Mieke Snijders

zondag 15 augustus 2010

woensdag 4 augustus 2010

Saxen

This is a dedication for a game called Saxen. It takes place in England, during the middle age.

Oil on canvas, 80x80 cm

vrijdag 28 mei 2010

At the end of each semester you have to show your work. Jury will come along (3 teachers) and they will judge and criticize your work. It's always little stressy, but fun as well. They were very positive about my works :)

donderdag 27 mei 2010

Nappy stillive

My teacher is daddy since tuesday. That inspired me and my friend Thijske, we thought we should do something to celebrate it. It came out to make a stillife of a nappy.
Idea was to paint it as if it is a special object.

And this is the result! For in the babyroom ;)

oil and acrylic on canvas, 55 x 60 cm

zaterdag 22 mei 2010

Trompe-l'oeil

Trompe-l'oeil. It's a painting style, suggesting there is something realistic.
I made this cupboard to suggest it's really there and you can open it.
I experimenting when it would be finished. I painted it half now, cause you can imagine how it will look when it's finished. Your eye will complete the painting

oil on canvas, 170 x 130 cm

Luxaflex

This is a luxaflex with a paintree behind, shadow coming trough. It will give another dimention to a place, suggesting there is something behind it.

Radiator

I painted a radiator to point out the standart of it's use. It's in every house, but on a place that you don't notice it. What will happen if you hang it on 'eye hight' ? I think it will make it look bizar.

Oil on canvas, 170 x 60 cm

dinsdag 11 mei 2010

shoes in Granada

And here the shoes in a much better canvas size. I think it makes more sense this way, because it's about the shoes and where ever you look in this paiting, it will bring you to the shoes.

Oil on canvas, 130 x 60 cm

I decided to cut the canvas in half. So here you have a narrow street in Granada

130 x 120

Granada

This was a narrow street in Granada. There were shoes hanging on a cable. I have read about shoes hanging on cables, because they seem to do it a lot in Spain. Aparently its for boys when they loose there virginity or when they are getting married.
Also at some places it has to do something with drugs, for me, well I just liked the shoes hanging there, but when I finished this work of,.. I wasn't sure about the canvas size.....

Oil on canvas, 170 x 130 cm

zondag 2 mei 2010

thee schenk hengel

In real use

Bloopers

This is one of my new inventions. It's called 'tea fishing-rod'. So that you don't have to walk all the way to the person who wants a cup of tea, you can serve people from a distance.

maandag 19 april 2010

Except...

This is next to my working place. It smells horrible. Have you ever smelled 'over date' acrylic? It sticks everywhere (as you can see) and doesn't get cleaned very often. Except from that, there is open sewer.. Can you imagine the smell? It inspired me to make the sink collection earlier.