“Where Is the Sunseed” – Still Life with Sunflowers

With “Where Is the Sunseed”, A.J. Oppedijk shows his mastery of light and contrast. The sunflowers appear to glow from an unseen source — vivid, proud, and full of movement, yet rooted in stillness. The title raises a smile: a poetic question, as if wondering where all that life-force begins. A contemporary homage to classic floral still lifes, where warmth, melancholy, and gentle humour meet.

Technique: Oil on panel
Artist: A.J. Oppedijk
Image size: 69 × 59 cm
Including frame: 76 × 66 cm

The composition is carefully orchestrated — the dark glass vase catches the light like a mirror, while the petals seem to dance in a soft radiance. Oppedijk plays with perspective and shadow so the sunflowers feel present, like living characters with their own temperament. A painting that breathes both strength and tenderness.

About the Artist

Born in Sneek (1984) and based in Haarlem, Anne Jurjen (Ajo) Oppedijk combines his work as a bus driver with a growing career as a painter. His still lifes bring everyday subjects to life through a unique command of light, quiet, and paint. Each work invites you to pause, look, and feel — to find calm in what passes.

“Light finds its own way, even when no one is watching.”

Read more in the full biography of Ajo Oppedijk.
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