Kitty Kilian, Mixed media portrait on panel: three kids, one dog and a sailboat
A birthday gift for a father who loves to sail.
He also loves his three kids and his dog, of course. And his wife, who is not in the picture.
This is a combination of collage (of altered photo’s), painting and drawing on panel. It is not a weekly portrait proper, but sometimes when I am busy I sneak in a commission. Because there are only so many days in a week.
I made the letters using stamps, which I then almost erased and painted over many times in thin layers of acrylic paint.
The quote is from a poem by the Dutch poet C.B. Vaandrager (1962). It says: ‘The croquettes in the restaurant are rather small.’ A running gag in the family portrayed. It is Vaandrager’s most quoted poem and it dates from the 1960s. When I looked into it, it turned out to be one of a cycle of four poems about Madurodam, a miniature city in The Hague. No wonder the croquettes are small.
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For Dutch readers: I also found this parody by Daan de Ligt here.
made in Madurodam
de croquetten in het restaurant
zijn aan de kleine kant
C.B. Vaandrager
wat zeurt die man toch over de croquetten?
ok, ze zijn wat aan de kleine kant
maar wat verwacht je als het restaurant
niet groter is gebouwd dan de maquette
en straks bezoekt hij ook nog de toiletten
daar loopt het vrijwel zeker uit de hand
ik hoor hem nu al schreeuwen: moord en brand
als hij de maat ziet van de kabinetten
Madurodam maakt grondig korte metten
met allerhande grootspraak in dit land
hier schrijft de kleine man nog steeds de wetten
en wint de kinderziel het van verstand
door Daan de Ligt
En nog meer info hier
Tags: child, dog, kid, kinderen, portrait, portret, sailboat, zeilboot
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