A different stroke 2

Oblong paintings, as a set or on there own.
I love the lace effect, it makes a statement.
Oil on canvas.

Cup with tulip

A single cup on a laced table.
Oil on canvas.

Some different strokes

A painting, more abstract in its contents.
Sometimes trying something different & fresh renews our painting skills.

Leave you with the following quote:

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold
- Euripides

Cups in the windowsill

Cups in a row on the windowsill.
Oil on canvas.

Protea collection

I recently received a few orders for proteas.
Here are some of the paintings.
Enjoy.

Pears & blue bowl

An old time favorite, still life.
I often try to paint quick small oil paintings to loosen my hand.

Oil on board.

Leave you with a quote:

We are what we repeatadly do.
Exellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
- ARTSTOTLE

Yellow tulips

A comission for a client. He likes fresh bright colours and always gives me material ( images ) to work from.This is a country cottage scene.
Here in the Pretoria a icy wind is blowing, we are all enjoying indoors and a cup o coffee, hope your weather is not so icy.

Oil on canvas.

pienk roses

Oil on canvas.
20 x 30 cm.

SOLD

Comission- Marie

This little paintings are for a special client.
To all my blogger friends, enjoy your weekend. This weekend is one of those weekend were I have no exibition, so wonderfull to know I have the whole weekend to myself..

Poppy fields

Landscapes, i do not often paint landscapes, but now and again try my hand on one.
These two, one morning and one evening was a lovely challenge.

Oil on stretched canvas.

White crockery paintings

All in white. I love crockery all in white. These look lovely on small easels.
Oil on board.

a bowl of pomagranetes

A bowl of pomagranetes on a wooden table.
Oil on board, framed in old vintage frame.

Fresh organic vegatables

A challenge from 'Different strokes from different folks'.
Loved the colours in this painting.

Oil on board.

Top 200 artists since 1900 - Interesting fact

Received this interesting news from Saatchi online.
I,ve only listed 50.
See the rest and the article @ The times.

June 8, 2009

The Times Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century to Now

Sixteen weeks after we invited you to have your say, the votes are in — all 1.4 million of them. Here, we reveal the results of our poll, in conjunction with the Saatchi, to discover who you think are the greatest artists working since 1900

		Votes
1	Pablo Picasso		21587
2	Paul Cezanne		21098
3	Gustav Klimt		20823
4	Claude Monet		20684
5	Marcel Duchamp		20647
6	Henri Matisse		17096
7	Jackson Pollock		17051
8	Andy Warhol		17047
9	Willem De Kooning		17042
10	Piet Mondrian		17028
11	Paul Gauguin		17027
12	Francis Bacon		17018
13	Robert Rauschenberg		16956
14	Georges Braque		16788
15	Wassily Kandinsky		16055
16	Constantin Brancusi		14224
17	Kasimir Malevich		13609
18	Jasper Johns		12988
19	Frida Kahlo		12940
20	Martin Kippenberger		12784
21	Paul Klee		12750
22	Egon Schiele		12696
23	Donald Judd		12613
24	Bruce Nauman		12517
25	Alberto Giacometti		12098
26	Salvador Dalí		11496
27	Auguste Rodin		8989
28	Mark Rothko		8951
29	Edward Hopper		8918
30	Lucian Freud		8897
31	Richard Serra		8858
32	Rene Magritte		8837
33	David Hockney		8787
34	Philip Guston		8786
35	Henri Cartier-Bresson		8779
36	Pierre Bonnard		8778
37	Jean-Michel Basquiat		8746
38	Max Ernst		8737
39	Diane Arbus		8733
40	Georgia O'Keeffe		8714
41	Cy Twombly		8708
42	Max Beckmann		8690
43	Barnett Newman		8643
44	Giorgio De Chirico		8462
45	Roy Lichtenstein		7441
46	Edvard Munch		5080
47	Pierre Auguste Renoir		5063
48	Man Ray		5050
49	Henry Moore		5045
50	Cindy Sherman		5041

Primula collection

3 Small paintings of primulas. As a set or individual on a easel.


I always loved beatix Potter books, I am an abbot collector.
Here a little winters letter..
More letters to children from Miss Potter can be found in the lovely tome "Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter" by Judy Taylor

My dear June,

What a nice letter you wrote to me and Tuppenny! He thinks you must be a big grown up girl to write letters like that! His hair is very long, he has grown his winter coat, but I cannot draw it properly with ink because the long hairs are all white. He is very fat and well and twitters when he sees me coming, with a dish of bread and milk and an apple. He has not been out of doors for more than a few days this summer, because the weather has been chilly and wet. The turkeys and chickens do not like it at all. They have all had colds, coughing and sneezing and ruffling up their feathers...
Tuppenny and I send you lots of xxx
yr aff. friend
Beatrix Potter

A collection of terracotta pots

A range of terracotta containers, framed in old vintage frames.

Pumpkins & omions - Oom Koos

A oil on canvas painting. Size: 800 x 1000 mm.
The colours in this painting are my favorites, they always ensure a visual statement.

Leave you wiyh this quote, should'nt will all be pausing a little this winter..

“Learn to pause ... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.”

Doug King quote

Bold & blue

A painting I painted recently for a client. Love the colours & bold statement it alows.

Oil on canvas.
Size: 800 x 1000 cm.

Winter

Those winter days are here in South Africa. Through this window a look outside at those striped trees.Leave you with this quote..


Of winter's lifeless world each tree
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer's secret
Deep down within its heart.
~Charles G. Stater


Oil on board.
Framed with old vintage frame.

New York, New York

New york, new york

Start spreading the news, Im leaving today
I want to be a part of it - new york, new york
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it - new york, new york

I wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleep
And find Im king of the hill - top of the heap

These little town blues, are melting away
Ill make a brand new start of it - in old new york
If I can make it there, Ill make it anywhere
Its up to you - new york, new york

New york, new york
I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find Im a number one top of the list, king of the hill
A number one

These little town blues, are melting away
Im gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new york
And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere

It up to you - new york new york

New york


You know that song, New York New York - by Frank Sinarta.
Well this is a painting of New York, always wanted to see that buzz, yellow cabs and all.

Oil on board.

Classes

A year ago I started giving art classes. My students mainly learn to paint in oils.
Last night we loosened our hand by playing around with charcoal and pastels.

The human figure is sometimes a challenge to some artists.
If you live in Pretoria, you are welcome to join us.
Mail me @
burgerdt1@telkomsa.net

Cherries & white bowls

Cherries in white bowls.
Oil on board, framed in old vintage frame.
SOLD

Blooms in a glass bottle

'Renonkels' in a glass bottle.
Oil on stretched canvas.
A little painting for a emrty easle.

Size: 22 X 18 cm

SOLD

A set of proteas

A set of 3 proteas.
Oil on stretched canvas.
Sixe : 22 x 18 cm

SOLD

Persimmon in destressed strainer

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This bold coloured fruit is every painters dream colours.
Loved to paint it.

Framed in old vintage Oregan frame.
Oil on board.
Size : 48 x 38 cm