Corné Akkers

Corné Akkers is an artist from the Netherlands who works across oil paint, dry pastel and graphite pencil. His practice centres on the search for light and the shadows and planes it creates, using tonal quality rather than form or theme as the driving concern.

Akkers combines figurative work with abstraction, believing neither alone can deliver the art statement audiences seek. His work draws on styled cubist, impressionist and surrealist figuration, balancing colour and a wide tonal range with attention to atmospheric depth, composition, anatomy and tonal rhythm.