Acrylic painting over top of old black and white photograph in "Nederlands Filmdagen 1988/Dutch Filmdays 1988" which I acquired from a free/exchange shelf in Amsterdam in 2025. The photo is by filmmaker Johan van der Keuken and is of jazz musician Big Ben Webster. In the photo, he is playing a saxophone with a vague outline of buildings in the background. My guess based on finding a short film made by van der Keuken in 1967 about Big Ben (according to IMDb ) is that the image is from that same year. About my paint addition below:
Intuitive, abstract, quick painting with a basic outline around the photograph in blue-green and beigey yellows in free-form lines and an additional similar curving shape around the saxophone in a brownish gold. There is a golden yellow shape coming from his head and a light green shape coming from his heart or chest area.
I did a little painting over and around this gentleman in the Netherlands film fest guide from the free old book shelf.
Acrylic, probably about 4x5 in.
Full credits in alt.
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