elard


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elard
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Joined: Sep 2008

I started to draw ‘masks & monsters’ for my little nephew Simon, who just turned 5 this August. He’s crazy about dragons and tigers in particular.

A couple of months ago I started to draw self portraits for fun and this is how I rediscovered my love for drawing and painting.

ok, the self portraits got completely out of hand…
(hey, some call it midlife crisis, I prefer midlife oasis…)

I started to write stories too, but that’s for later perhaps

Writing

mildew of envied joy

Unable to hide completely / you cover your hands with gloves. / I look into you and see / the shimmer of long lost loves. The remnants of which oppress you / the weight growing out of proportion. /…

Lovesong

My baby… / Everything I want you to know / I’ve said more than once / and probably more… / I’ll never cease / to tell you over and over / again. My baby… / Everything I want t…

Red Rock

The freckels in your eyes / glisten stronger than before / here in the warmth of the room / and closeness of my embrace / I let my breath go with relief / in my heart for no matter / how close I look …

Buena Vista

Fog slowly covers the chaos / as if to hide the frivolty / that glitters and shines below. / The hazy whispers of the thousands / climb the steep slope, carried / by the cold uncaring ocean wind, / t…

cruising blues 1

When I first saw you / I thought you looked just a little too / beautiful… / Your hair so blond, your eyes so blue, / escaping the cliché, piercing through / the smoke and my / defence -system…

cruising blues 2

The picture I would like to replace / burns from wall to wall and I can’t face / any other smell, no matter how sweet. / Without thinking twice I break the reed / in two. It has been quite a whil…

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