The ruins of Pompeii as a static scene of the dynamic and speedy hawk trying to catch pigeons.

Hawk alight on Pompeii

Hawk alight on Pompeii Format / Size 163 x 100 cm, Triptych Technique oil, with sandstructure on canvas Year 2015 Category History Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 4.500 € About the artwork / The inspiration The impressive ruins of Pompeii, as a static theme, contrast with the dynamic flight of the hawk hunting the pigeons. The three strokes are not only different in color, but also show the timelapse. Artistic Techniques & Materials The three canvases form the triptych and give expression to the enormous space of time. The sand structure gives the accent to the rough ruins of this historic place, which still inspires for this expression. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Daybreak at Stonehenge Canvas, History, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art, Triptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Nikes ecstasy on both sides… Canvas, History, Oil Painting, Surrealism, Triptych Nikes ecstasy on both sides of Pergamom Format / Size 214 x… Explore More Ibises Alight on Luxor Canvas, Graphite, History, Oil Painting, Triptych Ibises Alight on Luxor Format / Size 214 x 90 cm –… Explore More House of the Silver Wedding Canvas, History, Oil Painting House-of-the-Silver-Wedding Format / Size 163 x 100 cm – triptych Technique oil… Explore More Daybreak at Poseidon Canvas, History, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Daybreak at Poseidon Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil,… Explore More Novo Ordem Seclorum 3D Painting, Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Sand-Texture Art, Surrealism Novo Ordem Seclorum Format / Size 158 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Quarantaine Canvas, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art, Surrealism, Triptych Quarantaine Format / Size 200 x 100 cm front – 120 x… Explore More Mars Tempter Canvas, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art, Surrealism, Triptych Mars Templer Format / Size 240 x 120 cm front – 120… Explore More Breakdance Canvas, Oil Painting, Surrealism, Triptych Breakdance Format / Size 200 x 100 cm – triptych Technique oil… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The Heart of Silves

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The Heart Of Silves Format / Size 81 x 100 cm Technique acryl, with sandstructure on canvas Year Category Culture, Geography Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.800 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Castle of Silves is a castle in the civil parish of Silves in the municipality of Silves in the Portuguese Algarve. It is believed that the first fortifications were built upon a possible Lusitanian castro, by the Romans or Visigoths. Between the 8th and 13th centuries, the castle was occupied by the Arabs, who expanded it, making it one of the best-preserved Arab fortifications in Portugal, resulting in its classification as a National Monument in 1910. Artistic Techniques & Materials The Castle is a tourist attraction nowadays. The two couples depicted are meeting each other as a metaphor for transcrossing time. The heavy castle walls and battlements of sandstone are painted in acrylic with sand structure. The red and ocer express the ancient caracter of the castle. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Canyon Flight Acryl Painting, Canvas, Geography, Nature, Sand-Texture Art Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm Technique acryl and… Explore More Escape from Cuzco Acryl Painting, Canvas, Geography, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Escape from Cuzco Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Kalahari Desert Canvas, Geography, Nature, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art, Triptych Kalahari Desert Format / Size 200 x 100 cm – frontside of… Explore More Confrontation on the Piazza del… Canvas, Culture, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art, Triptych Confrontation on the Piazza del Campo-Siena Format / Size 200 x 50… Explore More Antilope Cerveteri Acryl Painting, Culture, History, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Antilope Cerveteri Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique… Explore More The Presents of Mycerinos Acryl Painting, Canvas, Culture, History, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art The Presents of Mycerinos Format / Size 100 x 110 cm- triptych… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The Tango

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The Tango Format / Size 100 x 100 cm Technique oil, with sandstructure on canvas Year 2012 Category Dance Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.800 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Tango is a passionate and intimate partner dance and music genre that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the border between Argentina and Uruguay. Born in the working-class port areas, it blends African, Native American, and European immigrant rhythms. The dance is famous for its dramatic flair, staccato movements, and close embrace. Artistic Techniques & Materials To express this emotional dance, the warm colors have their nuances accentuated by the lower sand structure. The staccato movements of the couple go on in the bandoneón of the world-famous Astor Piazzolla. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Ritual Indian Dance Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Ritual Indian Dance Format / Size 164 x 81 cm – diptych… Explore More The Spanish Flamenco Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art The Spanish Flamenco Format / Size 60 x 100 cm – diptych… Explore More Performance Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Performance Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil, with sandstructure… Explore More Baile Portuguesa Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Baile Portuguesa Format / Size 70 x 70 cm Technique oil, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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Ritual Indian Dance

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Ritual Indian Dance Format / Size 164 x 81 cm – diptych Technique oil, with sandstructure on canvas Year 2012 Category Dance Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.800 € About the artwork / The inspiration Traveling the United States of America, several Indian cultures gave the inspiration to realize impressions on paper and canvas. Especially the tribes of the Navajo Indians in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, with their rituals expressed in music and dance, made it to realize on canvas. Artistic Techniques & Materials The Ritual Dance is expressed with oil paint in sand and grey pencil lines, giving accent to the swing and swirl of the young couple. The colors are based on the natural colors of the deserts where the tribes are living. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio The Tango Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art The Tango Format / Size 100 x 100 cm Technique oil, with… Explore More The Spanish Flamenco Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art The Spanish Flamenco Format / Size 60 x 100 cm – diptych… Explore More Performance Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Performance Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil, with sandstructure… Explore More Baile Portuguesa Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Baile Portuguesa Format / Size 70 x 70 cm Technique oil, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The Dancers express the intense Flamenco on the music of the Spanish guitar and handclaps.

The Spanish Flamenco

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The Spanish Flamenco Format / Size 60 x 100 cm – diptych Technique oil, with sandstructure on canvas Year 2012 Category Dance Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.500 € About the artwork / The inspiration The flamenco as an energetic and flamboyant dance, inspired to create a diptych with the two dancers facing each other. The swirl in the traditional dress of the woman takes up a large part of the composition. The high jump of the man, even as the movements of his arms and legs give emphasis to the dynamic scene. Artistic Techniques & Materials The movements in this diptych are emphasized by the sand-painted shapes in neutral gray and blue-gray. The dancers contrast in the red colors of the dress and the dark blue of the suit. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio The Tango Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art The Tango Format / Size 100 x 100 cm Technique oil, with… Explore More Ritual Indian Dance Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Ritual Indian Dance Format / Size 164 x 81 cm – diptych… Explore More Performance Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Performance Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil, with sandstructure… Explore More Baile Portuguesa Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Baile Portuguesa Format / Size 70 x 70 cm Technique oil, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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Performance

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Performance Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil, with sandstructure on canvas Year 2010 Category Dance Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.800 € About the artwork / The inspiration Here, describe the story behind the picture in 2–3 paragraphs. For your current work, for example, you could describe the landscape, the light or the emotions at Santa Clara Lake. AIs love stories and context. Artistic Techniques & Materials Briefly explain the process. If it involves sand-texture art, specifically mention which natural elements (such as sand or stones) were used. This provides the search engine with valuable, semantic technical terms. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Baile Portuguesa Canvas, Dance, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Baile Portuguesa Format / Size 70 x 70 cm Technique oil, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The tradition of the Portuguese Dance, the Baile, is the highlight in the Community. Till the daybreak the sound of the 12string Portuguese guitar can be heard ...

Baile Portuguesa

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Baile Portuguesa Format / Size 70 x 70 cm Technique oil, and sand on canvas Year 2019 Category Dance Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.800 € About the artwork / The inspiration Portugal has a rich variety of traditional and modern dances, locally called bailes.Depending on what you are looking for, the most popular styles range from the lively Corridinho native to the Algarve, the widespread Vira, to Pimba—the upbeat, modern folk-pop music danced at festivals across the country. Artistic Techniques & Materials The nearly hypnotizing combination of moves in colors with the impressive and penetrative sound of the Portuguese guitar. This twelve-string instrument is characteristic of the tradition and atmosphere of the ‘Baile Portuguesa,’ painted in oil on sand. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Canyon Flight Acryl Painting, Canvas, Geography, Nature, Sand-Texture Art Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm Technique acryl and… Explore More Escape from Cuzco Acryl Painting, Canvas, Geography, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Escape from Cuzco Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Death Valley 2 Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier works, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Death Valley 2 Format / Size 90 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Inca Roads Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Inca Roads Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More Daybreak at Stonehenge Canvas, History, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil,… Explore More Time Astonishment Drawing, Nature, Paper, Sand-Texture Art, Water Color Time Astonishment Format / Size 25 x 25 cm Technique drawing with… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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George Washington, the first President of the U.S. depicted on the left and right part of the painting and seperated by dollars with his portrait behind plexiglass. The threat of Capitalism on the Nature symbolises by the geometric surfaces.

Novo Ordem Seclorum

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Novo Ordem Seclorum Format / Size 158 x 90 cm Technique acryl, and sand on canvas, 3D Painting Year 1991 Category earlier Work Style Surrealistic Status Original / Available Price 4.000 € About the artwork / The inspiration The way the capitalistic-oriented society, especially in the U.S., is focused on the progress of possession and not on the protection of Nature is distinctive for the period after the Second Worldwar. The portrait of George Washington is on the dollar behind the plexiglass stroke. Artistic Techniques & Materials The diptych is separated by a plexiglass stroke with one real dollar bill, while the other parts of the dollars are drawn with ink. The grey quadrangle with parts of the dollardesign also in grey is extended in green acrylic in sandstructure Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Death Valley 2 Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier works, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Death Valley 2 Format / Size 90 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Inca Roads Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Inca Roads Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More Icarus lands in Peru Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Icarus lands in Peru Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique… Explore More Evolution – Darwin, where will… Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Realistic and Abstract, Sand-Texture Art Evolution – Darwin, where will it End Format / Size 100 x… Explore More Death Valley Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier works, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Death Valley Format / Size 129 x 100 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The Mythology of Greece tells about Icarus, burning his wings. On this painting Icarus is landing on the lines of Nazca in Peru.

Icarus lands in Peru

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Icarus lands in Peru Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique acryl, and sand on canvas Year 1988 Category earlier Work Style Expressionism Status Original / Available Price 2.000 € About the artwork / The inspiration Icarus refers to the figure in Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun with wings of wax and feathers but could survive by landing on the Lines of Nazca, situated in Peru. The lines show a kolibri, a small bird, that is able to stay in the air like a helicopter. Artistic Techniques & Materials This sandpainting pretends a free interpretation of the mythological version of Icarus. The lines of Nazca are the ultimate solution for a good ending story. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Death Valley 2 Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier works, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Sand-Texture Art Death Valley 2 Format / Size 90 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Inca Roads Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Inca Roads Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More Novo Ordem Seclorum 3D Painting, Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Sand-Texture Art, Surrealism Novo Ordem Seclorum Format / Size 158 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Evolution – Darwin, where will… Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier work, Realistic and Abstract, Sand-Texture Art Evolution – Darwin, where will it End Format / Size 100 x… Explore More Death Valley Acryl Painting, Canvas, earlier works, Expressionism, Sand-Texture Art Death Valley Format / Size 129 x 100 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The Evolution is in the white with gray diagonal line as a contrast in the cyclus of Time and Life.

Evolution – Darwin, where will it End

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Evolution – Darwin, where will it End Format / Size 100 x 100 cm Technique acryl, and sand on canvas Year 1990 Category earlier Work Style Realistic and Abstract Status Original / Available Price 2.200 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. Artistic Techniques & Materials The cyclus in the Evolution is painted in contrasting colors on the sand structure and visualized in a grey part showing the Cultures and Historical facts up to now … Where will it End is the most urgent question. Interested in this work ? Please contact us ! Send us a message by email or WhatsApp, or give us a call via WhatsApp. Send message Related Paintings You might also like these All Posts Portfolio Canyon Flight Acryl PaintingCanvasGeographyNatureSand-Texture Art Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm Technique acryl and… Explore More Escape from Cuzco Acryl PaintingCanvasGeographyOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Escape from Cuzco Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Death Valley 2 Acryl PaintingCanvasearlier worksExpressionismOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Death Valley 2 Format / Size 90 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Inca Roads Acryl PaintingCanvasearlier workExpressionismSand-Texture Art Inca Roads Format / Size 90 x 70 cm Technique acryl, and… Explore More The Heart of Silves Acryl PaintingCanvasCultureSand-Texture Art The Heart Of Silves Format / Size 81 x 100 cm Technique… Explore More Novo Ordem Seclorum 3D PaintingAcryl PaintingCanvasearlier workSand-Texture ArtSurrealism Novo Ordem Seclorum Format / Size 158 x 90 cm Technique acryl,… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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