Conceptual illustration & more serious fun

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Conceptual illustration, with graphic simplicity and a stroke of wit. Unlimited scope: from serious business to serious fun, encompassing everything from children’s projects to corporate commissions. My techniques range from traditional drawing to totally digital, and nearly everything in between. Whenever time allows I create my own Ron Art: drawings, paintings and 3D objects.

Art

Besides keeping up with my illustration assignments, I’m constantly exploring my own creative ideas. Here’s a selection of my paintings, drawings and 3D objects.

Besides keeping up with my illustration assignments, I’m constantly exploring my own creative ideas. Here’s a selection of my paintings, drawings and 3D objects.
Paintings

Now available!
'Dead Rabbit' (with 'real' bullet hole') in Limited Signed Editions:

(This is a digital remake of the original acrylic painting
on plywood 60 x 60 cm, see below)

1.
Plexiglass:
Printed behind Plexiglass, framed in high gloss wooden frame.
50 x 50 cm, (53,5 x 53,5 incl. frame).

Edition of 25

(each copy is signed separately in the print, so behind the plexi)

Because of the transparent ink used for printing behind plexiglas
the colors are slightly different from the 'on paper' version.

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2.
Print on paper.

Professional print (9 colors) on heavy super white paper.
Print size 24 cm x 24 cm.

Edition of 50

Because of the hole the print comes with the frame.
(bronzed wood, 30,5 x 30,5 cm)

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Acrylic paint on plywood with 'real' bullet hole.
60 x 60 cm (23,5 x 23,5 inch)

Picture shot from the side to avoid too many reflections...

The Plexiglass gloss...

The Print on Paper version...

Detail...

The original painting: acrylic on plywood 60 x 60 cm
I was happy to be invited, together with some 200 artists from 19 countries, to submit art on a A6 envelope for 'Mail Me Art' exhibition and book.

Mail Me Art is a fun little project that was created by Darren Di Lieto of The Little Chimp Society in late 2006. He was looking for a way to connect on a real world level with all of the brilliant and talented illustrators who had become part of his community and network. Mail Art was the perfect way to accomplish this task. The Mail Me Art project has held exhibitions up and down the UK, and was published as very nice book by HOW Books.

All submitted artworks will be exhibited at The Framers Gallery / London from 30th July – 3rd August 2013.

Here's what I did:

'Black cat on windowsill'. Scroll down to see 'the making of'...

Finished! My A6 envelope with 'real' eyes.

The Modelsheet for the stencil...

The making of the envelope...

The envelope and the basic stencil cut out...

Painting the white acrylic paint background ...

And the black acrylic paint for the cat...

More black acrylic paint...

The wet cat gets dried...

After removing the stencil...

Whiskers...

Nice! But no eyes!...

The heavier part: punching the eyes out with a 10mm handpunch...

Signed!...

On my way to the post office...

30 grams!...

And of course: the address side...

On it's way to Great Britain!
'Waves'.
Acrylic on plywood.
35 x 35 cm (13.7 x 13.7 inch)
'Dark & Light'.

Acrylic paint on board.
36 x 51 cm / 20 x 14 inch.

And here's the computerized version that I did for the New Year
Acrylic paint on plywood
58 x 58 cm (23 x 23 inch).
Also see the all wooden 3D version in the 'Other' section, below.
'Sit!'
Acrylic paint on board.
70 x 50 cm (27 x 20 inch)
Acrylic paint on board.
120 x 90 cm (47 x 35 inch)
Drawings
'Big Drawing / the Saw'
Brush and ink, 100 x 70 cm / 40 x 27.5 inch
'Sit!'
Drawing in pen and ink with crayon on paper.
42 x 30 cm / 16,5 x 12 inch.
'The wrong socks'.

Drawing in pen and ink with crayon on paper.
32 x 20 cm / 13 x 1.8 inch.
'Giant Taxi'.
Pen and inkt, crayon on paper.
29,5 x 21 cm.
'Le Mûrier' / The Mulberry.
France 2009.
Pen and crayon on paper.
29,5 x 21 cm.
'Autumn'.
Drawing, pen and ink on paper.
70 x 50 cm.
'Upside Down'.
Drawing in brush, ink and acrylic paint
on handmade Arches paper.
76 x 57 cm / 30 x 22,4 inch.
Above:
'La Leg'.
Drawing, pen and ink (and paper cut) on folded paper.
21 x 14,5 cm.

Below:
'La Leg', The Big Drawing.
Brush and ink (and paper cut) on handmade Arches paper.
76 x 57 cm / 30 x 22,4 inch.
'The Bouquet'.
Almost forgot our marriage anniversary… This is how I saved our marriage in just 3 minutes of DIY ;)

Ingredients:
1 sheet of A4 paper (A3 may be preferred in case your marriage needs a real boost), one old small flower vase, 4 markers, 3 minutes.
Try this at home!
'Goddess of Coffee'.
Design for a contemporary coffee grinder for Dutch design magazine 'Items'.
Other
Wood, acrylic paint.
62 cm / 24.5 inch.
(limited edition of 3)
'The Wooden Car Project' #3

'Silver car with feathers'
Used wood, birds feathers, brass,
acrylic paint and metallic car spray.
68 cm / 26 inch.
'The Wooden Car Project' #2

'Big red racing car #1'
Wood, acrylic paint. 76cm / 26 inch.
(limited edition of 2)
'La Leg'
Standing Lamp.

142 cm / 57 inch.

Limited edition, 1995.
Brass / Plexiglass / Stone.
Nominated for the Dutch Furniture Award.
Production in co-operation with
Eric Slabbers, 3d specialist.
'The Wooden Car Project' #1

'Dead car' (police version)
Wood, acrylic paint. 48 cm /19 inch.
'Big Boat'.
48 cm (19 inch).
Used wood, acrylic and gold paint.