Seascape (My imagination of an Australian harbour in the 19th.century)

John Alcott and Haughten Forrest were the big Australian seascape artists of time gone by. These early artists were producing spectacular beautiful works which are now hard to come by. Inspired by their creativity and after some study, I created my version of these developing historic days without going to be accused of making a straight copy or infringing any ones style, as it still shows a strong early European interpretatation.

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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.