Pot Bellied - Horns of Plenty.
A new set of eight “sopra-portes” or over-door paintings for the entrance hall of a mid 18th c. Louis XV style Amsterdam monument.
A house with its history deeply rooted in the city’s seafaring and colonial past.
"Horns of Plenty" ( the provisional title of the work ) is currently being executed in the Amsterdam Studio. Expected installation; spring '24.
A series of trompe-l’oeil painted, oversized Delftware vases to be installed in the original Rococo cartouches. Each vase representing a specific area connected to Dutch maritime and colonial history. And each taken over by a mix of indigenous and endemic animals, munching away on the fruits in these domed niches.
Together these plants and animals allow a wide array of complex stories to be told.
Discovery .. Trade .. exchange.. inspiration .. extraction.. migration .. expulsion... extinction.. etc.
Visual study / design collage
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Work in Progress on the "Java" Panel
Currently being executed.
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Work in Progress on the "Java" Panel
Currently being executed
(Detail)
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Work in Progress on the "Cape Good Hope" Panel
Currently being executed.
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Temporary test installation
of the "Cape Good Hope" Panel
Currently being executed.
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Temporary test installation
of the "Cape Good Hope" Panel
Currently being executed.
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Suriname
Visual study / design collage
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Banda - Ternate
Visual study / design collage
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Curacao
Visual study / design collage
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Ceylon
Visual study / design collage
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Japan
Visual study / design collage
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A Keizersgracht canalhouse with its Louis XV facade
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Study for species index plaquettes
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