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
2016'What color are your eyes?' 'Brown' she said, but I saw also green spots. She kept taking glances to see I also used brown and with a deep sigh 'Now it is 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
1968An awaited wedding gave the story a happy end.
Pregnancy
1968In a series of 8 oilpaintings of the pregnant Lucienne Etienne I portrayed an Haitian girl, who - after the refusal of her father to receive her back home - was lucky to meet a young man who wanted to marry her and have more children, but after leaving for Africa. That's how she left our home, where she had been 'au-pair' for our son.
A long wait
1967Young Haitian girl with red scarf.
The letter
1968Lucienne receives a letter from her father who repudiates her and will not allow her to ever return back home to Haiti.
Solitude
1969A time of waiting without any hope.