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REVIEWS:

Nomination painting of the year 2011 of the Netherlands. Jury report for painting Isaac.
Strong and decisive painting. Picked the tone of the portrait exactly right. What a lively painter's touch. Nice how the light hits the dark coat on the right shoulder and the other side exactly the other way around. Maybe the background could have been a bit more vague. The skin almost vibrates. You can feel the blood running through the veins. The firm strokes and color choices are carried through throughout the work. And that is what makes this portrait a gem.
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Considering the painting "On the street in Paris".
Clean, simple, yet it invokes the works of the masters of Impressionism. You've got a great piece here, so well painted that, one can hear the street noises and even smell her perfume.
James Steagle
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Cornelus for a portrait of a loved one, as he or she is in reality.
We humans play drama all our lives. Even if we have a picture taken of ourselves or pose for a portrait. Continually, consciously or unconsciously, we constantly ask ourselves how we are seen by others. And then we adopt an attitude or facial expression that is not really our own.
So it may happen that you can think of a portrait of a loved one: "It seems like, but it is not him (or her)". Just like a passport photo shows exactly the face construction but nothing that happens inside that head. The specialty of portrait painter Cornelus is that he can put the inner self of a person on the canvas.
He knows that rare moment that we are completely ourselves, sometimes with a single brushstroke. So that many of Cornelus clients at the sight of the final result say: "Yes, that is truely him!" Even the people portrayed themselves say (when they are still alive): "That's me and I can be content with myself ! "
Frans Lavell, librettist, author.
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Alkmaar op Zondag, 11 November 2001
Tenth art show with Jan Cees Lont.
... Of a very different caliber are the paintings of Cor Heilig, working under the name Cornelus. His paintings show an enormous authenticity, which gives you the tendency to talk to the painting. The mysterious Marquita will intrigue many visitors ....
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La Nouvelle Republique, 22 juillet 2003
The winners of the exhibition.
... Cornelis Heilig, a Dutchman who settled in Reboursin, won the first prize in the painting category with the canvas titled "Tineke and Bowie", portrait of his wife with her dog in her arms. Connoisseurs find to recognize in that work a slight touch of Cézanne ...
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La République, 23 juin 2011
Cornelis has done a lot of model drawing in different techniques, people he has taken in the moment of action, so real that you expect them to move. On the walls of his studio are portraits hanging, nudes and scenes, painted to life in oil, watercolor or gouache. On his canvases he displays surprisingly expressive characters, such as the mother who pulls her child, or passers-by who are plowing through the rain, put down with power in warm colors, with brush or palette knife. On his easel a portrait of George Sand executed in oil, illustrating the poster of his exhibition in Nohant-Vic. Cornelis also paints portraits on commission. Do not hesitate, he excels in it.
Solange Fabre
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La Nouvelle République, 11 juin 2013
... his certain severe hand that is characteristic of his work in ink; his talent as a colourist makes his paintings vibrate.
His paintings with different subjects, styles and treatments emphasize his attachment to humanity. The artist shows intimate images, such as portraits of children or nudes, but also unexpected scenes, unknown places, such as that street corner in Nohan where one normally passes by.