Works on paper | Henrik Sandner

Smaller works

A selection of my works on paper and cloth

Portraits -or so

In 2019 I participated in DR (Danish Broadcasting) Tv programme "Portrait Artist of the Year) I made several of sketches of the model with oil pastel on paper. This technique is also what I use when I am travelling abroad. They are quick sketches of people passing by in a park or sitting in a café. Most of them are made in A3-format, some a bit smaller. I have called them all: "Portrait -or so".

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait - or so

Portrait - or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait - or so

Portrait - or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Portrait -or so

Portrait -or so

Oil pastel on paper. It meassures aprox 24x30 cm. Mounted in passepartout (30x40cm)

Texture Art

Texture art -or "3D portraits" Call them what you want. During my travels I sometimes find inspiration in the everyday materials I find.-It can be old cardboard boxes from the supermarket, or news papers, or something different. I then make little faces with an unique 3D effect which bonds the local people I see with the local materials I find. Much more inspiring than buying traditional souvenirs! They convey the fragility of a person in a very direct way.

Siesta in Pantelli

Siesta in Pantelli

Mixed media on cardboard. It meassures aprox 15x20 cm

Dimitris in the evening

Dimitris in the evening

Mixed media on cardboard. It meassures aprox 15x20 cm

Disappointed man

Disappointed man

Mixed media on cardboard. It meassures aprox 15x20 cm

The green grocer

The green grocer

Mixed media on cardboard. It meassures aprox 15x20 cm

The Holy Mother

The Holy Mother

Mixed media on carboard. Aprox 15x20 cm

The old man

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 12x12 cm

Woman of the land and the sea

Woman of the land and the sea

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 20x25 cm

The teacher

Mixed media on paper. Aprox 21x30 cm

Red haired woman

Red haired woman

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 15x20 cm

The carpenter from Plomari

The carpenter from Plomari

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 13x18 cm

The tourist

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 13x18 cm

The surrounding landscape

The surrounding landscape

Mixed media on cardboard. Aprox 13x18 cm

Portraits on cloth

The idea for these works came one day when I saw the piles of old cleaning rags I had accumulated in my studio. Instead of throwing them out I began to paint on them. The thought of recycling is very big these days! I have made a series of portraits that conveys the rough and imperfect expression that lies in my approach of describing people. They are meant to be presented as a "3-D" object mounted in a free floating frame. Underscoring the tactility of the work.

Framing example

Framing example

The free floating frame is 30x30 cm. The artwork itself is aprox 22x22 cm

Little boy under the sun

Little boy under the sun

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Boy

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Bewildered boy

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Summer

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Per med bassen

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Første skoledag

Første skoledag

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Too many thoughts

Too many thoughts

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Man kan vel altid drømme

Man kan vel altid drømme

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Jeg lytter

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Blue man

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Brown man

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Blue man in the night

Blue man in the night

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Den viise mand

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Er jeg stadig den samme?

Er jeg stadig den samme?

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Dame med blomster i håret

Dame med blomster i håret

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Faded person

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

A mother

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Blue collar man

Blue collar man

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)

Blue man

Oil on recycled cleaning rag (aprox 22x22 cm)