Year of creation | 2024 |
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Dimensions | 120 W × 90 H × 2 D cm |
Type of art | painting |
Style | surrealism |
Genre | animal |
Materials | oil, canvas |
Type of packaging | cardboard box |
In this captivating creation, mythical creatures and extraordinary beings emerge from the canvas's depths, intertwining in a dance of surreal dreamscapes and harmonious composition. Steampunk elements weave through a subdued yet vibrant color palette, bringing ancient myths into a post-apocalyptic world. Here, fairy-tales and witchcraft collide, crafting a tale of unusual friendships and rebirth. It's a space where dark hearts find light, and the strange becomes familiar, igniting imaginations with its blend of surrealism and the magic of unlikely companionships.
My name is Ed Schaap, I was born in Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands in 1965. As a child, I already showed a penchant for fantasy and science fiction movies and series that were shown on television at the time. Especially around the time movies like Star Wars and Alien came out, I was fascinated and fascinated by this unknown world. As for the art that I create, I have to say that I have been influenced and inspired by certain artists and concept artists, but over time I have found my own way. The works that I create are, as a rule, subjects from history, myths and legends, as well as things from everyday life. I give my own vision. In the beginning I used an airbrush. At a certain point, I started to miss a few things in my work. While experimenting with the combination of brush and airbrush, I realized that the painterly effect of brushwork was the missing element in my work. With these two components together in my recent work I find the result satisfactory. Despite this result, I also started painting with oils. Here a completely new world opened up for me, for example, the colors obtained with oil paint are almost impossible to create with acrylic paint.