VINCENT VAN GOGH

One of my favorite artists of all time. The first museum I ever visited as a child was the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Looking back, it was this visit that shaped my destiny to become an artist.

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in Dutch art history. He is still known worldwide not only for his wonderful art, but also for the troubled life he led.

For this new series, I’ve taken two strong elements of the earlier series. From 2015 until 2017 my artworks primarily had colorful background layers but the top layers were black, grey, and white. From 2018 until 2020 I opted for softer pastel backgrounds and more expressive and realistically colored portraits. For this series, I’ve combined colorful backgrounds with realistically colored portraits. The best of both worlds.