Düve van Boggelen My name is Düve van Boggelen (1974) and I am a painter/artist. I live and work in Appeldorn, a small village just across the border in Germany. In the renovated farmhouse there is not only my atelier where I make my artworks and give lessons in painting and drawing, but there is also an exhibition area where I exhibit my work and organize exhibitions of various other artists. I have been working as an artist since 1997. I have had exhibitions in various institutions and galleries in The Netherlands and since 2002 in Germany as well, in the region where I live. I not only sell my work to private people at their homes and during exhibitions, but I also receive a lot of commissions for artwork for various large companies all over The Netherlands. With regards to technique, materials, colours and even content, my work is very divers, because I make series. I start every series with various - for me - new ingredients. With these I start my search for artistic solutions. In the first picture I experiment very carefully with different elements, and in the following pieces I try out the possibilities in an ever more daring way. The last piece in a series usually does not resemble the first in any way. "I am always searching for something new. That is because I get bored quickly by what I’ve already seen from myself . I want something unexpected, something I have never done before. Artwork full of surprises. I don't paint from pictures in my head but start working with materials or tools that fascinate me at that moment. Usually it is a good piece of art when the solutions come spontaneously and are not 'constructed'. Whenever I buy materials with which I expect to make something, it will not work out. A little bit of paint left on the corner of a table by one of my art students does have an inspiring effect, because it is 'accidental' and not 'planned'. A spontaneous happening together with the artwork that I am working on form a combination that has not been precipitated by me. A good piece of art looks as if it has created itself. Then, when I have finished it, I have the impression that it has always existed."   Keep informed about my exhibitions? Click here