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Still Lifes

Carefully constructed compositions with pottery and everyday objects — walnuts, flowers, onions, fruit and eggs, stilled in light and balance. Oil on panel.

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Walnuts

A recurring theme — from small studies to large private commissions.
Walnuts from Gronsveld Still life with walnuts in a bowl Still life with walnuts Still life with walnuts and Chinese porcelain Still life with walnuts in a glass bowl Walnuts with cheese mould Still life with walnuts on a branch Still life with walnuts and French dishes Still life with walnuts and mortar Still life with walnuts in a white bowl Study of walnuts in a white bowl Still life with young walnuts in an earthenware bowl

Flowers

Tulips, peonies and dried flowers in understated compositions.
Still life with dried hydrangea Parrot tulips Tulips from Rotterdam Still life with flowers Still life with peonies Still life with Chinese lantern flowers and Chinese porcelain Christmas rose (Helleborus) Magnolia in a Chinese ginger jar Pear blossom in a blue-and-white vase Still life with a blooming artichoke

Onions

Red and white onions, often in Maastricht pottery.
Red onions, pottery Still life with onions Onions in a green pot Still life with onions and Maastricht pottery Still life, red onion Still life with white onions Still life with onions in a light setting Still life with an onion Still life with a glass bottle and onions Still life with red onion and garlic Still life with a white onion Loose onions on a light blue background Still life with Maastricht pottery and onions

Fruit

Figs, cherries, lemons, plums and apples in warm light.
Still life with figs in a white bowl Still life with cherries from Schepers Still life with organic lemons Still life with apples and pears Still life with apricots Still life with plums Still life with pomegranates Plums from Frans Still life with star apples on a branch Still life with cooking pears Still life with figs on a cutting board Still life with an earthenware jug and plums Still life with apricots and cherries Still life with plums and Chinese porcelain Still life with plums in a light setting Still life with figs in a green jug Still life with figs in a light setting Still life with quinces and a gourd Quinces on the tree Still life with a peeled quince in Chinese porcelain Still life with greengages in a Chinese box Still life with garlic, lemon and mortar Still life with Goudreinette apples and a peeler Still life with Goudreinette apples in a white bowl Loose plums in Chinese porcelain Blue plums in a Petrus Regout bowl Still life with pottery and plums Lemons with leaves on a branch

Eggs

Quail eggs and duck eggs in glass and pottery.
Eggs in a glass bowl Still life with duck eggs Still life with quail eggs Duck egg Quail eggs in a white bowl Study of quail eggs on a green background Eggs in a blue-and-white porcelain bowl

Other

Vegetables, glassware, books and other still lifes outside the regular themes.
Still life with wine, bread and smoked mackerel Still life with white and green asparagus Still life with mortar and vegetables Still life with mortars, chestnuts and dried hydrangea Still life with chicory, leek and fennel Still life with fennel, quail eggs and limes Still life with old books (Psalm 25) Still life with a bunch of grapes Still life with a jug and embroidered napkin Still life with onion, garlic and courgette Still life with jugs and jars Still life with horse chestnuts Still life with kohlrabi in Chinese porcelain Still life with turnips in a green pot Still life with an old tin can and garlic Monochrome still life with cheese and grapes Monochrome still life with jugs and onions Still life with bread, cheese and wine Leek on a white plate Still life with old books and hydrangea Still life with white aubergines Still life with glassware and eggs Still life with glassware Still life with earthenware shards Paintbrushes in glass jars Ridder der Zee Celebrate Life
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