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Sandpipers
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Drieteenstrandlopers (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 24. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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.
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Two Sparrows
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Twee mussen (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 19. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Black Woodpecker
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Zwarte specht (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 23. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Gray Shrike
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Grauwe Klauwier (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 27. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Blue tit with maple
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Pimpelmees met esdoorn (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Three Crowns
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Drie Kronen (original Dutch title) Color woodcut. Edition of 18. Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Bluethroat in Willow
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Blauwborst in Wilg (original Dutch title)Color woodcut reduction. Numbered 9 from the edition of 25.Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Bee-eater with Bee
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Bijeneter met Bij (original Dutch title)Color woodcut reduction. Numbered 40 from the edition of 40.Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Black-headed Gull in the Wind
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Kokmeeuw in de Wind (original Dutch title)Color woodcut reduction. Numbered 7 from the edition of 25.Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Kestrel, Winter ‘25
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Torenvalk, Winter ‘25(original Dutch title)Color woodcut reduction. Numbered 6 from the edition of 25.Signed and numbered in pencil.
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Spitsbergen – Breeding Tern
VAN OMMEN, Erik
Spitsbergen – Broedende Stern (original Dutch title)Color woodcut reduction. Numbered 14 from the edition of 27.Signed and numbered in pencil.