The Gathering
305 X 198 CM
oil on сanvas
oil on сanvas
PHILIPPE DE KRAAN
Dutch artist Philippe de Kraan, now based in Australia, blends realism and pointillism with touches of surrealism, creating vibrant, textured compositions that merge color, light, and emotion. Exhibited internationally and held in private collections, his work joins ROYAL GATES as a visionary expression of imagination, wonder, and poetic resonance.
Luminous Imagination
The Gathering" Part One
Oil on canvas - 198 x 305cm
This painting belongs to the realm of the unrepeatable. Its intricacy defies imitation, as though a higher will ordained it to appear once and only once.
The silence before it lasted a year. Another year was devoted to sketches, fragments on fragile paper, gathering courage. And then, the canvas: every line laid with the finest of brushes, every detail demanding devotion. What emerged is absolute singularity, a work that could never exist again.
The silence before it lasted a year. Another year was devoted to sketches, fragments on fragile paper, gathering courage. And then, the canvas: every line laid with the finest of brushes, every detail demanding devotion. What emerged is absolute singularity, a work that could never exist again.
Around about 2008 Philippe began work on a massive canvas.
Between reality and fantasy emerges a face that can barely contain itself.
Philippe de Kraan at work on a masterpiece (Credit: Philippe de Kraan Facebook page)
Completed 2012.
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10587 Berlin Charlottenburg
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