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Tjalf Sparnaay O.K. Harris Works of Art New York, represents Tjalf in the USA. O.K. Harris is a famous Art Gallery in Soho, among others representing important American hyperrealists as Ralph Goings and Robert Bechtle. Gallery owner Ivan Karp introduced in the sixties Roy Liechtenstein and Andy Warhol. In London Sparnaay's work is exhibited and sold through Plus One Gallery. In the Netherlands Collectie Harms Rolde represents him. Tjalf paints on commission too, prices between 10,000 and 45,000 euro. Sparnaay paints with brushes and oil on canvas A lot of care goes into the technical aspects of the work. The canvas is Belgian portrait canvas, pure and strong. Although it comes prepared from the shop, I give it a good sanding and then prime it with two or four layers of gesso using a broad filling knife. The canvas has not yet been stretched and lies flat. It is then carefully sanded smooth with waterproof sandpaper. Once it is dry it is ready to be stretched, which has to be done very carefully. Then I apply a layer of coloured gesso to provide a base colour, usually grey ochre, and one or two layers of acrylic medium: this is to prevent the oil layer drying too quickly and going dull, as well as providing a surface on which it is easy to draw. The final painting involves ‘filling in’ and developing the drawing— by far the most laborious part. When the picture is dry, glazes can be applied to deepen the colours or conversely to blend them. The whites are also brightened up. When the whole thing is completely dry, an intermediate varnish is applied and after a year, if necessary, a final varnish. The paint I use is well-pigmented ‘Dutch tube oil paint’. It is applied with flat nylon brushes, and the stumping is done with squirrel hair. The large continuous backgrounds are done with hog’s hair spalter brushes dipped in previously prepared sets of colours of different hues and tints. TJALF SPARNAAY Born: 1954, Haarlem, The Netherlands Resides: Hilversum, The Netherlands Education: Selftaught Solo Exhibitions: 2009    Plus One Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2007    OK Harris Works of Art, New York, USA 2002    Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2002    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2001    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1999    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1998    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997    Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 199 4   Smelik and Stokking Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands 1992    Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1991    Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1990    Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1989    Society Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1988    Via Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands Group Exhibitions: 2009    PlusOne Gallery London Groupshow 2009    Collectie Harms Rolde Pan Amsterdam 2009    Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno - California: I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art 2009    PlusOne Gallery,groupsshow Exactitude V booklaunch, London 2009    Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 09 2008    Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 08 2008    Plus One Gallery, London, Art London 2008    Collectie Harms Rolde, Open Art Fair 2008    Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Art Fair Amsterdam 2007    Collectie Harms Rolde, pAn Art Fair, Amstedam, 2007    Hudson River Museum, New York, USA 2007    Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA 2007    Bernaducci. Meisel. Gallery, New York,USA 2007    Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 07, Amsterdam 2006    Collectie Harms Rolde, pAn Art Fair, Amsterdam 2006    Plus One Gallery, Art Fair London 2006    Plus One Gallery, Exactitude III, London 2006    OK Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA 2006    Gallery Honingen, Gouda, The Netherlands 2006    Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 06, Amsterdam 2006    Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2005    Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 05, Amsterdam 2005    O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA 2005    OK Harris, Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA 2004    Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2004    O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA 2003    Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2003    O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA 2002    O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA Selected Collections: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans, LA, USA Mickey Huibregtsen Collection, Amsterdam/Bussum, The Netherlands Brutus Creemers Collection, Edam, The Netherlands NCM Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jacob Gelt Dekker Collection, Curacao Hetterschijt Collection, Marbella, Spain Heineken Collection, Amsterdam Anton Dreesman Collection, Miami Collection Ivan– and Marilyn Karp, New York Geilenkirchen Collection, Hong Kong Commissions (among others): Eric Geilenkirchen, Hong Kong Hoetmer, Hilversum, The Netherlands Optiver, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Paul Baars Design Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Eckhaus, Odijk, The Netherlands Jan Teunissen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jacob Gelt Dekker, Curacao Bibliography: monography Monography: Tjalf Sparnaay Mega - Realisme, oilpaintings, 2002, ISBN 90-9016442-1 Works published on postcards by Art Unlimited, the Netherlands Fine Arts MagazineTableau november 2009 interview door Ronald Kraayeveld in >> next