
	Dear all, It has been a while since I last send out a newsletter. I have been busy with lots of things, one of which is my new website which was launched recently. I hope you like it as much as I do and am curious to hear your reactions! Also two new giclée art prints will be issued shortly! As a subscriber to my newsletter I am giving you the exclusive opportunity to have a preview and pre-order your print for a very special price ! Click here for more details. Enjoy! Jake Baddeley Over the summer Smelik & Stokking, my gallery in The Hague, has been exhibiting some new paintings. I am particularly thrilled by these works, although the technique is an experiment, something I have never attempted before, the rich and deep glow that resulted surprised me. One of my greatest inspirations is Leonardo da Vinci, whose “sfumato” technique has remained a mystery (to me at least) until now. I have set myself the task of making some panels using his technique, if not his style. This is achieved by using a special painting medium called glacé, which increases the transparency, and luminosity of the paint while retaining the brilliance of the colour. This also allows very soft transition of shadows, which was Da Vinci’s trademark. There seems to be a definite correlation between the enjoyment I get from making a work and the satisfaction of the client, as most were sold in a few days. I have also been busy building new sculptures One of the more successful themes is “fish” made from bits and pieces of broken house-hold objects bolted together. They incorporate various principles that one might find in a Hi-Fi, vacuum cleaner, or other such item, as well as giving light, as they double as lamps. My interest in science has allowed me to manipulate these parts into a new whole, reuniting art with science, form with function and principle with proportion. They can have propellers that are driven by the heat of the lamp inside it, magnets that generate energy when the mouth opens and closes, solar panels that make LED’s flash, and so on. The possibilities seem endless. My aim is too find a way too create a movement from waist energy given off by the lamp. Energy that otherwise would go unused. Have a look on the website for these new sculptures Dreamscape - International Exhibition of Imaginary Realism 29th of November - 7th of December 2008 - Amsterdam Together with the exhibition the new Dreamscape publication will be released, a collection aimed at bringing together the best of Contemporary Visionary, Surreal and Symbolist Artists from around the world. I have been invited to join in this exhibition and publication alongside artists such as Lucas Kandl and Michael Parkes, and together we hope to be able to promote this genre and generate a wider public interest. Soon I will issue two new giclée art prints! They will be first available to the public at Art Event in Ahoy (Rotterdam, NL) which is to be held from the 24th to 26th of October 2008. Special pre-order offer As a subscriber to my newsletter I am giving you the exclusive opportunity to have a pre-order your print for a very special price ! Go to the special pre-order page for more details by clicking here. Both giclées are printed on heavy, museum-quality etching paper and are signed and numbered by me personally. They are published in a limited edition of 100.

One of my greatest inspirations is Leonardo da Vinci, whose “sfumato” technique has remained a mystery (to me at least) until now. I have set myself the task of making some panels using his technique, if not his style.

This is achieved by using a special painting medium called glacé, which increases the transparency, and luminosity of the paint while retaining the brilliance of the colour.

This also allows very soft transition of shadows, which was Da Vinci’s trademark.

There seems to be a definite correlation between the enjoyment I get from making a work and the satisfaction of the client, as most were sold in a few days.

I have also been busy building new sculptures

One of the more successful themes is “fish” made from bits and pieces of broken house-hold objects bolted together. They incorporate various principles that one might find in a Hi-Fi, vacuum cleaner, or other such item, as well as giving light, as they double as lamps. My interest in science has allowed me to manipulate these parts into a new whole, reuniting art with science, form with function and principle with proportion.

They can have propellers that are driven by the heat of the lamp inside it, magnets that generate energy when the mouth opens and closes, solar panels that make LED’s flash, and so on. The possibilities seem endless. My aim is too find a way too create a movement from waist energy given off by the lamp. Energy that otherwise would go unused.

Have a look on the website for these new sculptures

Dreamscape - International Exhibition of Imaginary Realism

29th of November - 7th of December 2008 - Amsterdam

Together with the exhibition the new Dreamscape publication will be released, a collection aimed at bringing together the best of Contemporary Visionary, Surreal and Symbolist Artists from around the world.

I have been invited to join in this exhibition and publication alongside artists such as Lucas Kandl and Michael Parkes, and together we hope to be able to promote this genre and generate a wider public interest.

Soon I will issue two new giclée art prints! They will be first available to the public at Art Event in Ahoy (Rotterdam, NL) which is to be held from the 24th to 26th of October 2008.

Special pre-order offer

As a subscriber to my newsletter I am giving you the exclusive opportunity to have a pre-order your print for a very special price !

Go to the special pre-order page for more details by clicking here.

Both giclées are printed on heavy, museum-quality etching paper and are signed and numbered by me personally. They are published in a limited edition of 100.