study of Valentina from Life drawing Barcelona session — I wanted to push beyond the figure itself and let the colour do the talking. The bold splashes of, purple and blue aren’t just background noise, they’re part of the composition, part of her movement and presence. There’s something so freeing about letting watercolour go wild around the form.

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Vincent Van Gogh
Woman Standing
1890
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VINTAGE POSTCARD Fantasy Illustrator Woman Patella Raptor www.cpaphil.com/en/p... #VintagePostcard #FantasyPostcard #IllustratedPostcard #FantasyIllustration #VintageFantasy #ArtNouveauStyle #SurrealArt #MythicalArt #IllustratedWoman #FemaleFigure #ImaginativeArt

Zoutelande Through My Lens — Stories in Stillness

Photography is often about more than light and focus — it’s about perspective, emotion, and timing. These four images, taken with my Canon 5D Mark III and Sigma 100–400mm lens, represent a quiet but powerful narrative from last Sunday in Zoutelande.

📸 Image 1: My wife walking away between the wave breakers, avoiding the deeper water where I stood. A moment of everyday humor and love — where practicality meets poetry in motion.

📸 Image 2: A young girl standing alone on a small, sandy island surrounded by water. She gazes out toward the ocean, her solitude and wonder mirroring our own curiosity about the world beyond.

📸 Image 3: Here, lines take over the story — the towering dunes on one side, the endless sea on the other, and a wooden walkway that leads the eye straight to the horizon. Composition meets contemplation.

📸 Image 4: A solitary blue beach cabin, perfectly framed by sand and dune. It stands quiet and grounded — a symbol of stillness amidst the natural elements.

Each photo is a reminder that beauty lies in how we see things — and sometimes, in the space between what is and what could be.

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Female Figure with a Flask in her Hand
Alexandre de Riquer
(Calaf, 1856 - Palma, 1920)

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#temperaoncanvas
#alexandrederiquer

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