetics’ by the way. The gold paint is a reference to the world famous Scythian gold...

Roundism – 13-02-18 In my ever quest for roundism I was attracted to the female body’s position showing diagonals and triangles. I tried to counterbalance them by throwing in ...

Color Addition This pastel drawing ‘Free Floating Blue Wave Nude – 10-02-21’ is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 19-07-16’. In my art statement to...

The madonna of The Hague (2015) This painting is the culmination of the many previous graphite pencil drawings. Oil on wood panel (85 x 120 x 0.9 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers ...

Roundism – 30-05-18 This drawing is all about the sensuality of the female figure. Even though the model did not show too much tonal bandwith I was able to discover some real gr...

One More to Unlearn This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 30-12-24’ is inspired by a great reference picture by Laure Albin Guillot. There is a bit of value added from my side. Fi...

A Mixture of Styles This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 16-08-25’ depicts french actress Marion Cotillard. Captured in a mixture of cubism, impressionism and art deco...

Woman in a Red Kimono This drawing of a woman in a red kimono is based on a session with my regular model. It so happened that I teamed up with a student of mine who rents a lovel...

Solarised Look This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 09-04-24’ is the first one after a couple of pastel drawings. Seized by my currect oil painting in progress I kept th...

Roundism – 23-11-20 Diagonals, Horizontals and Verticals A new roundism variation in diagonals, horizontals and verticals. Sometimes you come across a great motif that stimulat...

A Beautiful Spot This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – Lange Voorhout – 15-05-23’ depicts a beautiful spot in the heart of the city. Originally it formed the offshoot o...

Nothing More But Angularity This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 16-09-25 – 2’ is a display of nothing more but angularity over the top. A live model position that begged ...

Beek-Ubbergen – 01-10-20 50 Hues of Pink Beek-Ubbergen again and 50 shades of pink in honour of the fact that colour is highly underestimated in landscapes and outdoors in gene...

Sans titre – 26-10-18 When I was looking at the reference picture of Angie Dickinson my colleague at Studio Brugman, Gilbert said her face looked almost chiseled like a statue. ...

What Name It Bears … This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 26-01-23’ counterparts my previous one ‘Roundism – 20-01-23’. The reference picture is from the same mo...

The sheik of Araby - 15-10-17 I always love this jazz song and when listening to jazz doing my nudes in my apartment I made the connection all of a sudden, as I often do between v...

A Rather Extreme Pose This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco - 04-08-25’ is a special one. A rather extreme pose or should I say an extreme picture? That was the reason I was ...

The Japanese garden 2 (2014) The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate 'Clingendael' at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I'...

Roundism – 15-11-20 More Complex The previous drawing Roundism – 06-11-20 was set up rather elementary, contary to this one. As you may know by now I like to vary and decided...

Reclined Position This pastel drawing ‘Model Session - 15-03-25 - 2’ shows model Renee in a reclined position. This is the way she prefers to sleep, she said. Only good for us...

Reclined Position This pastel drawing ‘Model Session - 22-04-25 (Jelco) – 2’ is the second pose of this month’s live model session. A reclined position to top it off. The ...

D.H. Lawrence This graphite pencil drawing ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover – 05-10-25’ honors English author D.H. Lawrence. My visual interpretation of his greatest novel. It mus...

A Full House This pastel drawing ‘Model – 18-02-25 – 1’ includes a Ukrainian woman with very expressive eyes, called ‘Galyna’. Back again in municipal centre ‘De Bla...

Something Special This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 19-08-25’ is something special. A cubist yet impressionist appearance that begun as an experiment indeed. My last ...

An Enrichment This drawing ‘Sans Titre – 25-02-25’ depicts American celebrity and moviestar Carole Lombard. Her carreer covered the 1920s, 1930s until her tragic death in 19...

More Chiaroscuro This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 10-08-25’ has become a chiaroscuro variety in the Assia Series. Where art deco, impressionism and cubism converge. ...

Roundism – 27-10-20 Just Abstract Last model session resulted in a nice pose through which I was inspired to continue my roundism series. The general idea was to build up the p...

Portrait of Princess Wilhelmina (Tribute to Thérèse Schwartze) - 23-08-24 A Great Independant Female Artist This pastel drawing ‘Portrait of Princess Wilhelmina (Tribute to...

How Neo Deco Came About This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 02-08-24’ is an elaboration of my graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 08-10-17’. At one given moment Roundism bec...

Buxom Qualities This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco - 13-07-35’ shows Ukrainian model ‘Assia Granatouroff’ once more. Still not finished with her. Truely, I discovered ...

Henriëtte Sibie’s Portrait This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 18-10-25 – 2’ shows Henriëtte Sibie’s portrait. A bit of cubism but realist as well. My first session...

On the Brink of a New Year This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 28-12-24’ is a test really. At Brugman Art I found this new mix media paper made by Clairfontaine. Sturdy and nice 250g/m2 paper that comes in different colours. Lately I am having fun doing pastels again. That must be have been motivated by last month’s live model drawing sessions held in ‘De Blauwe Tram’. So there I am, on the brink of a new year. All things in due order: a brand new page I built on my website and enough artworks created in December. After a couple of months I picked up oil painting again. My project ‘In Hoc Signo’, based on a drawing under the same name, is waiting for completion. In between I had some spare time to do a little drawing. This is the result. Need for Speed Another reason for this pastel drawing was the speed I made last pastels with: within one hour. It made me realize how much fun it is to create a sort of ‘on a whim’. Basically with the same intent I made ‘Neo Deco – 04-11-24’. There is no real innovation in these, only cubist styling I applied. That’s enough for me for the moment. Normally I always striving for incorporating something new. Just like some kind of genetic mutation in each consecutive work. However, not this time. Instead, I tried to feel how this new paper would react to my chalks. Quite nicely I must say. Green Paper The paper itself has not an impressive tooth but it clings on pigment particles efficiently nonetheless. My eye felt on the green paper in the block. The result is a bit magical. The female form I forged looks like a green bronze statue...

A Davy Crockett Hat This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 18-11-25-1’ is a special one. Imagine a young man wearing a Davy Crockett hat. Such a coonskin cap to use the proper...

Roundism – 16-10-19 After a bunch of landscapes and cityscapes I felt it was time to return to my roundism ladies. For me changing the theme once in a while is very useful. I fo...

Color Theoretical Challenges This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 10-07-25’ demonstrates everything I know about color theory. In fact, it’s a search to converge all 6 main colou...

Angular Times The next one in the Risque series. After my previous colored pencil drawing ‘Risque – 18-01-22 I wanted to experiment with angular structures again. The reason is that I already did one in my roundism style (Risque – 11-01-22). One could say I was looking for yet another challenge. In the description to aforementioned drawing I wrote about cross-overs between abstraction and realism. This time it was time to set loose this ambition of mine on straight-edges plains. See if I can get away with a realistic impression wrapped in abstraction than it lets on at first glance. Flash Lightning The reference picture is taken during the session of December 30th 2021. That was a great one and I directly fell in love with her chair and rugged blanket. Notwithstanding her roundness by definition Julia happened to took this position with her arms spread. Her left leg was placed in a spectacular angled position. The result was a flash lightning, running from her toes up her leg and spine, branching towards her arms. The tonal rhythym of light and dark plains did the rest. I could not think of a better model and a better position. The Cat Executing the drawing and almost finished I felt something was missing though. It seemed the left corner did look a bit empty. It needed an introductory detail. There simply was only one thing that came to mind, almost automatically: her cat. She happens to have a Scottish Fold...

A Culmination This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 27-08-25’ is the result of 13 previous graphite pencil drawings of Assia Granatouroff. Finally colour has touched her sweet featu...

Greta’s Rival This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 02-10-24’ depicts Ukrainian moviestar and celebrity Anna Sten. She is sometimes compared to Greta Garbo. Allegedly...

Jelco Back Again This pastel drawing ‘Model Session - 22-04-25 (Jelco) – 1’ looks like one of those classic academic poses. With a touch of chiaroscuro though. Back in ‘De...

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Woman in a Red Kimono – 03-11-22’ counterparts the one I made last year cubistically. After ‘Roundism – 28-10-22’ I was out of motifs inspir...

A Mixture of Styles This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 02-09-25’ is a mixture of surrealism, cubist styling and art deco. Louise, two cats and an elephant combine...

Typical Cubist This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 15-10-25’ is an elaboration of a drawing in my previous Roundism style. A typical cubist piece work of art. Something I was real...

Clairfontaine Noir This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 04-11-24’ takes me back to black paper (Clairfontaine Noir). For a previous drawing 4 years ago I used it only once. That ...

Finally in Color! This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-08-24’ is an elaboration of my graphite pencil drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 15-08-22’. Finally in color! Frankly, I co...

Lucien Lorelle This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco - 15–09-24’ is inspired by one of the works of Lucien Lorelle. Recently I discovered his photographs by chance and imme...

A New Colored One This colored pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-09-24’ holds the middle between minimalism and cubism. After the last one I was looking for something different....

Dora Maar This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-10-24’ is a celebration of hair. Next to this it’s an homage to photographer Dora Maar. Famous for her surrealist pho...

Bart van der Leck This graphite pencil drawing ‘Bastet – 15-10-24’ is made in honor of dutch artist Bart van der Leck. Or should I say his famous painting ‘De Kat’? My parents had the poster in our house so I’ve known it all my life. If you want to see it on display please go to the Kröller Muller Museum here in The Netherlands. It’s worth the trip and you get all the Van Gogh paintings as a bonus. There was a direct reason to associate Bart’s painting with the artistic motif at hand. Christian Coigny Christian Coigny is a Swiss photographer who once took a picture of a woman with a cat. The latter is sitting on a central heating system. The position reminded me of Van der Leck’s cubist cat...

The Second One This colored pencil drawing ‘De Smorenhoek – 15-12-24’ is my next impressionist one after ‘Royal Estate – 12-12-24’. This time in color. This isn’t th...

Ms Bacall This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre 30-10-24’ is inspired by a picture of Lauren Bacall in a satin dress. Not the first time though I immortalized her in graph...

Terra Cotta Paper This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 30-06-25’ is a test of Terra Cotta paper I bought. Made by Clairfontaine it matches other sorts of paper I already own such...

Gjon Mili’s Inspirational Influence This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 07-05-25’ is an elaboration of a recent graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 10-03-25’. Homage to Al...

Cows This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek – 08-09-25’ combines cubism with atmospheric depth. Cows, trees and a lovely view over the Ooijpolder. In the back on the right is th...

Another Carole This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 09-06-25’ revisits American celebrity and moviestar Carole Lombard. More art deco-ish and less cubist, I guess. As ...

American Celebrity and Moviestar This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 02-06-25’ depicts American celebrity and moviestar Jean Harlow. A mixture of art deco and cubism ...

Unsolved Mystery This graphite pencil drawing ‘L’inconnue de la Seine – 12-10-25’ handles a curious case of an unsolved mystery. Imagine a beautiful yet drowned woman and ...