Head II (Pose) Painting

Dick van Dijk is an Amsterdam based artist who draws and paints. His work is inspired by the male figure. His work stands at the crossroads of control and intuition. Dick’s process is one he likens to collage, assembling, adjusting, de-constructing and reconstructing, collections of layers, full of incident and surprise, reworking scenes from everyday life in his mind’s eye. Through painterly discoveries during the working process, new elements and dynamics emerge. Playing with colours that mix and sift through also introduces new variables. In doing so, he seeks a duality between realistic forms and less elaborate parts. In some works, (parts of) figures are concealed, while in others bodies appear, leaving visual cues to what may or may not be there. The result is male forms who tell layered narratives of freedom and intimacy, close to the skin and seen through the lens of memory and expectation.