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After his last visit home, Jon Eiselin, a South African artist currently based
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, moved from a figurative to a non-figurative style
of painting.
What triggered this was the result of a number of experiences during his stay.
He spent most of his time on Durban’s South Coast where he was inspired by the
liveliness of the people, the bright sunlight, the abundance of colour, heat and
water in its variety of forms. The impressive energy of the ocean and its waves,
the currents and meandering rivers, the reflecting puddles, the saline harbour
and the scattering of the vivid blues of refreshing swimming pools in the urban
areas definitely also had a profound influence on him.
Eiselin had already decided it was time to change his theme to ‘Water’. As the
opportunity to act on this decision had presented itself, he started doing
sketches for a first series of water related paintings. They eventually resulted
in playful compositions that, like water, appear to drift, float, flow and glide
over his canvases. Unlike his former figurative paintings, these new
compositions seem to spread beyond the limits of the canvas, as if one sees only
a part of a much larger whole. Because they have no particular focal point,
Eiselin refers to these fluid images as being ‘borderless and open-ended’. The
titles to his paintings are usually directly related to his observations.
The paintings are on display in the corridors and the library of the African
Studies Centre in the Pieter de la Court building, Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden,
from January to April 2012. All paintings are for sale.
The exhibition is open weekdays from 9:00–17:00. Feel free to come and take a
look.
Contact:
- Marieke van Winden, ASC Communications, 071 5273358,
winden@ascleiden.nl
- Jon Eiselin: joneiselin@hetnet.nl,
www.joneiselin.com
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| Breeze (Oil paint on canvas, 80 x 100 cm) |
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Jacaranda (Oil paint on canvas, 75 x 90 cm) |
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Muddy Waters (Oil paint on canvas, 80 x 100 cm) |
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Tugela (Oil paint on canvas, 100 x 120 cm) |
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