back to work

This is an illustration for UWV. The article is about poeple still in the holiday-mood when they have to go to work again....

Morocco

It has been a while since my latest post, due to my holiday in Morocco and Spain.
I made some sketches there, and these are some of them...

Scherven in de Nacht

A recent book cover I did for Leopold.

Rinus Michels

This is a portrait I did a while ago for Algemeen Dagblad. It was a tribute to the man who led the Dutch soccer team to european victory in 1988. He died last year.

New Boots

Arendsoog

I have the honour of doing new book covers for the "Arendsoog"-series. (Arendsoog = eagle eye) These books were published in the sixties and seventies in holland and are considered classics.
I wanted to give the books a traditional 'look', so I used some old-school painting effects. For example the red background, heavy outlines and leaving the shadows open. I also wanted it to look like a movie poster. So I used some collage effects, in the tradition of Drew Struzan ( www.drewstruzan.com )
The books will be published at Pimentokinderboeken. ( www.pimentokinderboeken.nl )



Below are the original book covers...

Van Nistelrooij

For this week's Vara-tvmagazine, I made this caricature of Ruud van Nistelrooij.

Elephants and Hippos

A sketch and an illustration for a column, in which the two animals are writing each other letters.

Kinderkaravaan

This is a book cover I made for "De Kinderkaravaan". A Dutch classic by An Rutgers van der Loeff. It is a book about a group of children travelling through the United States after their parents died.

Jamie Cullum

This is a detail of a Jamie Cullum Caricature I am working on.
In time I would like to exhibit my work and publish a book containig my caricatures.
I am still looking for a publisher....

Johnny Cash

BOB

Deadlines....

This is an illustration for ODE magazine ( www.ode.nl )
I had to do it in half an hour, so the gouache was still wet when I sent it...

Book Cover

This is an unfinished Book cover I am doing for 'Josja Pruis' by Harm de Jonge ( www.harmdejonge.nl )
Whatyou see is acrylic. I am now finishing it with oil paint.

Another cool cowboy

I am still working on the Cool Cowboy. Here's another sketch. The main character is a boy that dreams of being a cowboy. While I am still working on the characters, I am also exploring different ways to capture that country and western feel'.