March 9, 2024Comments are off for this post.

Creative Coaching Of Artists

What do I mean by Creative Coaching Of Artists?

Not that I coach you specifically in the creative field, although I will surely give my opinion on that and give comments on technique etc.
I mean that the way we work together in this is creative and completely tailored to what you need !

You ask, I give. Or I give without you asking.

What do I give you? My thoughts, tips and tricks about what you do, where and how you present yourself, where and how you present your work, how you use LinkedIn and other social media...

Everything you want to know more about, as long as it relates to the art you make.

How? By messenger and / or mail.
You always receive an answer, sometimes immediately, sometimes after a few days. If you want to come to Denmark for a workshop or trtaining, you are always welcome. If so, we then discuss a fee for that.

How long? That's up to you. So if you stop asking questions and tell me to not longer give you advice without you asking, it stops.

Conditions...

Cost per hour or per question? No. A modest monthly fee.

An agreement? No, based on trust, and on what we 'talk' and agree about in our mails or messages.

My Creative Coaching For Artists is just as intensive as you want and need, and can vary along the way: half an hour a day, 5 times 5 minutes a day, or 15 minutes once a week, or....
So you can easily do it alongside all the other things that you already do, or that you have planned...

I never want to offend you, but my comments and questions can be confronting. It is always material to think about, if you are able to step over your primary response and feelings, and investigate what it means or could mean to you. It will help you to make the choices that have to be made to show to the world the artist that is inside you.

Interested? Send me an e-mail or use the contact page to send me a message and ask whatever you want to know about it !

December 31, 2022Comments are off for this post.

Kissing The Clouds

Morning glow
The sun kisses the clouds
Blinded by the eye

A beautiful autumn morning. The sun appears on the horizon, its warm light kisses the clouds above the fields in Kobberø, Thy region, North Jutland, Denmark.

'Kissing The Clouds' is a new artwork in my collection 'Wavy Fields’.

Kissing The Clouds - A beautiful autumn morning. The sun appears on the horizon, its warm light kisses the clouds above the fields. - Digital artwork by Jacob Berghoef
Kissing The Clouds - Digital artwork by Jacob Berghoef

General info on this artwork

This is a digital artwork, printed with high-quality ink on museum-quality cotton paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity.

For these artworks, I start with one or more photographs made by myself. I edit it in multiple process runs and in several layers by color manipulation and adding and editing multiple digital photographic effects. I do that until a surrealistic atmosphere is created that touches me and tells the story I want to tell.

The photograph(s) I begin with has/have an impressionistic, surrealistic or abstract realist style, which is the basis for all my work.

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page

May 29, 2022Comments are off for this post.

Voices In The Trees

Yesterday I climbed up the hill
But halfway there, the wind and fog made climbing hard
The grass slippery with moisture,
and smelling of spring
A song helped me to continue on my way
Once at the top I used the moss as a pillow
while the voices of the wind in the trees soothed me to sleep.

Last Thursday morning Anuscka and I were intensely enjoying our introduction to Vietnamese coffee. We only drink 1 cup of coffee a day, so when you taste a fantastically beautiful coffee for the first time, you enjoy it with very small sips.
When my cup was empty, I looked, as always, at the "markings" the coffee grounds had left on the bottom. 
I grind and brew my coffee by hand, pouring it through a metal mesh filter, so there is always some sediment in there. Mmmmmm.... 🙂

The 'drawing' I saw fascinated me, and inspired me to create this artwork.

Inspiration

It is a great pleasure to mention here the 3 inspiring women who, without knowing it, participated in this creation. If you don't know them yet, visit their profile on LinkedIn and read what inspires them. Very worthwhile !

Niloofar mahafel, a wonderful painter from Iran, who trusts me to be her representative AND sent me many photos of the wonderful Iranian landscape. They are a huge inspiration ! No doubt she will recognize the picture of one of her beautiful landscapes in this artwork.

Daphne Nguyen, she introduced me to the coffee coming from her company's coffee farms in Vietnam. Anuscka and I love this coffee, the passion she and her colleagues have for coffee and the enormous commitment to the coffee farmers. I'm sure she never expected that her coffee would become the basis for an artwork...

Karina Mosser, a wonderful painter and a great person to work with. Recently she made a series of abstracts for me to use as background for my digital creations. Through a green abstract painting of hers, I managed to create a work that brings together Iran and Vietnam as a landscape for my "coffee tree".

Voices In The Trees - ...Once at the top of the hill I used the moss as a pillow, while the voices of the wind in the trees soothed me to sleep. - Digital artwork by Jacob Berghoef
Voices In The Trees

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page.

Through my artworks I ask you to reflect for a moment on the nature around you, on the beautiful feeling that nature can evoke, on what we lose when we continue on the destructive path of ever more…

December 25, 2021Comments are off for this post.

Frozen Sunrise

My wife Anuscka and I do not celebrate Christmas.
So my wish for all of you is somewhat different from the traditional Christmas greeting:

I wish you silent days, with a light in your heart for the earth, for nature and for all the needy people.

Whatever you celebrate today, make it a beautiful, colorful day, and take a moment to think and care about all that is vulnerable and needy on this earth.

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Frozen Sunrise - The sun rises over e snowy forest. Whatever you celebrate today, make it a beautiful, colorful day, and take a moment to think and care about all who/what are/is vulnerable and needy on this earth. - Impressionistic digital art by Jacob Berghoef
Frozen Sunrise

'Frozen Sunrise' is a new digital artwork in my collection 'Secret Places'.

Prints are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message.

Through my artworks I ask you to reflect for a moment on the nature around you, on the beautiful feeling that nature can evoke, on what we lose when we continue on the road of 'never enough'.

March 10, 2021Comments are off for this post.

Photography Holiday Croatia 2021

How about a week of vacation in Croatia, October 2021? And how about learning how to make abstract realistic and impressionistic fine art photos?

Interested? Then read this post...

Join me on a photography holiday and learn to make abstract realistic and impressionistic fine art photos!
Island of Korcula, Croatia, October 11-18, 2021

October 2021 I will lead a photography holiday on the beautiful island of Korcula. The tour will be organized by Slikamilina Painting Tours, with 10+ years of experience in organizing painting and photography workshops and -holidays in beautiful Croatia.
During the 7-day tour we travel to different places on the island. We will visit the coastline, villages, forests and fields with the mountains as a backdrop. You will learn to make abstract and impressionist fine art photos of the scenery we visit: landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, forests, close up, etc.

For more information, visit my page on the Slikamilina website

If you have questions about the trip, you can contact Lynda Milina via the contact page on their website.
If you have questions about the photographing, please contact me!

Slikamilina General information and conditions

Through my artworks I ask you to reflect for a moment on the nature around you, on the beautiful feeling that nature can evoke, on what we lose when we continue on the road of 'never enough'.

November 11, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Featured on Saatchi Art: Stormy Sea

My artwork Stormy Sea is featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 11-09-2020. See the links below the image.

An autumn walk on the beach of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Wadden Islands on the north coast of the Netherlands. The weather is stormy, the waves break with large foam heads.

Stormy Sea - Impressionistic fine art seascape photography by Jacob Berghoef
Stormy Sea

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November 3, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Featured on Saatchi Art: Autumn Sea

My artwork Autumn Sea is featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 11-02-2020. See the links below the image.

An autumn walk on the beach of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Wadden Islands on the north coast of the Netherlands. The weather is stormy, the waves break with large foam heads.

Autumn Sea - Impressionistic fine art seascape photography by Jacob Berghoef
Autumn Sea

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November 3, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Autumn Sunset (9)

The last autumn sunset artwork in this series. The wind is strong, clouds drift quickly along the sky, rushing to catch the last rays of light.

Sunset over the dunes along the North Sea and the bay Krik Vig, part of the Limfjord. I made this photo standing in the fields near the hamlet where I live.

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Autumn Sunset (9) - Abstract expressionistic fine art landscape photography by Jacob Berghoef
Autumn Sunset (9)

'Autumn Sunset (8)' is a photo in the collection 'Evening Falls', prints are available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page or contact me for a quote.

October 27, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Autumn Sunset (8)

The sun has set, the water of the fjord rapidly takes on the cold color of the night. Thin cloud veils seem to swallow up the colors of the sunset, until it's dark.

Sunset over the dunes along the North Sea and the bay Krik Vig, part of the Limfjord.

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Autumn Sunset (8) - Abstract realistic fine art landscape photography by Jacob Berghoef
Autumn Sunset (8)

'Autumn Sunset (8)' is a photo in the collection 'Evening Falls', prints are available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page.

October 25, 2020Comments are off for this post.

Autumn Morning

Lost in the soft voices of the wind
as I wander through the fields
into the colors of this autumn morning

On a beautiful morning I wandered through the fields along the bay Krik Vig, part of the Limfjord. Except for the rustling of the wind and a single bird, it's quiet…

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Autumn Morning - Abstract realistic fine art landscape photography by Jacob Berghoef
Autumn Morning

'Autumn Morning' is a photo in the collection 'Wavy Fields', prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio and at the artwork page.

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