Tom Melsen

Melsen, a relentlessly creative spirit and up and coming artist from the Netherlands, is receiving much recognition with his unique and fascinating artworks. The new collection consists of mainly red, black and white abstracts, painted on canvas or paper of various sizes.

His abstracted works are one of a kind. One can look at them for a long time and discover all kind of feelings, not all of which can be expressed in words. Strength, freedom, disquiet, directness, expressiveness, authority, anger, starkness, and paradoxically: loneliness, shyness, anxiety, ambivalence, uncertainty and compulsion.

The adding of small texts from self-written poems adds another form of mystery and beauty to the painted works in this collection. His writings are incorporated into the painting with much care. Using texts in paintings is a massive risk, as they can distract you from the image. But when it's done right it can enhance the work. The use of text in this collection of paintings is very meaningful as they are combined with illustrative art. The beauty lies in both elements and for those who work diligently to interpret, it can go beyond illustration.

The creativity within these works of art is meant to turn heads and illicit new imag...