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Studies - Marije van Wieringen
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I often work 'after nature', for three reasons: first of all it teaches me what a subject really looks like. Secondly, it is a way to practise what is called 'hand - eye co-ordination'. It's like a violinist practising scales. And thirdly, it's a way of getting new ideas. Pencil on paper. Study for 'uprooted' executed on perspex. Pencil/paper. Study for 'trumpet tree' on perspex. Study for 'life cycle' 1. Study for 'life cycle' 2. Cows at Kootwijk, the netherlands.
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Portraits - Marije van Wieringen
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Man of Reason (Portrait of A.G. Wempe). Oil and pastel on panel, Private collection. 40 x 40cm (WxH). Man of Reason, detail. Oil and pastel on panel. 38 x 31cm (WxH). 30 x 22cm (WxH). Portrait Joop van den Ende. Tryptich, oil and pastel on canvas. 150 x 60cm (WxH). Portrait Joop van den Ende, detail. Portrait Joop van den Ende, detail.
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Becoming - Marije van Wieringen
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As part of my studies at the Marcus Aurelius School for Stoic Philosophy, I made a series of three paintings about human moral development, starting with a baby (Tabula Rasa or blank sheet), then a man (Prokopton or Stoic student), and the third one is Sophos, the sage. This last one is something that most Stoics hold to be an unattainable ideal of perfection, but worth striving for anyway. Link to the Marcus Aurelius School: collegeofstoicphilosophers.org. 29 x 39cm (WxH). Becoming - Prokoptón (detail).
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Invictrix - Marije van Wieringen
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Invictus' by William Ernest Henley:. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. Invictrix 2, detail. 40 x 60cm (WxH). 40 x 60cm (WxH).
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Studio Shots - Marije van Wieringen
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Here you can see what I'm working on right now; here you will find sketches, unfinished paintings, experiments. A corner of my studio, with some finished and unfinished work. Enlargements, waiting to be put on canvas. Hiroshima, underpainting large format. Underpainting, june 5. 70 x 100cm (WxH). Hiroshima, underpainting large format. For background info on this project please scroll down. The crows of sorrow 1 and 2. For background info on this project please scroll down. The crows of sorrow 2. Study fo...
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Nature - Marije van Wieringen
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Everything is right for me, which is right for you, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which comes in due time for you. Everything is fruit to me which your seasons bring, O Nature. From you are all things, in you are all things, to you all things return. Marcus Aurelius. Nascentes morimur finisque, finisque ab origine pendet - From the moment of birth, we begin to die and the end depends on the beginning. oil on panel; photo: Piet Gispen Photography. 18 x 24cm (WxH). 70 x 100cm (WxH).
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Exhibitions, publications and other news - Marije van Wieringen
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Current and coming exhibitions. Spring 2016: Museum Mohlmann - more info will follow. Spring 2016: Stam Gallery, Amsterdam - more info will follow. 24 May 2015: 'Clay' at Stam Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (group exhibition) - some of my work is still on show at the gallery (November 2015). 5 september 2015 - nov. 2015: 'Broken Beauty' (Geschonden Schoonheid), Galerie Lijn 3, Geersdijk, the Netherlands. 21 Feb till 16th March 2015 Solo exhibition, Wackers Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. De vee...
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Work on paper - Marije van Wieringen
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Coloured etching on paper, one item only (no further prints made). 15 x 15cm (WxH). No greater beginning. (detail). Pencil on paper. Private collection. 40 x 40cm (WxH). Summer Elm, detail.
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Brain Storms - Marije van Wieringen
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Technique: To emphasize the difference between the mind and its thoughts, these works are a mixture: what is real is painted with oil over acrylic on panel or canvas, and the person's thoughts are drawn with permanent markers on transparent acrylic glass, mounted in front of the paintings. The crows of sorrow 2. The crows of sorrow 1. The crows of sorrow 2 (detail). The crows of sorrow 2 (detail). Brain Storms, tryptich.
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Landscapes of War - Marije van Wieringen
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We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? Deeds that would be punished by loss of life when committed in secret, are praised by us because uniformed generals have carried them out.` Seneca, Epistles. Rotterdam, World War 2. 15 x 15cm (WxH). Arnhem, The Netherlands.