Peter Klashorst (1957) - Slapende vrouw

A reclining woman, with closed eyes and the hand loosely folded under her face, fills almost the entire canvas.

Klashorst captures her in his recognizable, quick and expressive style: broad, black brushstrokes pull the silhouette, the facial features and the folds of her body with a kind of calligraphic urgency.

The contours are raw and spontaneous, as if the image were laid down in one breath, and therein lies the power—the sleeping calm of the subject stands in striking contrast to the nervous, hurried line work.

The palette is soft and cool: patches of pastel pink, mint green and gray-blue flow over the canvas and give the work a dreamy, almost underwater atmosphere.

In the background, large, half-erased letters peek through the paint—fragments like "ic", "M" and "soft"—a nod to the street and advertising imagery that Klashorst likes to weave into his work.

They place the intimate, vulnerable figure in a rougher, contemporary context.

The result is typical of Klashorst: at once tender and brutal, fleeting and monumental.

A resting body, caught between tenderness and provocation, dreaming amidst the chaos of words and color.

Lower left is his signature, upper right the date.