Pintar Rapido 2016 winners Amsterdam

Pintar Rapido 2016

 

I joined the Pintar Rapido in Amsterdam this weekend. Lots of artists from all places came to Amsterdam to make a painting in a day and exhibit their work on sunday in the Posthoornkerk in Amsterdam.

 

 

Saturdaymorning after I got my Pintar Rapido stamp on the back of my empty canvas, I took off to a coffeeshop, hoping for some nice light and a good spot in a quiet corner.

 

I found it:



This seemed like a nice composition and I did what I always wanted but never dared to do: paint in public. I took out my stuff and.... nobody cared! This is Amsterdam ofourse, nothing is weird here :)

Some interesting people came by, compositionwise, so there was enough subject to choose from.

I started painting people, they went quickly, I made it into another person, etc. I ended up practicing my skills in quick painting people.


The people in the foreground were suddenly gone, when I was nearly done. So, some details I added later from a picture I made with my phone.

 
And this is the result after 2 hours:

 

"Coffee at the Damrak"

8x8 inch

oil on canvas

 

I made it back far before closing time, next year I can do a bigger one.

 

Happy with the result, I love painting plein air like this (even though it's indoor air).

 

And the exhibition? My painting got sold straight away and I even won a 4th place prize!!!! On top of that I got to meet my favorite plein air painter Roos Schuring, who was one of the judges.

What a weekend...

 

The prizewinning paintings on stage>

 



"All tied up"

 

"All tied up"

6x6 inch (15.2x15.2 cm)

oil on gessobord
 

buy this painting here

 



This is the third painting in my ball python series- so far. This is actually my own pet, a baby coralglow pinstripe ball python. I am totally taken by these relaxed, amazingly beautiful and harmless animals. His color is actually a deep yellow color with orange and translucent pink and purple. Can you believe a snake like that??! He is still a baby, his color will change over time. I am going to try and capture these colorchanges in the future.





Hiding ball python

"Hiding"

6x6 inch

oil on gessobord

buy this painting here

 



Every ball python has a different pattern. You can see forms in them. Mostly you can see the typical alienheads, but this pastelcolored one has a little heartshape.



ball python

 

"Ball python"

6x6 inch (15.2 cm)

oil on gessobord

 

buy this painting here



stating the obvious

"Stating the obvious"

6x8 inch (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

oil on gessobord

 

buy this painting here

 

This is such a funny sign. I was running and had to wait for a traffic light and saw this. I must have seen it a million times but never noticed it- a sign to tell you you have to push the obvious, surrounded by yellow, button. The guy in the sign looks so stiff, you don't think he will make it across anyway. He is better off not to push it..
Now I see it everywhere.





Outside drinks

 

"Outside drinks"

9x12 inch (23x30.5 cm)

oil on canvas

SOLD

 

 

It's cold but no one seems to mind. Fire is burning, drinks are being replaced as soon as finished, there is laughter, everyone is having a good time. Just a friday night somewhere in The Hague.

 

It wasn't totally dark yet, but I had to redo the dark bits 3 times to make it dark enough to let the fire stand out. I should try to paint from dark to light next time, maybe start out on a dark purple background instead of my usual burned sienna one...