'Hope' Painting

Inspired by Pop-Art, Urban Art, Sports and Nature, both Dutch artists work together on one canvas or object, in search for new frontiers and developing their own language. Designer and artist Jim van Overbeek (1960), studied Art & Design in Amsterdam. In 1990 he met well-known Japanese artist Hajime Kato who lived and worked in Paris. Kato encouraged him to experiment with materials and styles. Soon Jim's work was shown at exhibitions and sold to collectors and companies worldwide, such as Nike, O'Neill, ABN AMRO Bank, Raleigh, Footlocker and Scania. During the years, Jim started to work with his wife Angel (1968), an artist who studied gold- and silversmithing and is specialized in magical, organic paintings. Together they worked on artprojects, such as the creation of murals. Nature is at the centre of Angels work. She creates energetic, organic backgrounds in several layers. They are combined with Jim's transparant images in bold lines. The artists mainly work in acrylic with gold, silver and bronze paint on canvas, wood and objects. Working together means a neverending source of inspiration and result in iconic originals with eye-catchers such as recognizable elements and archetypes all commanding immediate attention. Their work was present at exhibitions in The Netherlands, Germany and France.