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The artist’s life / 4
Notes from the studio / Intuition & precision “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift” – Albert Einstein – To me, making art is not a hobby but I wouldn’t call it a…
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The artist’s life / 3
Notes from the studio / October October “… Beguile us in the way you know. Release one leaf at break of day; At noon release another leaf; One from our trees, one far away. Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst. Slow, slow! …” – Robert Frost Every year the month of October presents…
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The artist’s life / 2
Notes from the studio / The discovery of painting “The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your…
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The artist’s life/1
Notes from the studio “Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him. As a human being he may have moods…
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Lulu Hayes SS15 Collection Launch
Lucy Ann Hayes is a young London based designer who contacted me in march this year for having one of my paintings (Free flow, 250 x 120 cm) to be used in her next spring collection of prints on silk garments. Each garment style is individually tailored in the UK. For those who missed the…
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My painting on a dress…!!!
Lucy Ann Hayes is a young London based designer who contacted me a while ago for having one of my paintings to be used in her next spring collection of prints on silk garments. Each garment style is individually tailored in the UK. Some sneak peak pictures of the new designs will soon be published…
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Abstractie in Nederland anno 2015 in het Zandvoorts Museum
Vrijdag 6 Maart 2015 om 16.00 uur, opent de tentoonstelling ‘ABSTRACTIE IN NEDERLAND ANNO 2015’ met een selectie van 10 van de meest innoverende, nog levende, kunstenaars binnen de (lyrisch) abstracte schilder – en beeldhouwkunst van de afgelopen 20 jaar in Nederland. Gevestigde kunstenaars die zich allen blijven innoveren en ontwikkelen en daarbij een duidelijk herkenbaar…
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To walk with you by the pond in the twilight just one more time
In hindsight my career as a professional artist truly started 10 years ago when I bought this incredible house in the Dutch countryside which allowed me to work in a studio the size I always dreamed of. With the purchase of the house came three of the most extraordinary souls I have ever met in my…
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Thoughts on Painting
The art of putting some colored substance on any kind of surface goes back to the dawn of humanity. The oldest yet discovered cave paintings were found in 1994 in the Cave of Chauvet in the Ardeche, France and were made, not by Cro-Magnon hunters, but, surprisingly, by Neartherthals, some 38.000 years ago. And quite recently…
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Along the silky lane
90 x 90 cm, mixed media on canvas Sold to a private collector in Rotterdam This one I painted in the week between I learned one of my best friends had died, and the day we buried him. He got in a car-crash in India in january 2012, got into a coma and never came…
Eelco Maan Visual Artist 