Painting of the Year 2024
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
With the painting “Pursuit”, Peter van Oostzanen entered the international painting competition: Paining of the year 2024.
On 18 January 2025, the results were announced. Among a group of strong candidates, Peter became number 5.
Jury report Peter van Oostzanen painting of the year 2024
'Pursuit' - Peter van Oostzanen
- oil on linen, 80 x 100 cm -
The jury saw in this entry a very steady mix of photorealistic painting and cartoon drawing that seemed to open up new stories with each subsequent look. Constantly you are caught off guard. On the one hand, it is the composition itself, with the tyre tracks in the sand in the foreground pulling you into the painting. Not only are they extremely cleverly painted technically, but they also perform both a compositional function and a narrative one, as they refer to the title and to what is happening on the canvas. No idea what this is, but it captivates the viewer. Is Tintin thrown out of the car by the crash in the comic, into reality and onto the beach where he sees his car in amazement? And what is Mont Saint Michel doing in the background?
Perhaps a reference to the comic book? And what exactly is reality here? For Tintin, perhaps the strip on the billboard. Nice how the air bubbles and folds in the paper are painted like a trompe-l'oeil. Precisely because the whole thing is so technically flawless - including the magically realistic sky - the story can come to life and get all the attention. A handsome painting that ends halfway in the top 10 at number 5 for good reason
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