Honoring My Grandfather

Windmill and Dutch Landscape by Andreas W. Prehn Sr.

     Back when I was a 'jongentje' in my Native County, this type of scenery would be the high point of a day.  Natural forests were pretty much non-existent, and only on the beach would you find dunes and natural textures and shapes. 

     My grandfather would take me out to places like this, and his garden also inspired me later in life.  The quality of this inherited drawing still stuns me.  I feel honored to have had such an artistic craftsman as a relative, and while my own skills are very limited when it comes to representing reality in pencil or paint, I've taken on the role of the artist through digital imagery.