my 10 virus days in Buenos Aires

Sketchbook 83

 

SuperrrWürms

From my sketchbooks. One of the ideas floating around is an afrodisiac called Wurms, with hardly any side effects.

 

Cruquius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Kruik

 

Bad dream

Cyril Strapatsky is a character with women issues. Here he is having a bad dream. This is done after Matisse obviously. (NOT a personal favorite)

 

Hondsdag's father

After Vallotton.
 

about Titane 2021

 

88 Rue Mouffetard

88 Rue Mouffetard, Paris, was the address of Hans Bellmer and Unica Zuern for 20 years. Both are fascinating artists, albeit not as well-known as other Surrealists. I used a photo of it as reference. It was a rather dilapitated hotel, which was torn down some time in the 1970s.

More on this: https://lesdentslabouche.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/88-rue-mouffetard-remarks-on-an-anagram-by-unica-zurn/
 

Ksenia reads the paper

Ksenia the feral cat-woman has learned to read.

 

 "1½ portrait" (watercolour and coffee on paper, 13x18 cm)

1913 Cityscape

Obviously I used photo reference here (of pre-war Rotterdam) but manipulated beyond recognition. Otherwise, why not just trace or worse, use filtered photos? 

Working on a new storyline involving the role of chance. 

 

“Dead city” ink on paper

 

 “ fire power“  ink on paper 

I’ve been continuing my series of violent art “attack” 2021

 

A study for nothing “ what should never be”

 

New Sketchbook

Painted new characters on the cover of my new sketchbook (#82) My sketches are often in full colour while the finished work is in black & white. I guess that is just me.
 

Hard Times

A winterly scene with street musicians. More new stuff on my new website: https://marcelruijters.wordpress.com/

 

Séance

 

Mano a mano 5

 

Mano a mano 4

 Another variation on the theme of agressive women and men being passive, albeit aroused spectators. It is becoming a bit of a running gag in my stories.