Erik VAN OMMEN
Erik van Ommen (Dutch, born 1956) has a singular passion, rendering wildlife in a wide array of fine art techniques which he each masters with excellence. He received his formal artistic training at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Minerva in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, where his famous compatriots Grietje Postma and Siemen Dijkstra also studied. Van Ommen soon discovered his ability to capture and render birds’ attitudes quickly in the wild using the Japanese-inspired ink painting technique named Sumi-E, which relies on grayscale for all shading. These sketches can be finished en plein air or in the studio, but often also form the basis for oil paintings, etchings, and more recently for color woodcut reductions. While van Ommen paints a greater variety of wildlife subjects in oil, in his Sumi-e paintings and in his prints, he almost exclusively depicts the birds which he so loves to see close-up in nature through his telescope lens. For this initial collaboration with Erik van Ommen we feature his color woodcut reductions exclusively. These are all printed in small editions. If you happened to be as enamored with them as we are, we recommend you do not pause too long before you decide to bring home the one that speaks to you. These works of art won’t last.
$600
Great Northern Diver or Common Loon
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Ijsduikerr (original Dutch title) Watercolor Signed.
$450
Common Terns
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Een zonnige namiddag (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 20. Signed and numbered in pencil. Plate: 9 x 14 ½ inches.
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Three Rooks
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Drie roeken (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Black Woodpecker
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Zwarte specht (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 23. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$175
Bee-eater with bee
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Bijeneter met bij (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 40. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$420
Blue Jay
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Blauwe Gaai (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 35. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$360
Gray Shrike
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Grauwe Klauwier (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 27. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$360
Blue tit with maple
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Pimpelmees met esdoorn (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$420
Tjalk with spoonbills
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Tjalk met lepelaars (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 29. Signed and numbered in pencil.
$420
Gray Plovers
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Zilverplevieren (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil.