Leo Klootwijk

I believe painting, or for that matter anything we call art, revolves around emotions. Because, when we find and experience beauty in something it touches our emotions. And as such puts us in contact with ourselves and our universe. Not a bad thing, is it? I have no formal education in painting and I don’t care. Probably because I feel I can make what I want and do not mis what I do not know. I take inspiration from many things. There is nature, (who isn’t?) including my own. But I am also touched by some of the great masters in abstract expressionism. And I love the flesh and blue colors in the fresco’s from the Italian renaissance. Or Chopin’s nocturnes. I could go on. I work in oils only. The substance and slow drying process allows me to work in thick layers of partly mixed colors. I make many changes. And work towards something that just feels right. What more can one do? Do get in contact if there is anything you like!