Abstract paintings - Abstract paintings - Remko Leeuw

Action painting

Remko Leeuw (1974) is a virtuos action painter. With action painting, Leeuw makes abstract paintings which show a great sense of tension, emotion and vulnerability. As Leeuw uses whatever comes on his path, the moments, the material and the people he meets, often take part or become part of his work. One moment this can lead to the foundation of the SPLASH! collective of action painting. Another moment this leads to a photo documentary of inaccessible demolishing premises in Berlin. In his work the viewer finds strong contrasts, in which one can sense the great depth of the moment.

Self-taught painting

Leeuw studied one year at the Art Academy in Belgium. However, the traditional way of working at the academy appeared to leave little space for his self-taught ways of painting. Leeuw decides to stop at the academy to focus on his original and experimental ways of painting again. Artists that have inspired him are Herbert Brandl, Mark Rothko, Jean-Paul Riopelle and Jackson Polllock.

Cooperation

In 2004 Leeuw meets painter Menno Dijkhuis and they start a frequent cooperation. They both translate their own colourful interpretation of reality to (often the same) canvas, in the so called 'after nature style'. Artist like Vicent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne are sources of inspiration to them. Subjects of their work are still life, where nature is their studio, and (self-)portraits. In 2006 Leeuw also meets Justus Donker and Jacob Kanbier. Collective work (After Nature) from Donker, Dijkhuis and Leeuw is created.

Action painting collective

In summer 2008 Leeuw is founder of the BLIK-collective for action painting. In one year BLIK creates an impressive collection of 25 action paintings. From this cooperation, in 2009, the artist collective SPLASH! is formed, existing of Anita Couwenbergh, Bernadette van Loon and Remko Leeuw. By working same time on the same canvas, the three artists add a new dimension to action painting, in which they transform a huge amount of impulses to the canvas in relatively short time. Where Jackson Pollock has stopped, SPLASH! continues...

International

Leeuw has exhibitions in The Netherlands, Belguim and Italy. For companies Leeuw guides groups or teams into experiencing the synergy of joint work. On special request he also transforms impressions of music, surroundings or people, into a painting. 

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