Biography
Bart van Oijen, that is brightly-coloured abstract lyrical painting. His techniques include mainly acrylics on canvas and mixed media on canvas and paper. Now and then, however, he makes a temporarily switch to his old love: animal drawings, a never ending love.
In his abstract work Mother Nature can often be seen as a pictorial starting-point, but during the working-process she can disappear more or less. Van Oijen uses only a few brushes, he has clearly found his own techniques, while he ignores conventional practices, and without any problem rags and his fingers are used to achieve the desired result. The aim of the artist is to create something beautiful in form and colour. He is looking for the absolute beauty. He knows that this will always remain a goal, and that is what is always fascinating. Making journeys to Malta, Crete, Scotland and Ireland impressed the artist absolutely.
