Paintings 2011-2016

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Portrait of the Boy as a Man, 210 x 160 cm, Oil on Linen, 2016, Private Collection
The Door, the Years, 210 x 160 cm, Oil on Linen, 2013, Stephen Chambers Studio
The Gangs of New York
Eight panel paintings made in 2014 in a studio in Brooklyn, on the East River, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. They were made as a way of familiarising myself with the city, and its development; a pointed, historical look at the quintessential metropolis. Each gang had its own ‘tribe’; country of origin, modus operandi, code of conduct. Each dominated specific areas within the city. The paintings were made in response to the ‘cleansing’ of the city since my first visit in the mid 1980s, when alertness was required, and a rawness to the fore. Exhibited at the 57th Venice Biennale, 2017. They were conceived of, and sold, as a set. (SC)
The Gangs of New York 2014
The Gangs of New York, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: Dead Rabbits, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: The Whyos, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: Five Points Gang, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: The Daybreak Boys, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: Forty Thieves, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: Eastman Gang, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
The Gangs of New York: Bowery Boys, 39 x 48 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
12 Flemish Proverbs
I have on several occasions made paintings, or groups of paintings, as a way of looking at other artists’ work that has significant importance to me. 12 Flemish Proverbs are consequently such a ‘conversation’. Based on 12 paintings by Brueghel, in Antwerp. The set were conceived of as one work, and sold as a group. They were exhibited in 2014 at the Pera Museum, İstanbul. (SC)
12 Flemish Proverbs 2014
Wall, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Crygel ben ick en van sinnen stuer dus loop ick met den hoofed tegen den muer
(I am irascible and of sullen humour in consequence I run and knock my head against a wall)
Piss, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Wat ick vervolghe en geraecke daer niet aen ick pisse altyt tegen de maen
(No matter what I pursue I never reach it I always piss against the moon)
Pigs/Roses, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Die lust heft te doen verlore wercken die stroyt die rosen voor de vercken
(He who feels impelled to engage in useless work strews the ground with roses before pigs)
Hole, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Die lust heft te doen verlore wercken die stroyt die rosen voor de vercken
(He who feels impelled to engage in useless work strews the ground with roses before pigs)
Fire/Water, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
In deen hant draghe vier in dander waeter met clappaers en clappeyen houd ick den snaeter
(In one hand I carry fire, in the other I carry water with chatterboxes and gossips I keep my mouth shut)
Fat Man, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Int slampampenen mocht my niemant verraschen al quyt, sit ick tusschen twee stoelen in dasschen
(In the old days no one could surpass me in gluttony. Having lost everything, I am left sitting between two stools in the ashes)
Fan, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Myns naesten welderen myn herte pynt ick en mach niet lyden dat de sonne int waeter schynt
(My neighbour’s luxury pierces my heart I cannot endure the sun shining in the water)
Drunk, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Ontydich tuysschen en droncken drincken maeckt arm misacht den name doet stinken
(To play dice at the wrong time, to keep on drinking when he is drunk, impoverishes, dishonors a man’s name and makes him stink)
Cat/Bell, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
‘t Harnasch maeckt my een stouten haen ick hanghe de kat de belle aen
(With a breast plate I am an intrepid cock I put the bell on the cat)
Blue Cape, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
Ick stoppe my onder een blau huycke meer worde ick bekent hoe ick meer duycke
(I hide myself under a blue cape the more I disguise myself the more readily I am recognized)
Net/Boat, 39 x 49 cm, Oil on Panel, 2014, Private Collection
My compt het mager, den andere het vet ick vische altyt achter het net
(I get the lean, the other the fat I always fish behind the net)
The Four Seasons
A group of four paintings made to commission. The brief was The Four Seasons, the interpretation left to me. Located in Long Island, New York. (SC)
Season Paintings 2012
Spring, 90 x 100 cm, Oil on Linen, 2012, Private Collection
Summer, 90 x 100 cm, Oil on Linen, 2012, Private Collection
Autumn, 90 x 100 cm, Oil on Linen, 2012, Private Collection
Winter, 90 x 100 cm, Oil on Linen, 2012, Private Collection
Her Kisses, 40 x 35 cm, Oil on Linen, 2011, Private Collection
Portrait of JD, 40 x 35 cm, Oil on Linen, 2013, Private Collection
Portrait of SW, 40 x 35 cm, Oil on Linen, 2012, Private Collection