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Falcon drawn with black pencil on paper with aguarel on sandstructure.

Falcon

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Falcon Format / Size 25 x 25 cm Technique Mixed media – pencil and aguarel on sandstructure Year 2008 Category Nature, Drawings, Aguarelles Style pencil and aguarel in sandstructure on paper Status Original / Available Price 650 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Falcon in a distinguished appearance on a contrastfull background in diagonal lines and surfaces. The unicity of this bird of prey had to be drawn with pencil in a realistic way. Artistic Techniques & Materials The surfaces on the background are in big contrast with the bird. The sandstructure with the brown color surrounds the falcon for  50 procent even as the white surfaces and lines with sand contrasts with the drawing. 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 Wild Horses CanvasdiptychNatureOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Wild Horses Format / Size 220 x 60 x 4,5 cm diptych… Explore More Time stands Still CanvasNatureOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Time stands Still Format / Size 130 x 50 cm Technique oil… Explore More Throw and Jump Acryl PaintingCanvasNatureSand-Texture ArtStonesTriptych Throw and Jump Format / Size 133 x 40 cm Technique oil… Explore More The Time Chasm CanvasNatureOil PaintingSand-Texture Art The Time Chasm Format / Size 130 x 50 cm Technique oil… Explore More Road block in the Kalahari… CanvasNatureOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Road block in the Kalahari Desert Format / Size 120 x 50… Explore More Kalahari Desert CanvasGeographyNatureOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Kalahari Desert Format / Size 200 x 100 cm – frontside of… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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The flight of the owl in the Forum Trajanum in Rome is the contrast between static and dynamic, History and Presence.

Time Astonishment Forum Trajanum

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Time Astonishment Forum Trajanum Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique – oil, and sandstructure, canvas Year 2009 Category History, Presence Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.200 € About the artwork / The inspiration Rome is the capital city of inspiration. The painting depicts the marketplace in the original and the dilapidated architecture. The vivid aspects are the owl, the horse, and the fountain with the putti. Artistic Techniques & Materials The dilapidated part is dark and full of sand structure to contrast with the light, vivid, and actual part. Some parts stayed in acrylic while most parts are painted in oil. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The dynamic flight of the falcon in the static Parc Tivoli in Rome depicts the contrast between Prsence and History.

Falcon sweeps through Tivoli

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Falcon sweeps through Tivoli Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique – oil, and sandstructure, canvas Year 2010 Category History, Presence Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.200 € About the artwork / The inspiration The most ancient part of Rome, as the static element of this composition, needs a dynamic element. The Eagle, a symbol of strength and power in a majestic flight, transpasses the light part  to the dark stroke. Artistic Techniques & Materials Sandstructure on acrylic paint is covered with a light, nearly transparent oil paint mixed with a lot of medium. The bricks and the weather-beaten parts of the monuments are accentuated with a darker color. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The landing of the Eagle on the Forum Romanum in Rome depicts the contrast between static and dynamic, History and Presence.

Eagle lands on Forum Romanum

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Eagle lands on Forum Romanum Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique – oil, acryl and sand Year 2009 Category History, Presence Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.200 € About the artwork / The inspiration The most ancient part of Rome, as the static element of this composition, needs a dynamic element. The Eagle, a symbol of strength and power in a majestic flight, transpasses the light part to the dark stroke. Artistic Techniques & Materials Sandstructure on acrylic paint is covered with a light, nearly transparent oil paint mixed with a lot of medium. The bricks and the weather-beaten parts of the monuments are accentuated with a darker color. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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Dynamic an Static contrast and come together as an eagle attacks the marten on the border of the Acropolis.

Attack on the Acropolis

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Attack on the Acropolis Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique – oil, acryl and sand Year 2010 Category History, Presence Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 1.500 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Legendary Acropolis in Athens, Greece is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. As the background of the Attack of the Eagle to a marten is contrast the Culture and Nature. Artistic Techniques & Materials The Eagle attacks the marten as the dynamic part in front of the ancient Acropolis as a static background  painted in oil and acrylic in a sand structure.  The dark part on the left, the middle part and the lightest part on the right make the painting more vivid because the lines of the rocks in the landscape  become their specific accents. 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil,… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The speed of the dynamic Antilope contasts with the static ceramics of Cerveteri . Presence in History.

Antilope Cerveteri

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Antilope Cerveteri Format / Size 81 x 81 cm Technique mixed technique – oil, acryl and sand Year 2010 Category History, Presence Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.200 € About the artwork / The inspiration Cerveteri is a town northwest of Rome, Italy. It is known for its well-preserved necropolis complex, once part of an Etruscan city. The Banditaccia Necropolis has artifacts like urns and vases.  The famous ceramic pottery is most often painted with animals and hunting scenes. Artistic Techniques & Materials The vase, the plate and the water jug are painted in a realistic style and are the static part of this painting, partly in oil and partly in acrylic because of the sand structure. The dynamic part is the antelopes. The contrast in this painting is accentuated by the three sections, which transition from dark to light. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The youngest farao Mycerinos with his spouse in marble between the presents I thought they would like ...

The Presents of Mycerinos

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The Presents of Mycerinos Format / Size 100 x 110 cm- Triptych Technique mixed technique – oil, acryl and sand Year 2010 Category History, Mythology Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 3.000 € About the artwork / The inspiration Mycerinos was a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom and married with his sister Queen Khamerernebty II. The statue is surrounded by the presents, as the holy scarabee, the typical Egyptian vases, and the glasses of crystal. Artistic Techniques & Materials The composition of this triptych is based on the triangle of the pyramid; the pyramid of Mycerinos is the smallest of the three in Gizeh.  The white triangle in front gives accent to the approaching couple in the mid panel. The presents are on the left and on the right panel. The scarab is painted in sandstrokes, giving accent to the amulet. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The Palio, a horserace between the Contradas, City councils of Siena is a tradition on the Piazza del Campo

The Palio in Siena

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The Pailo in Siena Format / Size 100 x 100 cm Technique mixed technique – oil and sand on canvas Year 2010 Category History, Culture Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 2.500 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Palio is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards, in a tradition dating back to the 17th century. The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of earth has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. Artistic Techniques & Materials The sand structure in this diptych gives accent to the explosion of energy the horses generate in a short time as they run the three laps on the piazza.  The swirling sand and dust showed the public fading away even as more detailed. 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 ArtTriptych Canyon Flight Format / Size 133 x 40 cm, Triptych Technique acryl… 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture ArtTriptych Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm, Triptych Technique… Explore More Time Astonishment DrawingNaturePaperSand-Texture ArtWater 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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The Nile, source of the Art of Egypt. the pyramids of Gizeh and the temples of Luxor and Karnak.

The Nile

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The Nile Format / Size 120 x 120 cm- triptych Technique mixed technique – oil and sand Year 2024 Category History, Mythology Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 3.500 € About the artwork / The inspiration The Nile is about 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles) long. Flowing north through northeastern Africa, it passes through 11 countries before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile was the life source of Egypt, without which the ancient Egyptian civilization would not have existed. In this triptych the most important places of this ancient Culture are painted with all the aspects and details Artistic Techniques & Materials This triptych in oil is painted in sand structure. The colours used correspond with the colours of the Egyptian artworks , the pyramids of Gizeh, and the temples of Karnak, Edfu, Luxor, and Abu Simbel. 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 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm 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 Three Gods in front of a pyramidconstruction between the landscapesymbols under theconstellation of the stars of the Zodiac.

Osiris Horus Isis

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Osiris Horus Isis Format / Size 120 x 120 cm- triptych Technique mixed technique – oil and sand Year 2024 Category History, Mythology Style Sand art / Textural art Status Original / Available Price 3.000 € About the artwork / The inspiration The divine family of Osiris, Isis, and Horus forms the most famous family triad (or divine trinity) in ancient Egyptian mythology, representing father, mother, and son, as well as the eternal cycle of life, death, and royal succession. Artistic Techniques & Materials This triptych shows the God Horus with the falcon head in the middle, Osisris left and Isis on the right side. Egyptian zodiac signs symbolize the gods, who are considered divine rather than just constellations. Water and Fire are depicted with sand structure. 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 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 Daybreak at Stonehenge CanvasHistoryOil PaintingSand-Texture Art Daybreak at Stonehenge Format / Size 100 x 60 cm Technique oil,… Explore More Painted by Ben Helmink Painter Join me on my journey for a better Art Email WhatsApp

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