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.

Gray Shrike
$360

Gray Shrike

VAN OMMEN, Erik

Grauwe Klauwier (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 27. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Hawk in the mist
$360

Hawk in the mist

VAN OMMEN, Erik

Havik in de nevel (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 29. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Blue tit with maple
$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. 

Tjalk with spoonbills
$420

Tjalk with spoonbills

VAN OMMEN, Erik

Tjalk met lepelaars (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 29. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Wild swan
$175

Wild swan

VAN OMMEN, Erik

Wilde zwaan (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 35. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Gray Plovers
$420

Gray Plovers

VAN OMMEN, Erik

Zilverplevieren (original Dutch title) Color woodcut reduction. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil.