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… en vormen bevatten subtiele verwijzingen naar de wereld om ons heen, maar behouden ook een abstracte kwaliteit. Het in herkenning getrainde menselijk brein maakt van Zonder Titel (1993) … us, but also retain an abstract quality. The human brain, trained in recognition, could turn “Untitled” (1993) maybe into a landscape with boats and an oar. In any case, what reaches to the viewer is in the mood of the …

… van de mensen die wij in onze herinnering hebben uitgegumd.* For many, nature is an idyllic place, pure and untouched. Especially when we are not standing in the middle of that nature, … the memory counts, and that can be quite distorted. Dick Donker teases this by submerging his landscapes in a faded blue colour. This cools down our sentiment and creates enough distance to see that the landscape bears quite a few traces of the people we have erased from our memories. …

… van de mensen die wij in onze herinnering hebben uitgegumd. For many, nature is an idyllic place, pure and untouched. Especially when we are not standing in the middle of that nature, … the memory counts, and that can be quite distorted. Dick Donker teases this by submerging his landscapes in a faded blue colour. This cools down our sentiment and creates enough distance to see that the landscape bears quite a few traces of the people we have erased from our memories. …

… Eelco Brand (Rotterdam, 1969) currently mostly makes 3D computer animations and digital prints. Landscapes are a recurrent theme in Brand's works. The work O.W. (2002) dates from the period when the artist still produced many paintings, and clearly shows his sense of spatial suggestion and movement. By simply placing waves against a blue sky spatial seascape is created. The large plane in the foreground …

… In de serie 'Heda' toont Lonneke de Groot (Amsterdam, 1981) tafelkleden tegen zwarte achtergronden. De foto's zijn gebaseerd op de schilderijen van de Nederlandse stilleven schilder … is bestaand beeldmateriaal, meestal schilderijen. Lonneke de Groot is afgestudeerd in 2013 en won meteen al diverse prijzen o.a. Best of Graduates Photo Talent Award 2013 . In the … (Amsterdam, 1981) shows tablecloths against black backgrounds. The photos are based on the paintings of the Dutch still life painter Willem Claesz Heda (1594-1680). De Groot manipulates …

… kunstenaarschap jarenlang les gegeven aan de AKI in Enschede. Klaus Versteegen's (Lisse, 1943) paintings are colourful and often show simple shapes. His work is seen as 'a continuous search … This search yields up paintings with diverse imagery, but all of which seem to be related to each other by the repetition of certain colours and figures. In addition to being an artist, Versteegen was also a teacher at the AKI in Enschede for many years. …

… Helena van der Kraan (1940–2020) legde de stille schoonheid van het alledaagse vast. In haar stillevens vormt natuurlijk … een fles — de betekenis schuilt in de eenvoudige aanwezigheid ervan. Helena van der Kraan (1940–2020) captured the quiet beauty of everyday life. In her still lifes, natural light gently shapes a chair, a bottle, or a window, turning ordinary objects into bearers of intimacy and memory. Her photographs balance calm and tension, presence and absence. They recall …

… that occurs in that garden and its immediate surroundings can be the subject for Slegten's paintings and graphic work. Of course, in this regard, she does make specific choices. She … views them from her house. Every day, her eye catches things that no one else looks at and her paintings make those things clearly visible. …

… van de mensen die wij in onze herinnering hebben uitgegumd.* For many, nature is an idyllic place, pure and untouched. Especially when we are not standing in the middle of that nature, … the memory counts, and that can be quite distorted. Dick Donker teases this by submerging his landscapes in a faded blue colour. This cools down our sentiment and creates enough distance to see that the landscape bears quite a few traces of the people we have erased from our memories. …

… Arthur Stam … Arthur Stam …