Wim van Loon

Through my art I share the observations I make of my surroundings, my feelings and my thoughts. Looking at the world as a painter allows me to look with a different and more observant eye.
The things I see, observe and feel I translate into realistic images, but they are always more than a mere depiction of reality. They possess a deeper and more personal layer with which I invite the viewer to look closer, to share my view.

I have had an education as an arts teacher. But for the most part I followed the way of self-education.

september- October 2020: In Vuur en Vlam, group show, Evertshuis, Bodegraven, Netherlands.
September 2020: Innige Banden, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
July - august 2020: Art souvenirs, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
January 2020: The State of the Art 2, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
October - november 2019: Water. Friend, Foe. Group show, Rijlaarsdam Gallery, Nieuwkoop, Netherlands.July - august 2019: Art Souvenirs, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
January - february 2019: Best Drawing of 2018, FIRST PRIZE, show at Van Heijningen Art Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands.
January - february 2019: Antichambre, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
November 2018 - January 2019: 'Feest van de Geest Revisited', group show, Van Slagmaat Gallery, Woerden, Netherlands.
July - August 2018: Art Souvenirs, group show, Firma van Drie, Gouda, Netherlands.
April - may 2018: Vrij-Buiten, group exhibition, Jeruzalemkapel Museum Gouda, Netherlands.
April 2018: Feest van de Geest, solo exhibition in St. Victor church, Waddinxveen, Netherlands
January - march 2018 - Best drawing of 2017, Museum CODA, Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
Januari 2018: Jubileumexpositie, group exhibition, Gouda, Netherlands
October - november 2017: Groene Hart Art prize exhibition, Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. Winner of the second prize.
July -august 2017: 'Art Souvenirs', group show, Gouda, Netherlands.
Aprl 2017: 'Vrije Lijnen', exhibition of drawings, Gouda, Netherlands.
March 2017: 'Kleine Salon', group show, Gouda, Netherlands.
June 2016 - january 2017: World View, group exhibition in the Comenius Museum, Naarden, Netherlands
May 2016: 'Firmanten stellen zich voor', group exhibition, Gouda, Netherlands.
October 2015 - january 2016: '125 x Van Gogh', group exhibition at Museum Breda, Netherlands.
2014 up to 2016: permanent exibitions in Galerie Kunstzicht in Waddinxveen, Netherlands.
2013: Zomerexpo (summer exhibition) in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands.