Chris Berens

Chris Berens at his studio.

Chris Berens is not what you call 'a traditional painter'  not in the way he works and not in the way he presents his surreal and visionary ideas. His inspiration is drawn from his inner self, and he is influenced by the old Dutch masters. Not that strange, being of Dutch descend. He evolved from using oil paints into the more liquid medium of the drawing inks. Amanda  Erlanson; "a fluid medium which allowed greater flexibility than oils, as well as spectacular distortion effects reminiscent of the view through an ancient handmade lens."
Amanda Erlanson's description is well illustrated in the video below.


Images from different years are shown in chronological order. Every work is hand painted, as some people wrongly suspected it to be photoshop manipulations.

 2006, Ik wil alleen maar zwemmen

 2008, Broadcast

 2010, Blond in the soul

 2011, How to catch a tidal wave

 2012, Sovereign still

 2013, 0basute

2015, mooncalf

Meijs

Meijs Motorman, a Dutch company going the extra mile for the environment.
Ronald Meijs; "More than half of the world population lives in
cities where traffic is jammed. That simple fact got my designers mind thinking: which vehicle would be the perfect, most simple solution for city transport? I decided it should be a light electric motorbike. A bike that makes lifelighter and easier, yet elegant and at a high level.
The solution for the city, and a joy in the countryside."

Meijs Motorman on the road.

Andre Petterson

Painter, mixed media artist Andre Petterson was born in Amsterdam, but moved to Canada as a child. Nowadays he is based in Vancouver. Movement, and fabric are recuring subjects in his often photo based work. His work might seem simple at first glance. Freezing the moment (motion) in time and adding carefully placed brushstrokes, it becomes mesmerizing but still exciting or even comical. I love the beautiful chaos Andre is able create.

Andre Petterson-Artist from David Cooper on Vimeo.

schilte & portielje

Huub Schilte and Jacqueline Portielje work and live together in Rotterdam  -   The Netherlands. They started out as an architectural designer and a painter. But now they work together without a preconceived plan or subject. You can read a good description on how they create these intriguing works of art on their 'about us' page.
They have their own unique style, but it does remind me of Sarah Moon's work. Different but the same atmosphere and strangeness.