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Corne_Akkers
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ArtistCorné Akkers
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Typeimage
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Dimensions29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm
Back to Realism This graphite pencil drawing ‘Family – 25-01-22 (sold)’ is a commissioned piece, just as the last commission ‘Opa – 14-04-21 (sold)’. As said...
Back to Realism This graphite pencil drawing ‘Family – 25-01-22 (sold)’ is a commissioned piece, just as the last commission ‘Opa – 14-04-21 (sold)’. As said before I hardly take portrait commissions these days. That is because I have so many ideas to be put on paper and wood panel. However, drawing in a realistic style can be fun too, once per year for example. It feels like a reset to realism. I wanted to check again what may come when I put my mind to it. After all, my deviations in the abyss of artistic search are widespread. They took me from cubism, the surreal, expressionism and back. Well, a realistic art work once in a while can do no harm. What is Realism What is realism anyway? I challenge my students often to think about it. Is a real object dictating realism, only to be caught by the beholder? Or might it be so that realism is what you want it to be? Often I have the feeling it is the latter because I have made so many realistic works and they all are