News- Two shows in Amsterdam

Slow Traffic
Slow Traffic on view at Gallery Rudolfv, Amsterdam

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
20" x 20" or 51 x 51 cm
2009

SOLD

Galerie Rudolfv- Fin

I'm sorry to say that after 15 years Gallery Rudolfv in Amsterdam is closing its doors.

I'm proud to have a piece in their final show together with all the artists they've shown over the years. Over 250 artists participate!

The show opens this saturday at 17.00h and runs till january 12.

Galerie Rudolfv
Kerkstraat 427, Amsterdam
www.rudolfv.com

Music
Music and other paintings on view at ABC Treehouse, Amsterdam

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
35 1/2" x 27 2/3" or 90,3 x 70 cm
2012

ABC Treehouse

While in Amsterdam make sure to visit my other show there at the ABC Treehouse as well. The treehouse is part of bookstore American Book Center and I'm showing paintings of readers and books. This solo show runs till february 1.

kind regards, Gerard

ABC Treehouse
Voetboogsteeg 11, Amsterdam
www.abc.nl

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CL037- Still Life Painting Of Shoe Christian Louboutin

CL037
still life painting of Christian Louboutin high heel

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 2.8" or 15 x 7 cm
2012
SOLD

This is the last still life painting of a shoe for now. Starting tomorrow I'm going to concentrate on my other beloved subjects.

Later today I'm going to Joure to decorate my solo show at Museum Joure. I'm not sure yet which paintings to bring, but it's going to be a lot. I'm excited about showing my work at this wonderful museum and cannot wait to get started! The show runs from feb. 11 - april 15. I'll keep you posted!

kind regards, Gerard

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Icons and Common Man- Groupshow Gallery Roos Van Tudor

The Crime
Still Life Painting of Crime Books
including National Tax Guide

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
20 x 20" or 50 x 50 cm
2011
SOLD

I got caught up creating a larger scaled painting which I really want to finish! I only need a couple of days more and I'm going to concentrate on that for the time being.

Besides the larger scaled painting I'm also preparing for a groupshow called Icons and Common Man from april 23 - june 5 at Gallery Roos Van Tudor in Leeuwarden.

My portrait of Geert Wilders with Muslims will be shown to the public for the first time. Crime, a protest painting I made against the new tax law for the arts will also be shown there for the first time. The show opens this saturday at 16.00h. I hope to greet you as my guest!

kind regards, Gerard

Jubileum Expositie Jopie Huisman

Museum De Andere Kant just before the crowd arrived

I wanted to post something about the opening of my show with my great-uncle Jopie Huisman yesterday, but I needed a whole day to recover. What a day it has been! So many people showed up! I don't have any exact numbers, but I've been told that over 500 people attended the openings ceremony!



Opening speech by cousin Joop and son Jacob

It all started at the Jopie Huisman Museum where cousin Joop and son Jacob made their opening speech. Those guys are something else. They never organized a show before, let alone one of this size and magnitude, but they did it anyway. And how!

They talked about their trips cross country meeting all the people who owned one or more works by Jopie. Without those proud owners the show would have been impossible! Jacob and Joop collected over 150 works by my great-uncle, most of these paintings and drawings were never shown to the public before.



Former Provincial Governor of Friesland Ed Nijpels,
Jopie's first wife Elly and me painting

After the speeches the whole crowd had to move across the street to hear Ed Nijpels speak. Together with Jopie's first wife Elly and me we painted a black and white version of the selfportrait of Jopie as an original way to open the show.



Ed Nijpels declares the show open for all



My showroom upstairs

Of course you could find me upstairs in my own showroom. I enjoyed talking to everybody and I got loads of positive responses. Some of the people I talked to turned out to be distant relatives whom I never had the pleasure of meeting before. I heard so many stories about Jopie as well that my head is still spinning!



Needless to say I had a wonderful time and I would like to thank Jacob and Joop again for inviting me to show and everybody else who made this show possible! I'm going to take things easy today and slowly getting back to painting. In the near future I will be painting at the show, dates are to be announced!

kind regards, Gerard

Jubileum Expositie Jopie Huisman
Museum De Andere Kant
april 10 - nov 6
It Noard 5
Workum

The Meeting- Selfportrait with Selfportrait Jopie Huisman

The Meeting
Selfportrait with Selfportrait Jopie Huisman

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
23.6" x 23.6" or 60 x 60 cm
2011
Sold

Yes, yes I know! I wouldn't post any larger scaled paintings here, but I wanted to make an exception for The Meeting!

The painting is a center piece for the show with my late great-uncle Jopie Huisman which opens tomorrow at 14.00h. The painting is very dear to me as it shows me enjoying the famous selfportrait by Jopie in his own museum, so you could say it's a selfportrait within a selportrait. More background info on this piece can be found on my other blog.

Today I went to the museum once more for the final details. We're all set for the big day tomorrow! It's going to be huge. I heard they even close the road in front of the museum for all trafic, they expect that many people. I sure hope they all show up!

Ed Nijpels, former Provincial Governor of Friesland for Queen Beatrix, opens the show tomorrow by finishing a black and white version of the selfportrait by Jopie I made especially for the occasion. I'm going to assist him. At least that's the plan, I don't think he even knows about that one yet:) I'm sure it's going to be lots of fun!

Well, I'm going to get a good night sleep, so I'm fully charged up for tomorrow. I sure hope to see you there and otherwise I'm going to tell you all about it right here on my blog!

kind regards, Gerard

PS I'm sooo sorry if you got my shoe paintings again, I mixed up things! It should be okay now!

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