Corne Akkers Art

One of the Great Masters This oil is an ode to Tamara de Lempicka and why not? Since I haven’t enjoyed a formal training I had to learn directly from all great masters. Surely I...

Blue Velvet Reprise This graphite pencil drawing ‘Solarized Roundism – 24-02-23’ stems from the latest session with my regular model. Solarization is back on the menu and I ...

Sans titre - 09-05-14 In my 'sans titre' series it was obvious that eye charmer Audrey Hepburn couldn't be missed so I did her cubistically too. Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel...

Hatch It Up A new drawing in the Risque Series. This time executed with colored pencils. It turned out to become quite different from the previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Risque – 11-01-22. Lately I was longing for some color in my artistic life. Therefor I wanted to do something similar to a previous drawing ‘Julia...

A New Model This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nina – 09-08-23’ marks something new. Not the style though. That more or less is my newly found neo deco. It’s all about the model. About two weeks ago somebody on replied to my last oil ‘Neo Deco – 30-07-23’. That person happened to be a model under the name ‘NinaErotique’. You know by now I’m not into sleazy, unartistic nudes. I’m here on earth to celebrate nudity forged by higher beings as the pinnacle of beauty. Not my words but communis opinio amongst artists at the turn of the 20th century. Apparently she happens to think the same way. The result is a beautiful array of tasteful pictures. Some are nudes, other are about fashion and a bit of glamour on the side. I certainly would recommend you to click that link or visit her website. Clothed She has a lovely body and appearance. However, first I was touched by a photo of her sitting wearing a sheer negligee...

Lakshmi – 16-02-21 Indian Goddess At last: I discovered my regular model is Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, fortune, love, beauty, joy and prosperity. In Indian art she is often depicted as a golden-coloured woman; elegantly dressed and prosperity-showering. She also is associated with lotus flowers, so I made an arcade of styled lotus petals. I turned them into representational abstractions like the ones I saw in indian drawings and paintings. Colors are strong on purpose such as in indian art. I harmonized colors a bit more though in style with western tradition. Klimt as Inspirational Source Some time ago with my model I discussed some new ways I wanted to explore. For no particular reason we both thought of Klimt and especially his oil of Judith and the head of Holofernes...

Neo Deco – 12-01-23 My New Style This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 12-01-23’ incorporates new elements. Motivated as I was to continue my search after my last one I tried o...

Art Graf Debutant Of late I am exploring textures of fabrics like satin, silk and all other shining objects such as gold and silver. Two months ago I made the first one, depicting...

Model session – 14-02-19 Last session with my model I wanted to have her pose a little bit more risqué but counterbalance it by keeping the hatched strokes rather rough than to...

Even at the Mauritshuis This graphite pencil drawing ‘A Non AI-Driven Neo Deco Celebrity Nude – 09-03-23’ is something different or is it? Insp...

Aurora This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo deco – 15-08-24’ is an impressionist but also cubist experiment. At Brugman Art they had a new brand I haven’t heared of before. I...

Dancing in a Silk Dress This graphite pencil drawing ‘Darja Collin – 27-08-24’ depicts her dancing in a silk dress. She was a great dancer and I tried to capture her qualiti...

The Return of the Flapper Girl This colored pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 22-09-24’ is inspired after a previous one, called ‘Julia 11-09-18’. There are paintings and ...

The Return to Ingres Paper This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 29-09-24’ honors female celebrity moviestar Marlene Dietrich. Laid down in soft and hard pencil strokes...

Not Iconic This graphite pencil drawing ‘Royal Estate De Horsten – 12-12-24’ represent not a very iconic image of the place. Instead, it’s just your average ditch ducks sw...

Trude Fleischmann This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 25-01-25’ is born out of admiration of the works of Austrian photographer Trude Fleischmann. Whose work I had the ...

Fit in a Square Box This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 05-01-25’ shows a female form that could perfectly fit into a square box. The pose could even be considered as risque bec...

Trude Fleischmann This pastel drawing ‘Neo Deco – 12-01-25’ pays tribute to Austrian photographer Trude Fleischmann. Last 26th December 2024 I had the pleasure to meet her ...

Trude Fleischmann This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 25-01-25’ is born out of admiration of the works of Austrian photographer Trude Fleischmann. Whose work I had the ...

Pastel Again This pastel drawing ‘Golden – 13-12-23’ follows directly after my last oil painting ‘Cosmic Dance – 10-12-23’. Last time I made a pastel ‘Melina Noëlle...

Once Again Once in a while I get that itchy feeling again that makes me want to turn to roundism. The last one by that title I made half a year ago. In between lie an odd couple...

The Very Spot This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek - 18-05-23’ follows my previous one of Den Haag. I wanted to do this one for a long time. That’s because I remember the very...

A Break This graphite pencil drawing ‘St.-Bavo in Haarlem – 03-10-23’ is a break from the continuous stream of cubist female forms. So it goes, on a whim I decided to postpo...

Den Haag – 09-02-24 My First One This Year This graphite pencil drawing ‘Den Haag – 09-02-24’ is my first one this year. Last one I made on Christmas day. In between I comp...

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...

Gjon Mili This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco - 10-03-25’ is dedicated to the impressive work of Albanian photographer Gjon Mili. Recently I discovered his photographs onli...

Monotyping-like This colored pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 31-03-25’ depicts American celebrity moviestar Jean Muir from the 1930s. Cubism meets art deco glory in yellow. Aft...

Enigmatic Star This colored pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 07-04-25’ depicts Swedish celebrity moviestar Greta Garbo. Enigmatic, illusive, lonesome yet strong, intriguing and ...

Natte Beek This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek – 14-04-25’ depicts a slighty cubist interpretation of an eponymous landscape. There’s this house called the ‘Natte Beek’...

My Favorite Spot This graphite pencil drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 21-04-25’ is my next landscape endeavour after the previous one, called ‘Beek – 14-04-25’. Cubism meets im...

Alive and Kicking This graphite pencil drawing ‘Geesje kwak – 05-05-25’ is a return to laying hatched strokes in an impressionist style. Last time I employed it was in ‘De...

Twelve Years Ago This oil painting ‘Madonna with Child – 14-05-25’ is a bit of an oddball in my repertoire. A mixture of expressionism, realism and even surrealism. Long ago...

Another Bit of Surrealism This graphite pencil drawing ‘Counting Sheep – 26-05-25’ is my first surrealist work after quite some time. One time they were floating in the sky....

New Paper This pastel drawing ‘Model Session - 17-06-25 – 1’ is a cubist experiment really. Model Donika delighted us with her arrival. Well, the experiment is contained in ...

Return to the Nude This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 24-06-25’ is a return to the nude. After the last celebrity moviestar and landscape drawings I thought it was abo...

Portraiture This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 07-07-25’ shows Ms Granatouroff’s portrait only. Well, a bit of her arm but I this time I wanted something different t...

Assia Again This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 03-07-25’ fully is in honor of beautiful Ukrainian model Assia Granatouroff. Doing my latest pastel I discovered her aga...

Impressionism Meets Surrealism This graphite pencil drawing ‘Elysian Fields – 15-09-25’ combines impressionism with a bit of surrealism. Two elephants in the back and why no...

Roundism – 12-06-18 It is time to put down a kind of art statement for a change. Lately I came to think about my kind of art a lot, inspired by comments and questions like what ...

Another Fine Dutch One Time for a tribute to Lourens Alma Tadema and why not? Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Mondriaan and De Kooning are house hold name...

Roundism – 17-03-18 Eroticism and art is as old as the Venus of Millendorf but always has been shunned and embraced at the same time. We all love sex, eroticism, nudity and the ...

The Peace Pace at The Hague – 04-02-19 The reference picture I used I took last year at the brink of spring. Since this (today – 4nd February 2019) was a particularly windy an...

Bastet – 01-01-19 My Egyptian series is an addition to my ‘j’accuse’ painting ‘The Revelation of Bettie Page’. My New Year’s resolution for this year: I dare all alg...

Roundism – 14-09-19 Man Ray’s solarization was on my mind when I made this one. Mondriaan also was because he strived for an ideal division of planes in a certain space. Next ...

Third One This drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 20-08-22’ is the third one in a row inspired by a Walter Bird photograph. However, after the last graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism...

A Formal Introduction For this graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-06-23’ I used the same model as in the previous one. It’s time to introduce her to you. Online she li...

The Hague Forest – 21-06-18 When I ride my bike through The Hague Forest (Haagse Bos) just around the corner I see only beauty. Leafy light and shadow play. But at one time I bi...

Love at First Sight Last night I had a model session with Julia. Sometimes you come across a woman you immediately fall in love with. She is a great model and warm personality. Be...

Veere – 24-03-20 These unusual times cause people to search for new ways to keep their minds busy. Some told me they binge watch or take virtual tours online, others turn to boo...

Sans titre - 21-04-18 When I saw a picture of a young Catherine Deneuve I immediately saw the potential for my roundism style. The challenge was to capture the cool distant look i...

Roundism – 08-05-18 I found this great reference picture on which the model was heavily backlit, distorting her figure in the centre of it. That was the starting point of findin...

New One This graphite pencil drawing ˜Neo Deco “ 10-12-22 follows after two consecutive cubist drawings. Golden Orange “ 29-11-22 was the last so-called ˜real...

Something Different This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 12-07-23’ is something different. That is, compared to the previous one. Up to now I used only regular refe...

Julia – 02-08-19 Last year I used dancer Julia Gómez Avilés as a model. Next to being a wonderful person for an artist she is ideal because of her flexibility. She can pose in...

One thing in another – 05-01-19 In my egyptian series I try to excavate treasures from the past. Like I said before I see strong resemblances with Egyptian art that presented hu...

A Most Peculiar Photo This work is a conversion of my graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism - 07-08-21 (sold)’ into oil. For the appreciation of the merits of the initial referenc...

A Second One This graphite pencil drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 06-08-22’ follows one day after the first, done with my new pencils. In fact, immediately after the completion of the first one I started the second in my studio at Brugman Art. However, finished a day later but within an hour in total. Surely this shows my enthusiasm. The Pitt Graphite Matt pencils and the Ingres paper to me are a perfect match. You have to know that I like to search for new ways to quickly put my ideas on paper. Charcoal simply is too stainy, even though it is quick and easy to correct. Pastel is also quick but falls off the Ingres paper quite easy without fixation. They are not very handy to carry around in my backpack as well. Pencils I easily can carry with my in my handy Derwent pencil folder. Deco Again This Deco title is a bit of a laugh really. Art Deco is a pre World War II art...

Dancing This graphite pencil drawing ‘Darja Collin – 27-09-22’ is a natural follow-up of her portrait a week ago. For those who not know her already, click the link and read...

Half in Limbo This pastel drawing 'Golden Purple - 25-02-21' is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing 'Roundism - 14-09-19'. The latter I always liked because of its abstract ...

Olympia – 22-03-19 Before last Tuesday’s model session I thought of a great pose I instructed to my model. It showed great triangular forms while her body would form one big t...