Pieter Pander Animal Paintings

Pieter Pander (1962) Resting dog Stip (Spot) Signed lower right P Pander and dated 99 Oil on board Dimensions excl. frame: 40 x 43 cm., incl. frame: 46 x 49 cm. About the artist: Pieter Pander is born in 1962. In 1982 he started at the Minerva art academy in Groningen (The Netherlands), where he was taught by Jouke Wouda and Matthijs Röling, among others. Pieter Pander currently lives and works in Franeker (The Netherlands). He works in the figurative tradition, but unlike many of his colleagues, he paints smooth and sketchy. Only parts of the image are elaborated so that they are more prominent. Pander paints quickly and easily. He uses a limited palette of colors; especially browns, blues, greys and whites. These are the colors that suit him and with which he can convey intimacy and feeling. His own use of colour, but also the strong light dark effect, typifies Pander's work and shows the influence of his teacher Matthijs Röling. The contrast between the coarse and finely elaborated parts on the canvas creates a tension, so that the work is interesting from far and near. Pieter Pander is best known as a painter of portraits of humans and animals. What is most striking about Pieter Pander's portraits is that the people portrayed are portrayed so naturally. Older people...

This painting by Pieter Pander is typical for his oeuvre. He works in the figurative tradition, but his test, unlike many of his colleagues, is smooth an...

This painting by Pieter Pander is typical for his oeuvre. He works in the figurative tradition, but his test, unlike many of his colleagues, is smooth an...