Martijn Caspar Swart: 5/3/09

natural urbanity: morning bell

acrylic on canvas

2009

with shoes dripping

acrylic on canvas board

Jarrod's Gallery
2009

grandfather wolf tells a tale...

acrylic on board

2009

pteradactyls!

acrylic on corkboard fresco
mixed medias
2009

the sea

acrylic on corkboard fresco
mixed medias

(on hold)
2009

courtyard of the lions

acrylic on canvas

Alison Sweeney Gallery
2008

raskolnikov

acrylic on fabric

Brian Derham Gallery
2008

acrylic on canvas
mix media

2007

DUTCH COLORINGS AND PHILOSOPHIES

From a young age i have discovered myself in the creative spirit of art. beginning of course, with scribbling (not to discredit by any means: this is the root of all art), the scribbling led to shape and body, and as a youngster i was amused by cartoons, and evolved to sketching the environment and building a personal style. soon i left the material world and subjects and with my notations traveled into my psyche where i pursued my own devices. i never came back entirely, but when i began to feel the need for more expansion i tried color; first pastels (oil pastels became a favorite medium) and then the vast and complex world of paints. i have essentially taught myself everything that i know of art by observation and appreciation. and i have not found an end...

the door to roerich

natural urbanity: morning bell

with shoes dripping

da vinci's bridge

H.G. were right

grandfather wolf tells a tale...

pteradactyls!

... sea creature...

the sea

untitled too

courtyard of the lions

raskolnikov