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![Dailey Danique, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Dailey (Illustrated)
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![Dutch Deelee, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Deelee (Golden Girl)
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![Pandora Kaaki, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Pandora (Dreaming in Blue)
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![GirlsKayleigh Swenson, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Kayleigh and Emily (Girls)
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![My Orange VanRiae Suicide, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Riae (Orange Van)
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![American GirlVeronika Rayek, oil painting on canvas by Willem van der Krieken]()
Veronika (American Girl)
Something stops me.
Then I have to deal with it.
The women I paint are professionals at being looked at. Most of them make a living from their own image, and they are very good at it.
Every so often one of them stops me mid-scroll. I never know why in the moment, so I save the picture and leave it alone. Months later it is still there, still asking for something, and the only way I know to answer it is to paint it.
For twenty-five years I made images for other people. 3D, advertising, software. I know what goes into a picture before it reaches you, which is probably why the few that get past me get so far past me.
No sketch, no plan, no deadline. Days at a time over several weeks, and then it stops. Not because the painting is finished, but because I am.
Whether the canvas is done is a separate question and I have never been able to answer it. So I hang it up and pass the question on.