Nuku Hiva Painting

"“Painting these trophy hunters makes me feel alive. The starting point of these fishermen portraits showing their slippery catch, posing for their friends – are images based on amateur pictures found on Spearfishingblogs and communities. My intent is to paint outrageous pietà pictures, some testosteron driven or sexually loaded, some silent and inward-looking.” The fishermen are the archetypical searching souls, their bravado transcends time and place, they represent our passion, joy, dark dreams and existential fears. Dutch Art Collections: AVL-NKI institute, Amsterdam ABN AMRO, Amsterdam Academical Medical Centre, Amsterdam ACHMEA, Zeist AEGON, Den Haag AKZO Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam Boekel de Nerée, Amsterdam Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten, Hoevelaken Dutch Central Bank, Amsterdam Dexia, Amsterdam Eneco, Rotterdam Triodos Bank, Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht several private collections, a.o.: Chadha Art Collection, Wassenaar Sanders, Haarlem Michiel Romeijn, Amsterdam Otto Schaap, Amsterdam