Jan Kooiman's Blog – January 2012 Archive (2)

My motivation: "Everything has been painted but not by me"

Son of a house painter so was my grandfather, and therefore paint and color is in my genes

I was born in 1943.  To further professionalize a lifelong hobby and a sound basis for criticize, I follow different courses.

Painting is an emotional experience, one is not aware of time and place, there is nothing but the magic of the hand and the paint. My goal is to painting an object and not primarily an image. I actually do…

Translation from Dutch to English from the text on my website http://www.jko.exto.nl/

My motivation: "Everything has been painted but not by me"

Son of a house painter so was my grandfather, and therefore paint and color is in my genes

I was born in 1943. A solid education I received the watercolor painter Jacques Maris from 1988 to 1992. To further professionalize a lifelong hobby and a sound basis for criticize, I follow different…