Erik Zwezerijnen

"For me, art is freedom!," says Erik Zwezerijnen, born in 1958 in Jutfaas, The Netherlands. "When I am painting I am not responsible to anyone except for myself. Not being confined by rules such as perspective, light fall, or anatomy, I use this freedom to create my own story: lyrically abstract, full of mystery, playful, figurative, but always rich in colour and expression."
"To me art is also communication. Communication with the medium: I love painting with bare hands in order to feel the materials. Communication with the deepest layers within myself. And finally, communication with the audience.
An artist is always busy with materials: linen, paint, lacquer... But the public that is looking at the creation does not see the linen, paint or lacquer, but experiences what has been produced with these materials: emotion!
In a way the artist is withdrawing the matter from its identity and transforming it into emotion... Thinking of this you realise that inside the walls of the artist's studio every day a small miracle is going on!"