Vincent Boelaarts

One day not being able to paint makes me very restless. Turning my creativity into music releases that tension. But only for a short time.
In the years in which I didn't need much and I only had mine and my cat's mouth to feet I was in the rich position to paint almost as much as I wanted.
In those years I lived for one year in the very inspiring city of Berlin, Germany. Here I fully lived for my art and made the switch from Acryl to Oil paint. I learned a lot and met a great number of other artists.

After this year I came back to my roots in Holland. Soon my live turned black. I became in bad health conditions, had a hopeless love life and was depressive.
In this period I dedicated my artistic life to the "Defecating Man". The naked man who had an central role in my paintings and sculptures. With these artworks I had great success in Nijmegen, my home-town at that time, and surroundings. With several exhibitions around Holland and one in Bonn, Germany.

Now I have found the love of my live. I Married her and together we've made a beautiful daughter.
Although my life has improved I often can be sad, angry or depressed. Due to the fact I am highly sensitive and have had some bad experiences in the past I am seeing the ev...