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Siemen Dijkstra (1968-)
Title of the artwork: Oostzand no 2, spring morning, first light.
Year: 2022
Technique: Color woodcut.
Signature: Hand-signed, with title and numbering.
Edition: 28/37
Condition: Very good
Image size, full sheet: 51 x 28 cm.
Total frame size: 67 x 44 cm.
Framed: Yes. Float-mounted in a new plain wood frame, behind a new passe-partout. Frame fitted with museum glass. Ready to hang on the wall, see photos.
Siemen Dijkstra
At the end of the 1980s, I created my first landscapes in drawing ink. It was a hesitant start. Until then, fantasy and the story had been the most important guiding principles for my drawing work. Although the interest in the landscape was latently present in my work, it had not yet found an independent form. I did, however, feel a strong connection to both the Groningen and Drenthe rural landscapes when I cycled through them at night and in all weathers. It brought me back to the landscape in which I grew up as a child. Somewhat later than the ink studies, the first color woodcuts with the landscape as their subject followed in the early 1990s.
These landscapes still had a strong symbolist character and were based on Northern atmospheres, but they did form the beginning of this "oeuvre." It was also the Scandinavian painters of the Fin de Siècle who inspired me. In an era of meaningless Impressionists, people in these countries were searching for the soul of the landscape; the genius loki. Capturing space on a flat surface is one thing; capturing the unnameable is another story. In all the years that I have been occupied with the landscape, I realize that I am actually archiving. Archiving soulful landscapes before they disappear.
For that has become clear to me over the years; The landscape is under increasing pressure, with on the one hand the growing deforestation of (conventional) farmland, and on the other hand the small islands of nature, which are often managed just as intensively.
Making woodcuts is my main occupation. That takes up a lot of time. In recent years, I have found a bit more balance between my drawing and my woodcuts. I have been drawing the "victims of our hectic existence" since the late 1980s. This involves capturing animals, usually birds, that I find in the yard or elsewhere. A dead animal, preferably not yet in too advanced a state of decomposition, is admittedly a sad sight for many people, but for me, it is a perfect opportunity to study the animal closely. I make the drawings with drawing ink and gouache, or with watercolor. I often work out the drawing with a pen; sometimes it remains a rough sketch. Very occasionally, I make the drawing on wood so that I can make a woodcut from it later. After drawing, the animal is buried in the garden. It is an ode to the beauty of life. A contemplation on our own fleeting stay on earth.
My roots lie in the landscape of Southwest Drenthe. From childhood, I have regarded this landscape as a cloak under which I could take shelter. A landscape into which you can merge and become one with. Landscape is my religion.
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ConditionExcellentColorsBlue, Brown, Creme, Green, Multi ColorMaterialWoodNumber of items1First ownerYesOrientationLandscapeArt sizeMediumHeight44 cmWidth67 cm
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Private sellerBergen op Zoom, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since January 2022 • 64 sales