Save| Year of creation | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 40 W × 60 H × 2 D cm |
| Type of art | painting |
| Style | surrealism |
| Genre | mythological |
| Materials | oil, canvas |
Description of the Artwork “King of the Aloft”
In the world of dreams, creatures living in the skies are quite normal. One can find one's direction to listen to the stars but also to smell the wind directions. West, East, South, North, Underin and Aloft are the main cardinal directions. The others 18, such as, the present, yesterday, today, maybe tomorrow, etc., are less important. The first 6 are important, so they also have kings who rule the skies. When a thunderstorm strikes again, the ground creatures know that the kings are arguing again.
King of the Aloft
Ed Schaap, Netherlands
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.