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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen you walk on the path that leads over the dunes, you can look down at
\nthe beach. And the sea. And the wooden wave breakers.
\nAs a child, I played on this beach and the wave breakers are also very typical
\nfor this part of the Netherlands (Zeeland)<\/p>\n
The above image is a photo.
\nYou saw that, didn’t you?<\/p>\n
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But what do you think this next picture is?<\/p>\n
It is a painting!!!<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n Yes, seriously… this is a painting of the rocks between the wave breakers! Another painting:<\/p>\n Johnny Beerens: “Layer upon layer I build my paintings. I put on the paint This artist works on BIG canvases and self-made paper (see the sizes !) but I This is a water tower in Oostburg, Zeeland and Johnny painted the crack ..<\/p>\n He worked ..<\/p>\n ..<\/p>\n ..<\/p>\n ..<\/p>\n And here One drop ..<\/p>\n And how did I get the idea to show you all this? BUT<\/p>\n I had the dates all wrong.<\/p>\n Ouch!<\/p>\n I thought I had until July to go to his exhibition, but it ends this weekend.<\/p>\n My aunt send me a postcard of his work last week – she and my uncle had I had quite a hard time choosing which paintings I should show here, it is all This is how his website looks like and if you click on the little images on the Go visit Johnny Beerens<\/a>!<\/p>\n Je t’embrasse!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n(ZEEUWS LICHT II * 2002 * 244 x 167 cm)<\/pre>\n
\nIt is made by an artist from Zeeland – Johnny Beerens – and this image doesn’t
\nshow how special his art work is… he uses all kinds of materials to get this
\neffect and when you look at his work\u00a0in real life you almost can’t believe what
\nyou see!!! His art really is breathtaking!!!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n(TERRA DI SENNA * 2003-2004 * 242 x 142 cm)<\/pre>\n
\nand scrape and sand the paint away again. I mix different materials such
\nas sand, crushed glass, marble powder, shells and grit into the paint.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\ncan show you even bigger work of him!
\nLook at this…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nLEVENSBRON (\"life source\") * Oostburg * 1995* Height tower 55 meter<\/pre>\n
\nand the waterdrops, as if the tower leaks…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\non this while
\nstanding
\nhigh above
\nthe ground
\non a scaffold
\nthat hangs
\nfrom steel
\ncables<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nyou see
\nhe paints
\nreflections
\nin the
\nwater drops.<\/p>\n
\ndepicts
\nthe artist
\nhimself!<\/p>\n
\nWell, Johnny Beerens had a exhibition in recent months in Zeeland, where
\nmy parents still live, and I was determined to visit them AND the exhibition.
\nI visited an exhibition of this artist a few years ago and I was speechless…
\nand I did want to go look at his work again because the images on postcards
\nand websites never show the marvelous dimension he puts in his work<\/p>\n
\nspend an afternoon at the exhibition – and now that I can’t go myself I thought
\nof giving this artist some attention on my weblog!<\/p>\n
\nbreathtaking (I know, I know, I’m sentimental because his paintings show the
\nlandscape of my youth, but still….. it IS marvelous!)
\nI leave you with the link to his website and I do recommend you hop over
\nthere and take a look! His website is in Dutch only, but for you English-
\nspeaking friends: I translated some of the titles so you should be able to find
\nyour way to his galleries.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nleft, you will be linked to the gallery.
\nSo what are you waiting for?<\/p>\nI am gathering advice and wisdom from all over the world – to add in a mini
\nalbum I’m creating for my son to give to him as he graduates highschool \u00e1nd
\nturns 18. What would you say to him? What advice would you give to a young
\nadult, stepping into a new life phase? All quotes, suggestions, advice, poems
\nand so on are welcome! Read more about it in this post<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n