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contemporary landscape painting

Painting a Bavarian Landscape

As a contemporary landscape painter my aim is to capture the beauty that surrounds me. Since I love painting it feels only natural to try keeping alive the great tradition of Dutch landscape painting.
From time to time I have to escape the turmoil of the city to search a quiet, secluded spot to put my easel. At the border of the big rivers, at the seaside on the beach, in the polders or in the dunes. My favorite subjects are polder landscapes, Dutch skies, riverscapes, and beaches. The most important challenge of en-plein-air painting is to grasp the essence of the moment and put it on canvas in lively brush strokes and a strong palette of tones and colors.
I never return from trips through France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain or even Ecuador without some oil sketches that I painted alla prima.

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