October 3, 2023Comments are off for this post.

Suixtinction

Suixtinction [su~ix~tinc~tion] (also known as self-extinction) is the extinction of a species because the species itself consciously destroys the essential conditions for its life. This occurs through the depletion of resources, the creation of a chaotic environment based on technical creations, and through unbridled consumption causing severe pollution of soil, air and water, resulting in the complete loss of its own food-, clean water and oxygen supply.

Sometimes I want to scratch and bite people (figuratively speaking, of course ;), to wake them up a bit about the predicament in which the earth and nature find themselves. And thus a predicament in which many millions of people already find themselves today. Drought, hunger, lack of drinking water, almost unbearable heat, huge amounts of rain, rising sea level, and so on and so on...

It is not a fiction, not a black future scenario... It is now ! And let's face it, the Western world just continuing to consume and have the consequences fall on poor, vulnerable countries... isn't that the newest form of colonialism?

Thinking about this, the word suixtinction formed in my mind and an image emerged....

Suixtinction [su~ix~tinc~tion] (also known as self-extinction) is the extinction of a species because the species itself consciously destroys the essential conditions for its life. This occurs through the depletion of resources, the creation of a chaotic environment based on technical creations, and through unbridled consumption causing severe pollution of soil, air and water, resulting in the complete loss of its own food-, clean water and oxygen supply.
Suixtinction, aka Self extinction

Artwork

Artwork: Suixtinction. A digital artwork created by the fusion of three layers, one of them is the painting Sunlight by the Swedish painter Ingela Wallgren Lindgren (LinkedIn profile). For her original artwork and a link to her website, take a look here.

The other two layers are artworks by myself, and all three layers are transformed to contribute to the final artwork.

August 17, 2023Comments are off for this post.

Blooming Winter Dreams

The colors of a
cold morning
The first light opens
the flowers in my
winter dream

Winter morning, the colors of a new day. I stroll along the path between sleeping and waking, I don't want to let go of my dream yet. A cold breeze through my hair, the sunlight touches my face, trees with fragrant winter flowers…

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Blooming Winter Dreams

‘Blooming Winter Dreams’ is an artwork in my collection 'The Narrow Path'.

With this artwork, the US painter Karina Mosser and I present to you a new dimension in the series of Karina painting on a print of one of my photographs: textured painting that gives the artwork a magical 3D feeling !

The original (16x12") is still available, and, of course, Limited Edition or Open Edition prints in any size you prefer. Send me a message if you are interested.

May 18, 2023Comments are off for this post.

Spring Morning At The Pond

I sit on a stone, 
on the west side of the pond

Staring at the water, 
     waiting. 
Nobody understands why

All I want is to see how 
the rising sun colors the flowers 
     in the ripples 
of a gentle spring breeze.

'Spring Morning At The Pond' is a new artwork in my collection 'Secret Places'.

Spring Morning At The Pond - Surrealistic impressionistic artwork by Jacob Berghoef
Spring Morning At The Pond

General info on this artwork

This is a digital artwork, printed with high-quality ink on museum-quality cotton paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity.

For these artworks, I start with one or more photographs made by myself. I edit it in multiple process runs and in several layers by color manipulation and adding and editing multiple digital photographic effects. I do that until a surrealistic atmosphere is created that touches me and tells the story I want to tell.

The photograph(s) I begin with has/have an impressionistic, surrealistic or abstract realist style, which is the basis for all my work.

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page

May 17, 2023Comments are off for this post.

Echo Of My Thoughts

In the morning of my dream
Only shadows will remain
Echoing the light of my thoughts

'Echo Of My Thoughts' is a new surrealistic impressionistic digital artwork in my collection 'The Narrow Path'.

Echo of My Thoughts - Digital surrealistic impressionistic artwork by Jacob Berghoef
Echo of My Thoughts

General info on this artwork

This is a digital artwork, printed with high-quality ink on museum-quality cotton paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity.

For these artworks, I start with one or more photographs made by myself. I edit it in multiple process runs and in several layers by color manipulation and adding and editing multiple digital photographic effects. I do that until a surrealistic atmosphere is created that touches me and tells the story I want to tell.

The photograph(s) I begin with has/have an impressionistic, surrealistic or abstract realist style, which is the basis for all my work.

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page

March 5, 2023Comments are off for this post.

Healing Forest

We lie on our backs on a patch of grass among tall trees and look up. All sorts of things are flying through the air. Thick bumblebees and dragonflies, swooping swallows, dandelion fluff, an airplane on its way to a distant destination, gossamer silver threads of a spider, patches of clouds, butterflies chasing each other, a buzzard. Most you only see, some you also hear.

The swaying treetops create an ever-changing light on the ground. The shadow play is almost hallucinatory. Everywhere rustles and everything seems to be moving. With a little imagination, a gnome suddenly shuffles out from behind a tree stump, or a nimble forest elf dances on a branch.

We have been lying here for half an hour now, and the beneficial effect such an environment has on body and mind is already becoming noticeable.

Shinrin-Yoku

Japanese have known this for a long time, and have a name for it: Shinrin-Yoku. The word shinrin means forest, and the word yoku stands for absorbing the atmosphere through your senses. We call it in proper Dutch "bosbaden" forest bathing. For years it has been the ultimate 'secret' in Japan to - now scientifically proven - living a healthier, calmer and happier life.
Through Shinrin-Yoku you reconnect with nature in many ways. Consciously spending time in nature can lower your blood pressure, relieve stress and strengthen your immune system. Also, "forest bathing" can boost your energy, creativity and concentration.

Have you ever taken a forest bath?

Healing Forest - The canopy of a Danish forest, transformed in multiple layers
Healing Forest - The canopy of a Danish forest

Text: Anuscka. Artwork: me

Anuscka wrote the original text in July 2018, just before we moved permanently from the Netherlands to Denmark. She had rather severe lower back pain at the time, but experienced great benefit from meditation in the forest.

Anuscka's original blogpost

General info on this artwork

This is a digital artwork, printed with high-quality ink on museum-quality cotton paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity.

For these artworks, I start with one or more photographs made by myself. I edit it in multiple process runs and in several layers by color manipulation and adding and editing multiple digital photographic effects. I do that until a surrealistic atmosphere is created that touches me and tells the story I want to tell.

The photograph(s) I begin with has/have an impressionistic, surrealistic or abstract realist style, which is the basis for all my work.

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page

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