After working for 10 years in Trade and Industry, in 1990, I decided
to make works of art and to become an artist.
In order to understand the meaning and importancy of Contemporary Art,
I studied history of art for 4 years, from 1990 untill 1994.
Also, in that particular time, I have been working together with another artist from
Utrecht, who was my teacher, in order to obtain the necessary skills
in drawing, painting, etching, a.o. and to develop my own "picture language".
My admiration is for the narrative art and technical proficiency of REMBRANDT,
especially because of the briljant light/dark aspect in his work, for the renacence artist
"MICHELANGELO", because of his briljant colours and for the baroque art of RUBENS,
because of his phenomenal compositions.
More modern artists who I admire, because of the dramatic aspect in their work,
are ANSELM KIEFER, ENZO CUCCHI and SIGMAR POLKE.
DESCRIPTION OF MY WORK OF ART
Since it is not my intention to create "true reality", but to provoke a certain
atmosphere and emotion, both figurative as well as abstract elements,
play an important role in my work.
THEMES:
- History and cultures
- Religion and spirituality
- Iconography and mythology
- Human emotions and relations
