Comments on: Jiddje Straatsma http://artandcritique.com/2008/02/10/jiddje-straatsma/ Critical articles on artists from various periods, including contemporary daily/frequent painters. Art interpretation guide. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: elijah http://artandcritique.com/2008/02/10/jiddje-straatsma/#comment-120 elijah Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:44:12 +0000 http://artandcritique.com/2008/02/10/jiddje-straatsma/#comment-120 Jiddje, you are welcome and thanks for sharing your favorites -- Steve Smulka and Steve Mills are new artists to me, and I will fill this gap as soon as I can (if you have some links to add, that would be great). I have been following your art for almost six months, and, in my humble opinion, you have improved immensely. I know this may sound strange, because you are actually the guy who paints, but i see some realistic traits in your landscapes as well. I think it's the light more than anything, at least the light I am accustomed to seeing in the work of Monet and Sisley. Heh, this is just my opinion, however :) Elijah Jiddje, you are welcome and thanks for sharing your favorites — Steve Smulka and Steve Mills are new artists to me, and I will fill this gap as soon as I can (if you have some links to add, that would be great).
I have been following your art for almost six months, and, in my humble opinion, you have improved immensely.

I know this may sound strange, because you are actually the guy who paints, but i see some realistic traits in your landscapes as well. I think it’s the light more than anything, at least the light I am accustomed to seeing in the work of Monet and Sisley. Heh, this is just my opinion, however :)

Elijah

]]> By: Jiddje http://artandcritique.com/2008/02/10/jiddje-straatsma/#comment-117 Jiddje Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:10:19 +0000 http://artandcritique.com/2008/02/10/jiddje-straatsma/#comment-117 Dear Elijah, Thanks for this article that you wrote about my art. It makes me feel very proud! You are right that my paintings oscillate between realism and impressionism. The reason for that is very simple. Many hours I travel on the internet, studying paintings. I like the two different styles. When I see paintings of Steve Smulka or Steve Mills (one of the best, I think!) I like to try things like they do. You've never seen something like that from me, because it failed. On my blog I posted a lolly, but I think it is not good enough. I tried realism many times, but I think it is too early to do this really right. So I end up most of the times to try on the impressionism. I like the "freedom" of the style of impressionism. Trying with a minimum of brush strokes to get a maximum result. You can see that in my landscapes more than in my still lives, I believe. Landscapes are more a comfort zone to me. I feel confident with landscapes. But I want to do more disciplines than that. So there are a few portraits, that are really fun to do, and there will be more in the near future, and still lives. About the still lives, I try to do the still lives in a way that I'd like to see the still lives. Maybe it has something to do with my other profession: graphic design. That means: close ups. Just a piece of the scenery. A problem I am facing are the edges. The edges of the attributes are too sharp. They must recede more. I am working on that. I am learning from other artists (thanks Roseta!) I hope it gets better the next paintings. But I hope the wetter gets that good that I can do some landscapes. I really want to do more landscapes. In the impressionistic way. I feel no need to do it in realism. The landscapes I produce are the ones that I saw with my own eyes. I've been there. I live there. Friesland, Holland. I learned to see in a certain way at landscapes. And I am seeing beauty all around that I wish to paint. And here also: I am trying to do close ups in a way. No total scenery. I am studying the colors I want to use, but I feel I'm getting better and better. I am influenced by a number of artists, so I think I'm not having a really style of my own. Here is a lot of work to get that right. The only way to get it right is simple: paint. And articles like these makes me going on. -Jiddje Dear Elijah,
Thanks for this article that you wrote about my art. It makes me feel very proud!

You are right that my paintings oscillate between realism and impressionism. The reason for that is very simple. Many hours I travel on the internet, studying paintings. I like the two different styles. When I see paintings of Steve Smulka or Steve Mills (one of the best, I think!) I like to try things like they do. You’ve never seen something like that from me, because it failed. On my blog I posted a lolly, but I think it is not good enough. I tried realism many times, but I think it is too early to do this really right. So I end up most of the times to try on the impressionism. I like the “freedom” of the style of impressionism. Trying with a minimum of brush strokes to get a maximum result. You can see that in my landscapes more than in my still lives, I believe. Landscapes are more a comfort zone to me. I feel confident with landscapes. But I want to do more disciplines than that. So there are a few portraits, that are really fun to do, and there will be more in the near future, and still lives. About the still lives, I try to do the still lives in a way that I’d like to see the still lives. Maybe it has something to do with my other profession: graphic design. That means: close ups. Just a piece of the scenery. A problem I am facing are the edges. The edges of the attributes are too sharp. They must recede more. I am working on that. I am learning from other artists (thanks Roseta!) I hope it gets better the next paintings.
But I hope the wetter gets that good that I can do some landscapes. I really want to do more landscapes. In the impressionistic way. I feel no need to do it in realism. The landscapes I produce are the ones that I saw with my own eyes. I’ve been there. I live there. Friesland, Holland. I learned to see in a certain way at landscapes. And I am seeing beauty all around that I wish to paint. And here also: I am trying to do close ups in a way. No total scenery. I am studying the colors I want to use, but I feel I’m getting better and better. I am influenced by a number of artists, so I think I’m not having a really style of my own. Here is a lot of work to get that right. The only way to get it right is simple: paint. And articles like these makes me going on.

-Jiddje

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