NAIVE FACES ON WOOD
These are not faces painted onto wood — they are personalities that emerged from solid and transparent inks pressed deep into raw poplar, until the wood itself becomes the portrait. Visible grain. Colors that don't decorate the surface but become part of it. Each Naive Face is set in a handcrafted solid mahogany frame and exists as a single original. One work. One owner. From the moment it enters your space, it becomes a part of your daily life.
RAFIKIRafiki — friend in Swahili — looks you straight in the eye. A frontal portrait on a warm ochre ground, with a face partly painted in deep red, white and blue. Resting on top of the head is a blue eye: the nazar, the ancient…
€ 3.000,00
SLOWLY AWAKENINGSHOWN AT STUDIO MONIQUE DES BOUVRIE - NAARDEN VESTING
"Waking up slowly is not a flaw. It means you are paying attention."
Slowly Awakening — not a name but a state of being. The face mid-emergence. Not asleep, not yet fully…€ 3.000,00
BESTIESSHOWN AT KUNST & CO - AMSTELVEEN
"The rarest thing is two people who make each other more themselves."
Besties — not a title, a truth. Two faces, one frame. The intimacy between them needs no explanation. You either recognise…€ 3.000,00
SAPHIRA"The most honest thing in a room is a face that sees through everything."
Saphira — Hebrew for precious gemstone, clarity. A name rooted in transparency and the ability to see past illusion. This face does exactly that — it…€ 2.800,00
CHICONDI"Love is not what you feel. It is what you leave behind in every room you enter."
Chicondi — Chewa for love, affection, the bond that holds. Rooted in the Bantu languages of Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique, this name carries more…€ 2.800,00
ALLEGRASHOWN AT STUDIO MONIQUE DES BOUVRIE, NAARDEN
"To move through life with ease is not luck. It is a decision made daily."
Allegra — Italian/Latin for joyful, lively, moving with lightness. A musical term before it was a name. It…€ 3.000,00
NABILAClarity is not the absence of complexity. It is knowing exactly where you stand."
NABILA is a large-scale naive portrait — composed, direct, and quietly commanding.
With solid and transparant inks on a fine poplar wood panel,…€ 2.800,00
INNERFLOWNaive Faces by Hanneke van de Pol. XL portraits on solid wood, 100×150cm. Unique signed artworks for collectors and design-driven interiors.
€ 3.000,00
TAHIA"Breath is the only thing that proves we are still here."
Tahia — Egyptian for breath of life, the bridge between body and spirit. A name that holds the weight of presence. Of being fully here. This face breathes.
TAHIA is a…€ 2.800,00
URAFIKI"The most honest connections are the ones that never needed explaining."
Urafiki — Swahili for friendship, the bond that asks for nothing and gives everything. A name rooted in East African culture where friendship is not…€ 2.800,00
SEPANATo protect something is to understand exactly what it is worth."
Sepana — meaning guardian, protector of what matters. A face that watches. Not wary, but aware. There is a difference — and this work knows it.
SEPANA is a…€ 2.800,00
CHIMERESHOWN AT STUDIO MONIQUE DES BOUVRIE, NAARDEN
"A dream is not an escape. It is a destination you haven't reached yet."
Chimere — French/Greek for vision, dream, that which appears between worlds. Not illusion. Not fantasy. The…€ 3.000,00
ZULEIKAZULEIKA "Awakening is not a moment. It is the slow dissolving of everything that was never real."
Zuleika — Persian for radiant, brilliant. A name that carries the energy of emergence — the precise moment when what was hidden…€ 2.800,00
BLYTHESHOWN AT STUDIO MONIQUE DES BOUVRIE - NAARDENVESTING
BLYTHE"Joy that asks for nothing in return is the only kind worth having."
Blythe — Old English for joyful, carefree, full of light. Not happiness performed. Not a smile for…
MY INNER CHILDSHOWN AT STUDIO MONIQUE DES BOUVRIE - NAARDENVESTING
"The child you were is not behind you. It is inside everything you make."
My Inner Child — the face before the world had opinions about it. Unedited. Unguarded. Looking at…€ 3.000,00
