Passing A Dark Alley

Passing A Dark Alley
couple passing a dark alley

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2011
SOLD

Life can be full of obstacles or even downright dark at times. But every now and then you catch a break, like the couple on the painting who are passing a dark alley without even realizing it. Or perhaps they noticed the dark spot, but experience taught them not to go there. How right they are, staying in the light is way better.

kind regards, Gerard

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Conqueror - couple looking at Nazis by Piotr Uklansky at Rubell Family Collection

Conqueror is the last painting of 2009 and the second one situated at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami. On the painting you see a couple in a warm embrace looking at The Nazis by Piotr Uklansky (1998).

The piece comprises 166 film stills and poster images culled from American and European postwar cinema, each picture showing the head and shoulders of an actor playing a Nazi. Although the piece provoked passionate and by times violent responses, fact is that its just a collection of actors portraying a Nazi in a movie. Judging by the responses it seems that people tend to believe in the reality of the representation.

I'm not sure what goes through the minds of my figures, but I do know that no matter what horror an ideology might bring it can never kill the love people have for one another. By placing my figures in a warm embrace I tried to show here that love is the true conqueror.

Conqueror and other paintings from my series about the Rubell Family Collection can be seen next week at the LA Art Show in Los Angeles from 20-24.

kind regards, Gerard



Conqueror
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
17.3" x 14.4" or 44 x 36,5 cm
2009
SOLD

Detail Conqueror

Painting those little portraits of all those Nazis took me quite some time. The portraits aren't any larger than about 1" x 1.5". I did about 10 or so a day. My painting doesn't show all the Nazis in Uklansky's work, but still shows over 100 portraits.

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Bakery - painting of couple at bakery on central station Amsterdam

On todays painting you see a couple looking for some nice treat at a bakery on central station in Amsterdam. I always love to paint those shops down at the station, the colors are usually stunning with all the glass and steel going on. Quite an unnatural environment, still the couple on my painting don't mind at all, they're just thinking about the joy of sharing something sweet together.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Bakery
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009

SOLD

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Jewelry

In the Magna Plaza in Amsterdam I saw this couple looking for some jewelry. I love the red color in the background. Usually it is a bad idea to use such a strong color in the background, but somehow it works out great here. It gives the painting a great atmosphere.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Jewelry
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2009

SOLD

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Dutch Masters

I didn't try the Kentucky Fried Chicken yesterday, but settled for some chicken shoarma instead, way better. Anyway, on todays painting you see an elderly couple studying some Dutch masters in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Besides wearing a round tummy the man is also wearing headphones for the audiotour, in case you were wondering what that thing on his head is.


kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Dutch Masters
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 6", 17 x 15 cm
2008

SOLD

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Up High

If you have been following my blog you might remember my painting called 'Nude'. On this piece a woman was looking at a painting by Felix Vallotton in the Kunsthalle in Hamburg. I promised you a little series about this relatively unknown painter and today I finally live up to that promise. The unusual panel size follows the unusual hanging of the painting, but it works quite well!

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

Up High
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
9" x 6.1", 23 x 15,5 cm
2008
SOLD

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The Soup

As promised todays painting has my usual size of 6" x 6" or 15 cm x 15 cm. We're back in the musuem again. On the painting you see a couple looking at the worldfamous Campbell soup cans by Andy Warhol. The scene is taken from a visit to the Kunsthalle in Hamburg.

kind regards, Gerard Boersma

The Soup
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6", 15 x 15 cm
2008

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The Couple

One of my favourite subjects to paint nowadays are bookstores. I think it has something to do with the atmosphere. Knowledge is everywhere, but first and foremost reading is just a fun experience. Recently I saw this couple flipping pages of the books they picked up. And although they were temporarely in another world, it was obvious they belonged together. The painting is one of the last paintings I made in my old studio. If everything goes as planned I will be painting in my new studio next week!

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The Couple
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
15,5" x 14,3", 39,5 x 36,4 cm
2008

SOLD

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