Tiles

The Dutch painters are world famous for the landscape painting. From my childhood I loved the  romantic pictures of the Netherland countryside and was fascinated by the realistic portrayal of the nature. On the paintings I always specially admired the sky and the clouds, from which you can “feel”  the weather, the sun or the upcoming storm.
In my collection I wanted to design something practical, something that brings the art to our daily life and I have decided upon tiles. I have chosen painting Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, Wijnand Nuijen, c. 1837 and an ornamental design from Pattern in black on a white ground; along the cental axis a sylised flower, Daniël Marot (I), 1703 - 1712 from the collection of the Rijks Museum.
I tried to enclose the stormy sky with the strict shapes of the leaf.  I designed tiles, where the rough clouds are transformed to soft and warm colors of the background and the dynamic is left only in the leaf shapes.

Rijksstudio Award 2015

ornamental design from Pattern in black on a white ground; along the cental axis a sylised flower, Daniël Marot (I), 1703 - 1712

painting Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, Wijnand Nuijen, c. 1837