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Painting is 35 x 60 cm. Oil on canvas. Signed on the back.
Kerkhoven often painted in series at that time. This painting comes from the series 'Archaic Landscapes' that was exhibited in 2005 at Galerie Witteveen, in Amsterdam.
According to Kerkhoven, the landscape theme is "archaic", which is why it is interesting to play with it and see when the image can be experienced as a landscape.
Artist
Gijs Kerkhoven (Wassenaar, 1970)
Painter, draftsman, designer.
Biography
Kerkhoven was born in 1970 in Wassenaar and attended the Constantijn Huijgens Academy in Kampen from 1990 to 1996. He then obtained his master's degree in 2000 at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen in collaboration with the Minerva Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen, the University of Groningen and the Hunter College New York in the United States. After his studies he returned to Amsterdam.
Meanwhile, he kept himself busy as a private stock trader. Based on this interest, he has also been working in the financial sector since 2008 for a longer period of time.
From 2018 he starts working as a designer and makes objects from CNC technology. It gives him the opportunity to combine his creative talent with his analytical qualities.
Certificate of Authenticity is available.