Martijn Caspar Swart

Hello to everyone! Just put together a nice line up of my school work. As of Sept 2011 I began studying under Juliette Aristides in the Classical Atelier at Gage Academy of Fine Arts. So this is a taste of things I have produced in the past year. Please visit classicalatelierstudies.blogspot.com to see more of the technical side of my arts. Thanks and I hope you enjoy! Martijn

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...