"Setting sail for home" - Framed ready to hang (A)

Having painted numerous seascapes and studies influenced by previous century's art, I am still intrigued by these bygone days. They were an integral part of the people who lived in the many Islands colonized by the British. These ships were small compared with today's ocean worthy vessels, but looking back we romanticize the periods of these earlier ships that were so dependent on the right understanding of the trade winds, dangerous cyclonic periods and doldrums. This is also the reason I like to paint seascapes in stormy seas.

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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.