Wednesday, 21 February 2007

The Malayan Tapir



30x40 cm
Oil on Canvaspanel

Another Work in Progress (WIP)





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10 comments:

René PleinAir said...

Now i get it, you're stealing the museum!! :-D

Lovely Stefan, have you ever seen work from the Dutch artist Rien Poortvliet? He used light Ocker for his first sketches, I think it keeps more light in the painting.
Have a look:
(it's a little strange site)

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/r/imagenetion-rien-poortvliet.html

21 February 2007 at 22:40:00 WET
William K. Moore said...

Stephen great to stop your way again and be dazzled by the tapir work. You bring an edge to your subject matter which makes for a very interesting or mesmeric effect. Is it the highlight on the glass or the rendering of the animal - perhaps the case... hmmm

22 February 2007 at 18:18:00 WET
william wray said...

Home run on this one. I love it. When they have impact this simple, you know you have something going. Bravo. One day this will auction for big bucks.

23 February 2007 at 03:27:00 WET
Stefan Nuetzel said...

Hi René, I know Rien Poortvliet and I always wondered whether he used photos a lot. With living animals you have to, but here it is wonderful to paint on site and they don´t move. ;-)

And what do you mean by stealing the museum?

23 February 2007 at 07:10:00 WET
Stefan Nuetzel said...

William K. thanks! It is interesting to read the reactions to the paintings and I don´t know what gives one a bigger impact, but this one felt so good during painting. In the best moments one becomes pure visual instinct and then, it is good.

23 February 2007 at 07:15:00 WET
Stefan Nuetzel said...

Thanks William, I think you are right by the simplicity and this is the hardest thing to achieve. And believe it or not. I traded this one for a car. Isn´t that something?

23 February 2007 at 07:19:00 WET
René PleinAir said...

And what do you mean by stealing the museum?

I mend that you run off with the real object and put the painting in the showcase. ;-) I bet no one will notice it until they take it out for cleaning, .... it's soo lifelike.

Rien Poortvliet said he had a photographic memory, he could paint an elephant on a glass plate just by imagination.

23 February 2007 at 16:42:00 WET
Jennifer McChristian said...

This is quite fetching Stefan!
Nice subtle indication of the reflected glass.
Love the looseness and solidity of this painting as well as the rich, buttery strokes and warm palette.

25 February 2007 at 05:33:00 WET
Stefan Nuetzel said...

Okay René, now I have got it. You are right with that Realism, which I didn´t intend. But judging from the photos it looks so real. The painting has more visible brushstrokes.

What you said about Poortvliet is amazing, cause I always wondered how he had painted these pictures. They are so lifelike.

26 February 2007 at 20:41:00 WET
Stefan Nuetzel said...

Thanks Jennifer, this was one of the painings that painted itself and it was fun doing it.

26 February 2007 at 20:43:00 WET

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