Yellow - Woman Looking At Claude Lorrain Getty Center

We're staying in the Getty today. The woman with the yellow shirt, after which I entitled my painting, is looking at Abduction of Europe by Claude Lorrain. This painter is mostly known for his landscapes full of light. Although there sometimes a bit too composed for me, I always love to look at them, the lighting is always amazing. Lorrain could hardly count and read, but he sure could paint!

kind regards, Gerard



Yellow
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009
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Impression - woman looking at Monet

In the Getty Center in LA they have a marvelous collection of impressionist paintings. All the big names are there from Degas to Monet, where the lady on my painting is looking at. I'm not sure what the title is of this Monet, but it's the one with the cathedral bathing in light.

kind regards, Gerard



Impression
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009
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Sea - Woman looking at painting by Rothko Large

Just like yesterday I got another larger sized painting for you today. If the scene looks famliar, you're right. It's the larger sized version of my daily painting Sea which I made recently. I have made a lot of museum-scenes, but never on a larger scale. I thought the Rothko painting was a good start. Painting larger allows me to add more detail which always makes the paintings more sharper. I defenitely like that.

Tomorrow morning I have to pay my doctor a visit, nothing serious but I'm not sure if I can paint afterwards, I sure do hope so!

kind regards, Gerard



Sea
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
27.6" x 24" or 70 x 61 cm
2009

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Sea - Woman looking at painting by Rothko

I don't got enough painting time these last couple of days! It seems I got caught up with a bunch of other stuff which needed my attention badly. Much of it is not art related, but today I got interviewed by Mercurius television, a local station here in Leeuwarden. They're going to air the item next tuesday.

Anyway, today I did get some painting time, well a whole day actually. It felt great! On todays painting you see a woman looking at a painting by Rothko. I'm not fond on abstract painting at all, but his I like. You really have to see it in person to fully appreciate it. The colours are amazing! It's like a sea surrounding you on all sides. That's why I named the painting Sea. I saw the Rothko painting at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. A great museum up in the hills. You drive up to it by freeway, park your car and take a tram up the hills to the museum. The architecture is great, but the views are even more amazing. If you ever happen to be in LA, make sure you visit this museum!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma



Sea
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009
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Behind Glass - woman looking at art 6' x 6"

Todays painting shows a woman taking a good look at the art displayed in a show-case at the ceramics museum Princessehof in my hometown Leeuwarden. The shadows and refelctions were great fun to paint and make the painting come alive. I always love when that happens.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma



Behind Glass
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009
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Young Ladies - Painting of woman looking at art 9.9" x 8.7"

This morning I felt like doing another museum scene for todays painting. The young woman is looking at 'Young ladies on the beach' by Théo Rysselberghe (1862-1926) . This Belgium painter is one of the most important figures in the field of Neo-impressionism and introduced the pointillist technique of Seurat and Signac in Belgium. It was quite a challenge for me to paint an impressionist painting, the colors are completely different from what I usually use! I thought the contrast between young ladies early 20th century and a young lady from our day and age is quite interesting. The painting is situated at The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma



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

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Attention

I really have a lot of inspiration in making these paintings of people looking at art lately. On my painting you see a lady looking the other way while it looks like the young girl on the painting is trying to grab her attention. I thought it was a great motif for todays painting.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Attention
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6", 15 x 15 cm
2008
SOLD

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