H*bsen

The first paintings of my mini-series H*bsen are now on DA too.

Here's how it works: there's one granddaddy, godfather, ancestor, call-em-what-you-like Hibsen.  Oil on canvas, 40x60cm (16x24").  His offspring splits up into Habsen, Hebsen, Hobsen, Hupsen (with a P, yeah) and Hybsen.  Of those five, i painted the first generaration on smaller (18x24cm - 7x9") panels, also in oil.  Whenever a first genereation-one is sold, I paint the next generation: Habsen II, Hebsen II, etc.  

At my last exhibition, all the first-generations were sold, so I'm currently working on Habsen II, Hebsen II, ..  The value of a 1st generation was € 75,-.  2nd generation values at € 85,- third at € 100, - and so on.  The value of the great-great-granddaddy is the combined value of the 5 small ones, so is currently at € 500,- (but it's rented out for the moment).

We'll see how big this family gets, I guess
I enjoy painting these, they're a combination of my creatures/figures/weirdos and the old colourless but full-of-character family-photo's grandma used to ponder and smile at.

And, as a little detail: at that last exhibition, only one person (of 200+) knew where I got the title 'Hibsen' from.  Got a little bonus for the first DA-member who gets that correctly, ok?
Cheers!

EDIT: ChaoticChrist rather quickly saw Hibsen was derived from Hendrik Ibsen, the (in)famous playwright, cheers to you!

EDIT II: the second generation H*bsens is online on DA as well, all original paintings were sold at the only exhibition they were ever at
On to the third generation!