Art Chicago

Swing
Painting featured in Art Chicago Cataloque

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
17.3" x 15.6" or 44 x 39,5 cm
2010
SOLD

Art Chicago

Besides the LA Art Show in Los Angeles in january this year and the AAF London in march my paintings can also be seen from april 30 - may 3 at Art Chicago in Chicago at the Amstel Gallery booth.

Art Chicago is one of the leading American art fairs and annually brings together the absolute top of the art world. Only the world's leading emerging and established galleries are invited, of course my gallery Amstel Gallery cannot be absent!

Art Chicago offers curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters. Amstel Gallery presents works from my ongoing series of paintings of art within art or people admiring art and a large number of small works.

Other artists Amstel Gallery shows include Carole Feuerman, Jean Wells, Andy Moses, Daniel Maltzman, Ronald Ceuppens, Klaas Verscheure, Koen Vanmechelen, Casper Faassen, Ans Markus, George Heidweiler, Patria Steur and Mel Bagshaw . Especially for the art fair Art Chicago publishes a catalogue which features my painting Swing. You can find Amstel Gallery at booth 12-145 at Art Chicago.

kind regards, Gerard

Art Chicago
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House- Art Within Art Painting Edward Hopper In Museum Kunsthal Rotterdam

House
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
13.8" x 11.6" or 35 x 29,5 cm
2010
SOLD

On todays painting you see 2 figures looking at Italian Quarter, Gloucester by Edward Hopper from 1912 as seen in Kunsthal Rotterdam were the paintings were shown on loan from the Whitney earlier this year. I like how the painting almost looks like a window and gives you this view to another world behind the yellowish wall. As a longtime fan of Hoppers work it's just great to have him included in my ongoing series about people admiring art in museums. The painting on the left is by Hopper as well.

In other news I started to work on a large auctionhouse painting. Don't want to tell you too much about it yet, but it's situated at Christie's and shows workers taking telephone bids. The painting is 35.6" x 27.6" or 90,3 x 70 cm in size so it takes sometime to complete. If I'm not posting for a while you know why.

Art Chicago is coming up by the end of this month. As always I'm represented by Amstel Gallery, it's going to be a great show and I'm really looking forward to it! More info soon!

kind regards, Gerard

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English Literature - Realism Painting Of Bookshelf

English Literature

SOLD

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
17.3" x 15.6" or 44 x 39,5 cm
2010

Ever since I made my daily painting English Literature I've been planning on making a larger scaled version of it. The painting shows a bookshelf including books by famous authors of the past and present such as The Fourth Hand by John Irving, Ulysses by James Joyce and one by D.H. Lawrence of which we cannot see the title.

I don't know what is exactly, I cannot seem to put my finger on it, but there's a certain atmosphere in this painting I really like. To me all colors are in perfect balance to each other. Once again the lettering was quite difficult, but I feel I'm getting the hang of it now.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of Engbert Boneschansker visiting my studio. He's the advisor on creative industry policy of the local government of my hometown Leeuwarden. He was looking for advise on what policy would best stimulate the creative industry and arts in Leeuwarden. We were brainstorming for a couple of hours and came up with some really great ideas. Engbert is still talking to other figures from the field as well and busy turning all these ideas into a practical policy. I'm looking forward seeing this and it sure felt great to have my ideas heard.

kind regards, Gerard

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