Andrew van Herk - Artist
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"Venezia"    24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    Venice is very asymmetric and the narrow streets and canals test your perspective. Even the gondolas are built asymmetrically to increase their efficiency.  




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  "Spring kites"  48" x 22"
  Oil on board
  Not for sale

  Inspiration:
    The children were so excited to be outside after winter and doubly   excited to fly kites they had made, harnessing the universe on the end of a string.




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"Angel Glacier"    48" x 36"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
Mount Edith Cavell's Angel Glacier is a gem of the Canadian Rockies near Jasper that everyone should visit.



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"Three Graces contemplate what is rational"    24" x 30"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    An irrational nude dip in a glacier lake elicits different reactions from watchers: some seem to ignore, some shyly observe, and some photograph and celebrate. 



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"Reach for the Sun"    28" x 22"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
To create an aspirational painting. The sunflowers exemplify the joy and satisfaction of accomplishing the best that you are capable of.






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"On a beach"    28" x 22"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    What would you dream of when you are already in the city of dreams in spring? 




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"Something about an orange cat"    11" x 12"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
   
A unique cat with the character to dictate his own boundaries and relationships.



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"Dryad"
48" x 36"
Oil on board


Inspiration:
    The fall gold of the trees was an invitation to explore many allegories and myths.




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Sia
"Journey"
28" x 22"

It is important to recapture the moment that you were first inspired to become an artist and to show that feeling in your work.  Looking back through the doorways of your journey forward solidifies your goals and satisfaction with your paintings.
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Sisters  
An oil painting of my granddaughters for my daughter,     

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Michelangelo's Pieta
Pencil drawing with watercolour washes for a special friend.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring - copy
Painted as an exercise to learn from Vermeer

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