The Poodle Project

I am currently working on a series called The Poodle Project. I paint the poodles on canvas often using my hands and fingers, allowing for direct contact with paint and canvas. This creates a sensation as if you were running your fingers through the poodle’s coat while painting. While working with fingers does not allow for intricate details, it gives the poodles a raw and sincere expression. Despite being groomed, blow-dried, and dressed, the poodle still retains a sense of its innate nature. I see this as an attempt by humans to tame and cultivate their own wildness.

Big Poodle Portrait

• 150 x 90 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas

See me

• 50 x 65 cm. 2023
• Acrylic and embroidery (eye) on canvas

Walking the dogs

• 180 x 100 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas

Beachlife

• 100 x 160 cm. 2023
• Acrylic and oilstick on canvas

The wind

• 18 x 18 x 4 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas

Zuidpier

• 18 x 18 x 4 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas
• Sold

Poodle

• 18 x 18 x 4 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas

King Poodle

• 100 x 160 cm. 2023
• Acrylic on canvas

The rain

• 130 x 130 cm. 2023
• Acrylic and embroidery (bones) on canvas

Portait of Diesel

• 100 x 80 cm. 2018
• Watercolor on paper
• Sold

Little Poodle Portrait

• 40 x 30 cm. 2018
• Watercolor on paper
• Sold

Pink Poodle Portrait

• 21 x 15 cm. 2019
• Watercolor and charcoal on paper
• Sold

Portrait of a poodle

• 65 x 50 cm. 2018
• Watercolor on paper
• Sold

De poedel

• 32 x 48. 2020
• Watercolor on paper