Children in general and at Playa de Levante
Children love to play on the beach and this subject rejuvenates the painter. Good quality oilpaint: Rowney, Scheveningen, Blockx and Sennelier.
dated 1967 until 2016
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Julie
2016Julie is the grandchild of friends in our village. I painted of her sister who has blue eyes? But Julie insisted 'et MOI' What color are your eyes? I asked and she said 'brown.' But I saw green spots in them, but Julie was stubborn and kept taking glances every now and then to verify if I really used brown .... finally she said with a deep sigh 'I think it right.'
Children on the beach
2015How to build a sandcastle.
Asian woman
2015With a child on her lap.
Lina
2013Portrait of Lina, five years old.
Bedouin nomads
2012Bedouin child with his mother in Egypt.
Market place in Egypt
2012Girl with a baby-goat.
Benidorm
2012Looking at the light of the waves.
Playa de Levante 10
2004She grabs a handful of sand.
Playa de Levante 9
2004Inflatable boat.
Playa de Levante 1
1997Four children on a beach.
A pair of baskets
1988The baskets of Neill.
The bride
1968At last a very much awaited wedding made an end to uncertainty and gave this story a happy end.
Pregnancy
1968In a series of 8 oilpaintings of the pregnant Lucienne Etienne I portrayed a young Haitian girl, who - after months of uncertainty following the refusal of her father to receive her back home - was lucky to meet again the young man who wanted to marry her, but needed time before they could get married and travel to Africa. She therefore left us and our home, where she had been an 'au-pair' for my son.
Long wait
1967Young haitian woman with red scarf.
The letter
1968Lucienne receives a letter from her father writing to her that the family and himself repudiate her and she will never be received again back home in her Haitian family.
Solitude
1969And a time of waiting without any hope of a positive answer.