Oil on Canvas
During my struggle with the brush, I developed two styles: a realistic painting style, Retro Tech, with technical still life as the subject, and a more abstract style, organic abstract, with the internal human being as a source of inspiration.
MICRO LEVEL - ORGANIC ABSTRACT
MICRO LEVEL - ORGANIC ABSTRACT
I was so amazed by the work of the 'Leids' Cytological and Pathological Laboratory. The manipulated photo's from confocal microscopy with pseudo-colors are completely a different world. Crazy to see what is happening in the micro-world! This led to a series of organic abstract oil paintings.
MESO LEVEL - RETRO TECH ART
People and technology. Mankind is all about technique. The human condition is a technical condition. We are entering the fourth industrial revolution. Technical devices have become our second nature. It is both our poison as our medicine.*
My
approach is trivial. I use the devices in my environment as a topic for
my paintings. This results in the series technique still lifes, painted
in the period from 1990 till now. The first series is a series of
household appliances.
* Source: engineering philosopher Bernard Stiegler.
RETRO TECH ART - TECHNICAL DEVICES INSIDE
Don't you ever wonder what's inside?
I was also very curious about the inside of the devices and how they would look...
I
paint in a traditional way. The paintings are slowly built up; layer
after thin layer. This technique enhances the colors. For this fine
painters' technique, small brushes are used. This classical way of
painting stands opposite a loose, deviating perspective and the use of
strange and vibrant colors.
2017 - till now. The series still continues. Series 3: technical constructions, what we meet on the street. The series Wheels of Trains in red, blue, and pink were part of the exhibition Vrijplaats; they suited very well in the rough building of the former prison "Bijlmer Bajes" in Amsterdam. In this video, you also see the work of Mario Supa.