In the studio, summer 2024
A seasonal letter from the Amsterdam studio.
Summer in the studio runs slower and louder. Slower because the long light gives every surface another hour to be looked at; louder because the polishers are always running and the doors stand open onto the canal.
We're closing out two large bronze commissions this season — one for a private garden in the South of France, one for a courtyard in Amsterdam Noord. Both pieces are at the final hand-finishing stage now, which is the longest part of any sculpture and the most rewarding. The form is decided; what remains is the surface.
The painting wall has shifted too. Three new compositions are underway, all of them returning to the chrome-and-flora vocabulary that has run through the work for the last decade. They're being built up slowly, in oil over digital underpainting, and I expect them to take through the autumn.
Visitors are welcome by appointment. As always, a note via the studio inbox is the way in.