Bas Dirks

Two Hundred Seventy-threeNo. 273Pastel on paper, 50 × 65 cm (19.7 × 25.6 in), 2026 GrayscaleGrayscalePastel, oil, charcoal and graphite on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Steppe II (Horse)Steppe II (Horse)Pastel, oil, charcoal and graphite on paper, 50 × 65 cm (19.7 × 25.6 in), 2026 ApparaatApparaatPastel, oil, acrylic, oil pastel and charcoal on paper, 50 × 65 cm (19.7 × 25.6 in), 2026 Yesman, BolideYesman, BolidePastel, oil, acrylic and pencil on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 MarketMarketPastel and oil on paper, 50 × 65 cm (19.7 × 25.6 in), 2026 PicnicPicnicPastel, oil, acrylic, graphite and charcoal on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Steppe I (Hunebedden)Steppe I (Hunebedden)Pastel, oil, graphite, acrylic, ecoline and ink on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Portrait oil on paper, a dense dark block on bare margins. Yellow and red burn under a black scaffold of bars and verticals; a single white vertical stroke falls through the middle of the mass like a plumb line. Heavy, hot and centred, with paper breathing at the edges.No. 229Oil on paper, 50 × 65 cm (19.7 × 25.6 in), 2026 Landscape oil in deep ultramarine and violet-black, nearly edge to edge: a dark central mass sinking to near-black, with yellow oxide glowing through wherever the blue thins. Pale blue and yellow keep the margins light, so the dark body hovers — embers under ash.No. 245Oil and yellow oxide ink on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Sparse landscape sheet, mostly bare white paper. Right of centre a frame of blue uprights and red rails carries a broad orange chute that flares and curls at its foot without touching any ground. Left of it a cluster of blunt red glyphs and a knot of grey pencil scribble hover unanchored; violet zigzags stand in a green wash at the lower left, a single navy diagonal falls away to the right, and a soft yellow mass lights the upper right corner.No. 180Pastel on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm (16.5 × 11.7 in), 2026 Landscape oil on paper, blue nearly all over: a swarm of ultramarine and navy strokes over a red and rose underlayer that glows through the middle like embers under ash. White paper sparks between the strokes; yellow flickers at the left edge, a violet scribble in the lower left corner. Deep, layered and weather-like.No. 241Oil on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Two Hundred SevenNo. 207Barbecue charcoal and oil on paper, 70 × 50 cm (27.6 × 19.7 in), 2026 Portrait sheet in pastel and charcoal: fast diagonal charcoal strokes rain across pale pink and white ground. A sealed orange-red shape sits right of centre under a black-fringed comb; a sky-blue scribbled passage hangs in the upper right. Quick, airy, storm-lit.No. 240Pastel and charcoal on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm (8.3 × 11.7 in), 2026 Landscape sheet of near-white paper, very pale throughout. A grey-blue hatched smear falls through the middle from upper left to lower right, carrying small graphite marks along it like a line of handwriting and ending in one black wedge low at the centre. Left of it, pale yellow arcs stack into a loose vertical cluster threaded with thin pink and coral filaments and a few orange hooks; two small orange loops hang alone in the upper right, and the right third is almost empty paper with only a few tiny flecks. Faint, airy and warm, with one cool diagonal holding it together.No. 186Pastel and pencil on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm (16.5 × 11.7 in), 2026 Portrait pastel sheet framed by a golden-yellow wash border. Inside it, a packed stack of interlocking pod and leaf shapes drawn in a double contour of dark brown and crimson, their interiors veiled with white and cream strokes over green stalks, with small flashes of sky blue and orange breaking through low on the right.No. 224Pastel on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm (8.3 × 11.7 in), 2026