While walking through Italian fields, we passed an old farmhouse. Apparently it is not the custom for abandoned houses to be demolished, because it was a dilapidated ruin. I did not dare go inside, as it was teeming with snakes in the shadow of the loose door. But, the outside also offered plenty of interesting photo opportunities, such…
Art on canvas looks great on any wall. It truly comes into its own with paintings featuring sharp brushstrokes.
The compositions in the work of Gerard Oonk are highly stylized. The main subject of the photographs is immediately recognizable. "I don't want to distract the viewer and that requires making choices and leaving out a lot". The emphasis in the photographs is on beauty and optimism. Even our transience is portrayed light-footed and colourful, as can be seen in the series 'More Past'. "It is my ambition to make images speak. As good and as…
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