Hi and welcome

Bastiaan Mol (1954) is a Dutch artist /illustrator based in Rotterdam (NL)

subjects of his art are :

BIRDS -   Music Inspired Portraits -   the MALE figure

He is a free working artist and exhibitions usually are in Rotterdam (NL)

yearly at café  `t Pakhuys , Delfshaven

Also at Galerie Mooiman  a all male art gallery in Groningen  (NL) .

His work can also be found already for some years in the yearly

Your Daily Male calender , showing the male in the arts as a subject.

(also in the new 2023 edition his work is present)

Not ALL of his paintings can be seen here in this webpage.

Here you will find just a taste of his work in various subjects.

Also : not all work seen here is for sale , some maybe sold recently.

scroll down to the bottom of this page for contactbuttons such as

Facebook , Instagram and Email.

also take a look at  www.bastiaanmol.com

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My latest paintings are often to be seen on Instagram unless it contains nudity.

In that case you will only be able to see it uncensored  here, on my various websites.

For my male paintings I work with models but I can also be inspired from a photo and

change it into something different rather than just copying it .

( I prefer taking the photos for a painting myself though).

Also important to know: I don`t sell prints or copies of my work.

Each painting bought is a one -off original painting or drawing .
 

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above: The Affordable Artfair 2022-Amsterdam , untill October 30-2022
upcoming exhibition :
group exhibition Your Daily Male at Galerie Mooiman, Groningen (NL)
opening Sunday 11 December 2022 - February 5th 2023

eerstvolgende expositie Bastiaan Mol : artcafé  `t Pakhu
Opening/vernissage 19 MAART 2023, preview 18 maart 
last day Sunday 16th April 2023
open : di-zondag 15:00-21:00 uur,   Voorhaven , Historisch Delfshaven

THE PORTUGUESE FADO-PORTRAITS

It started in 2013 , when Bastiaan Mol , loving the Portuguese fado music , started painting

portraits of fadosingers .Through the years many fadistas (= fadosingers) became friends and from 2013 - 2022 he painted no less than 59 paintings of fadosingers and gitarrists. Two of these paintings became part of the main exhibition of the museum - Associação Alfredo Marceneiro in Lisbon. This socio-cultural club keeps the heritage of the great fado master Marceneiro.

Bastiaan Mol was made a member of honor to this Associação and was given a document to thank him for his contribution to the museum and the the Portuguese fado in general.

Most of the fado paintings already are with their new owners in Lisbon , but a few are still in Rotterdam. Every year some more are added , all inspired by the fado music he loves.

TO SEE ALL PICTURES , CLICK AND SCROLL TO THE RIGHT  >>>

various subjects

animals (birds)

click the buttons for my Instagram,Facebook,Vimeo ,Tumblr

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under, you will find my male paintings.

For these paintings I use live models as well as photos that I find inspirational.

I also work with your photos for a commisioned work.

As I want the best results, I only work from very sharp and clear photos

( that is often NOT from photos taken with your phone)

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Regularly models ask if I can use them for my work.

Most of the time they are just not the types I find inspirational for my paintings.

I just ask guys on the street if they would want to pose or via socialmedia.

Often they will say NO, especially when they are in company.

Many people will think of SEX when the word posing in the nude falls...

Posing has NOTHING to do with SEX , at all !

And also : I am not a dirty old man that wants you in my bed.

My models are mostly young : 20-30 , smooth or very little bodyhair.

Slim but not neccessarily very muscled .

And a good face is also very much important here. Rather debutants (amateurs) 

than 'professional' models .

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Not all of my paintings can be seen here.

Not all of them are still for sale.

Some can be in an exhibition temporally...

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Recently criminals are trying to get 'easy money' from artists.

They contact via the artist`s websites saying they want to buy some paintings.

This happened me already a few times, so I am very cautious.

I need a verivication that you are not a scammer and a fraud!

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CLICK THE PHOTOS AND SCROLL >>> to the right

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some exhibition photos