Blue and white (Ming) bowl with roemer etc.

Original Oil Painting with objects arranged in a classic manner, resembling the style of the old Dutch masters. The reason why this painting is made on a marine ply wood is its durability, and that it can be prepared to a smooth surface to work on. A canvas would be too coarse, although it is a much loved medium, it would only give the 'impression' of detail as most would not bother to have real linen. Different layers of oil paint are placed in glazes of pigments over one another to achieve depth and increase the illusion of dimension. All this takes a lot longer and increases the drying times. Yet history has proven that it is the longest lasting art technique, with no deterioration of colours, backed up it up by many centuries old paintings in national galleries, when the finest oil-paint pigments are used.

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Kivits’ classic oeuvre includes not only original Still-life’s, but also Fruit and Floral compositions, Landscapes, Seascapes and Figurative works in glazes of oil-paint. Predominantly tapping into his antique collection for inspiration, his works take considerably longer to produce; hence a small number of masterpieces are created annually.
True traditional realism, all in the line from the Sixteenth century European Masters onward, he is staying true to these time-proven styles, refusing digital means to aid his work, e.g. projection, pre-printed canvas, grid tracings, or anything but the skill of his own eyes to hand.
Dutch-born Kivits' has firmly established himself in Australia as a legitimate Brand over the years, and his creations have found their ways to art lovers in many developed countries.