Art Bookshelf

Today I completed the large still life painting I spoke about yesterday. On the painting you see a couple of art books as seen in a local bookstore, easy recognizable are Botticelli's Birth of Venus and a selfportrait by Van Gogh. I spend the latter of last week painting it.

I didn't think it would be that hard to complete, but boy did I forget how difficult it is to get the lettering straight. It really takes a lot of concentration, especially when the books are the same, as in the upper right corner. If you wonder where I signed the painting, well take a good look at the 3 books in the center below. That's right, I signed it 3 times:)

kind regards, Gerard Boersma



Art Bookshelf
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
20.4" x 17.3" or 51,8 x 44 cm
2009
SOLD



Detail Art Bookshelf

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Botticelli - Still life of bookshelf

A lot of people ask me what kind of art i like. Well there's a lot, but on todays painting you see a portion of one of my all time favourites. The painting on the book is by Sandro Botticelli entitled The Birth of Venus. I saw this painting together with his other masterwork Primavera for the first time at the Uffizi in Florence and was completely blown away by it. I thought it was a good idea to pay hommage to such an great artist as a still life painting.

This is the last still life for now, I will be returning to my usual urban scenes of people. Due to the hollidays I'm not sure how often I will post this and next week. We'll see how that goes. In any case, happy hollidays and best wishes for 2009!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma



Botticelli
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 6" or 17 x 15 cm
2008
SOLD

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