Location: Denmark
Born in the Netherlands in Delft, the city of Vermeer, in 1964, I have been heavily influenced, from an early age onwards, by the old Dutch masters. After five years of study at the Royal Academy of Arts in Rotterdam (painting and design) and two additional years at the Art Academy of Utrecht, where I got my degree in art history, I turned from the abstract to the more figurative in painting. My style can perhaps be called romantic and the theme in my work has always been the human drama and human psychology. Many of my paintings have a narrative nature and use symbology and talk about such things as the beauty and spiritual potential of each human but also about such things as the misuse of beauty, sex and power, quilt, loneliness and more.
Lately I have turned more and more to portrait painting, in which I try to capture the unique essence and qualities of each person portrayled. Apart from working as an independent artist, with many international exhibitions (Holland, Italy, Sweden and Denmark), I also teach art classes in classical painting techniques. Further on I work as an international colour expert and trainer on the influence and meaning of colour. I hope you will enjoy my work!
With friendly greetings, Marcus stolk
Some Paintings from the period 2002 to 2012
This oil painting (120 / 150 cm) captures the intimacy between two women in a typical Danish interior styled studio. The clear division between dark and light colours in the painting and the pose and expression of the two women tries to capture a sense of "measurement", in which one can only be join the intimacy of the women in the painting with the right kind of sentiment and attitude.
Oil on canvas, 60 / 80 cm
Painting in oil (120 / 150 Cm)
Oil and Acryl on canvas (120 / 150 cm)
“Some things float into the future, others solve and sink in time”
Oil painting (120 / 150 cm)
“Portrait musician and author Martin Hall”
Painting in oil (120 / 150 cm)
Painting mixed media (60 / 80+ cm)
“Two Women on an Attic In Hellerup”
Oil on canvas (70 / 100 cm)
Oil painting (90 / 120 cm)
Oil painting on canvas (90 / 120 cm)
Oil on canvas (90 / 120 cm)
Oil on wood (60 / 80 cm)
Oil on wood (60 / 80 cm)
Oil and acryl on canvas (120 / 150 cm)
Oil on canvas (90 / 120 cm)
Oil on canvas (90 / 120 cm)
Oil on canvas (90 / 120 cm)
Oil on canvas (60 / 80 cm)
OIl on canvas (60 / 80 cm)
“The Painter, a Model and the Future”
Oil on wood and canvas (120 / 150 cm)
“Portrait Prime Minister Denmark Helle Thorning Schmidt”
Oil on canvas (60 / 80 cm)
Oil on canvas (120 / 150 cm)
Oil on wood (40 / 50 cm)
Oil on canvas (60 / 80 cm)
“Portrait Journalist Vibeke Spangsberg”
Oil on canvas ( 40 / 50 cm)
Oil on canvas (120 / 150 cm)
Oil on canvas (120 / 150 cm)
“Portrait of Prince Joakim, Princess Marie and Prince Henrik of Denmark”
“The Studio”
“The Forbidden Fruit”
“This Perfect World”
“The Letter”
“Under the Blue Apple Tree”
“Individuality”
“Dawn”
“Portrait of Birgitte”
“Portrait of Sofie”
“Self Portrait”
“Dawn”
“The Unfulfilled Potential”
“Concentrated Devotion”
“The Beauty of Choice”
“Forbidden Fruit”
“Forbidden Fruit”
“Two Women sitting on a Bed”
“Twilight Zone”
“Muse”
“This Perfect World”
“Vanity”
