Roses on a ledge

Painted on a gesso prepared marine-ply panel with quality OIL PIGMENTS mixed with an age old oil medium recipe.

This particular painting has been in the artist private collection for some time. It was painted in 2002, and several times perfected and varnished. This very work has been exhibited in Sydney in 2004 at the Dural Art gallery.

The style and technique is Classic European, and since first exposed in Australia by some of the well-known earlier artists like Hans Heysen, Arthure Streeton, Besie Davidson and others.

Follow

Kivits’ classic oeuvre includes not only original Still-life’s, but also Fruit and Floral compositions, Landscapes, Seascapes and Figurative works in glazes of oil-paint. Predominantly tapping into his antique collection for inspiration, his works take considerably longer to produce; hence a small number of masterpieces are created annually.
True traditional realism, all in the line from the Sixteenth century European Masters onward, he is staying true to these time-proven styles, refusing digital means to aid his work, e.g. projection, pre-printed canvas, grid tracings, or anything but the skill of his own eyes to hand.
Dutch-born Kivits' has firmly established himself in Australia as a legitimate Brand over the years, and his creations have found their ways to art lovers in many developed countries.