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under the sign of Hieronymus Bosch

I am curious.
I want to know, where I am.

at the end of June 2012, during the open studios of Zaltbommel, Johannes van Rooij, a man I had never seen before, entering my home, said: I am not coming for your art, but may I ask you a question? he offered to support my theater project with street children in Lima. then he added: would you do me the favor to produce a drawing for me in the spirit of Hieronymus Bosch?
even though I can neither paint nor think as he did, I did not hesitate. to me the universe of the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and that of the carpets of the Inca are kindred. as long as I can remember, I have felt at home in the ornamental language of Latin America, which I only realized working during several years with artisans of the Peruvian Andes.
starting my way into the fields of art, I could only write life down transformed that way.

I started the same day. I wanted to meet the request as soon as possible. but then, like a hound tracking its prey, I wanted to know, who the hell was this Hieronymus Bosch and I drew and painted him after a portrait of about 1550.
and I drew and painted Johannes van Rooij.
in June 2013, I started anew drawing Hieronymus Bosch and with a last painted portrait my time under his sign came to and end.

 

July 2012: approaching the universe of Hieronymus Bosch with the ornamental language of the carpets of the Inca

the inverted image

two details of the image and their negatives

 

I drew Hieronymus Bosch after a portrait of about 1550

and went on painting that head

 

and I drew and painted Johannes van Rooij from my first impression

 

and went on drawing and painting him after photographs

 

my first portrait of Hieronymus Bosch became the logo of his house

 

in July 2013, I started anew drawing and painting Hieronymus Bosch

 

at the end of July 2013, with a last portrait, my time under the sign of Hieronymus Bosch came to an end




in 2014 Johannes van Rooij offered me the book 'Sabine Vess: Jeroen Bosch en andere mensen' ('Hieronymus Bosch and other people')

 



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