Sunny Afternoon

Although the weather is quite bad over here, a lot of rain and strong winds, it still is a sunny day for me. Today I got the keys to my new studio! I'm very excited about this as you can imagine. It won't be untill march before I am actually going to work there, you know I have to get organized first. The new studio inspired me to make todays painting of a man enjoying the sun, just like me!

If you would like to have this blog painting just click on the link beneath the painting to place your bid. The auction only lasts for 10 days and you can expect the painting within a week to 10 days after the auction ends. You will receive the painting safely packaged and ready to frame or simply displayed on a small easel. Please be reminded that the colors may slightly vary due to a digitalcamera's results and depending on your monitor. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Sunny Afternoon
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
9.9" x 8.7", 25,2 x 22 cm
2008

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Two Chefs

Japan isn't only famous for its electronica, but its cuisine is also well-known On my second painting from my new series of paintings about Japan you see two chefs cooking something wonderful for their customers.

If you would like to have this blog painting just click on the link beneath the painting to place your bid. The auction only lasts for 10 days and you can expect the painting within a week to 10 days after the auction ends. You will receive the painting safely packaged and ready to frame or simply displayed on a small easel. Please be reminded that the colors may slightly vary due to a digitalcamera's results and depending on your monitor. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Two Chefs
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
9.9" x 8.7", 25,2 x 22 cm
2008
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The Apple

After 7 years or so I finally got a new computer! Of course it's an Apple and it inspired me to make todays painting. On this painting you see a young Asian woman using a computer in the Applestore in New York. Have a nice weekend!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Apple
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 5.9", 17 x 15 cm
2008

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The Deli

I told you tuesday that I started a new series of paintings about Japan, but I'm also still working on my New York-series. Typical for the Big Apple are those small grocery stores called deli's. They're scattered all over the city and usually open 24/7 or at least till very late in the evening. My painting is also an evening scene and if you look closely you can see the deli is not only filled with stuff, but also with people.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Deli
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
12" x 13.8", 30,6 x 35 cm
2008
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The Cook

Since I like to paint big modern cities, people advice me to go to Japan all the time. I would love to go for sure, but unfortunately a ticket to the land of the rising sun is still quite expensive. Luckily I recently linked up with www.photopassjapan.com, a great site for everybody interested in Japan. They were kind enough to lend me some pictures which I found really inspiring for my paintings. The first painting in this new series of paintings is 'The Cook', I hope you enjoy it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Cook
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
9.9" x 8.7", 25,2 x 22 cm
2008
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Saint Elsewhere

I don't recall the reason why, but I had to go downtown recently to get something. Probably some artist materials I guess. I decided to take the city bus, you know for inspiration. I'm glad I did, because I spotted this young lady staring out of the window into Saint Elsewhere. I'm wondering what she was thinking about and I would love to hear your thoughts about it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Saint Elsewhere
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 5.9", 17 x 15 cm
2008
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Featured Artist - Paul Leasure

A lot of times people ask me what kind of art I like. There are too many artists to mention, but I thought it would be a great idea to feature one of those inspiring artists from time to time in my featured artist post. I start of with Santa Barbara's own landscape and seascape artist Paul Leasure.

Originally from Ohio Paul pursued a carreer in in electronics engineering and painting at an early age. He later moved to Santa Barbara where most of his commissions came from and became well known in the area for his wall art, landscapes and seascapes. 'You should feel the mist of salt air lingering amid the vigor of a crashing wave. When I paint, the goal is to capture mood and movement,' Leasure says about his paintings which can be massive in size. One of his works of wall art was on a single canvas measuring over 17 ft. x 10 ft. or 510 cm x 300 cm.

The paintings show nature in all its forms. They're always painted in a photorealism style and show the artist skills in color. That is an achievement in itself, but even more so when you know Paul is colorblind from birth. By learning the spectral reflectance values of each of his paints, he renders his colors accurately by employing science. This all leads to beautiful paintings of landscapes and seascapes as you can see for yourself here

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Offshore Breeze, a painting by Paul Leasure

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The Book-Store

To me bookstores are always something special and I love to hang around in one whenever I can. Although there are a lot of crappy books for sale, it still is the place I go to find something inspiring or stimulating. I think it's no different for the woman on my painting.

If you would like to have this blog painting just click on the link beneath the painting to place your bid. The auction only lasts for 10 days and you can expect the painting within a week to 10 days after the auction ends. You will receive the painting safely packaged and ready to frame or simply displayed on a small easel. Please be reminded that the colors may slightly vary due to a digitalcamera's results and depending on your monitor. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Bookstore
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 5.9", 17 x 15 cm
2008
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The Shoe-Shine Boy

A business man is letting his shoes shine by another man in New York City. I heard that shoe-shiners don't feel that way, but I always find this situation somewhat degrading. I mean it looks like the business man is sitting on his throne looking down upon his servant. Well, it's just a difference in social status I guess, but the shoe-shiner probably has the most honest job of the two!

If you would like to have this blog painting just click on the link beneath the painting to place your bid. The auction only lasts for 10 days and you can expect the painting within a week to 10 days after the auction ends. You will receive the painting safely packaged and ready to frame or simply displayed on a small easel. Please be reminded that the colors may slightly vary due to a digitalcamera's results and depending on your monitor. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Shoe-Shine Boy
G.Boersma
acrylics on masonite
13.8" x 12", 35 x 30,6 cm
2008

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The Escalator

I’m not a huge fan of shopping but whenever I have to go to a mall I always have a great time just watching people. Just recently I saw this woman taking the escalator. Through the odd perspective we cannot see where she’s going or if she knows the woman in the upperleft corner. Maybe she does and there’s a crowd cheering for them downstairs, who knows!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Escalator
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7” x 5.9”, 17 x 15 cm
2008

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The Sale

It's that time of year again when every clothing store is getting rid of their old collection to make way for the new one. The store on my painting is having a heavy sale with discounts of 70% on the entire store. The whole place is almost empty with the exception of a lady looking for gold between the leftovers.

If you would like to have this blog painting just click on the link beneath the painting to place your bid. The auction only lasts for 10 days and you can expect the painting within a week to 10 days after the auction ends. You will receive the painting safely packaged and ready to frame or simply displayed on a small easel. Please be reminded that the colors may slightly vary due to a digitalcamera's results and depending on your monitor. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Sale
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
9.9" x 8.7", 25,2 x 22 cm
2008

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The Book

As you might have noticed I started to paint on slightly larger scale as well, 30,6 x 35 cm or 13.8" x 12". I really love this size, because it allows me to paint just a little more detail. Todays painting is on this new size and shows a woman reading while riding the subway of New York. She's completely taken by her book and doesn't seem to notice her surroundings at all. It makes you wonder what the book is about and what wonderful story unfolds in her mind.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Book
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
13.8" x 12", 30,6 x 35 cm
2008

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The Sabrett

I’m not a big fan of fast food, but when I visited New York I just had to try a hot dog. People told me the best hot dogs in town where the ones from Sabrett. So I bought one on Wallstreet. While enjoying my hot dog I thought it would be a great motif for a painting. I finally painted it and I must say I enjoyed it better than my hot dog!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Sabrett
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7” x 5.9”, 17 x 15 cm
2007

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The Conversation

Best wishes and a happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a great time, I know I did. I had a splendid evening with my girlfriend and friends, but the weather wasn't working with us. It was really foggy out here, you couldn't see anything at all. I never saw fog that tight before, we had about one metre sight and we literally had to find our way back home. Well anyway, here's todays painting and the first painting of 2008. I thought it was quite appropriate with the contrast between the old and the new.

On my painting a lady is looking at an old painting in the worldfamous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, like you can read on the bag the lady is carrying. I titled this piece 'The Conversation', because I felt the man on the painting and the woman were talking to each other, despite the enormous space of time between the two of them. The young lady is looking up to the man, but you could also say she's standing on his shoulders, like we all stand on the shoulders of our forefathers.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Conversation
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
11.8" x 15.7", 30 x 40 cm
2008

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