Gerrit Schuttevaar “Still Lives and Phenomenons” 6.08 – 3.09.2000

Born in the rural south of the Netherlands in 1947, Gerrit Schuttevaar began painting and studying art at an early age. Upon moving to Amsterdam he studied at the Art Academy AKI in Enschede where he specialised in sculpture and fine painting. He has lived and worked extensively as an artist for many years in southern Europe and currently resides in Amsterdam.

Gerrit’s chosen medium is oil on canvas and wood. He paints realistic still lives in closed spaces with a personal touch of surrealism and symbolism. The vivid spaces he creates employ a synergistic approach, combining complementary elements not normally found together outside his canvases. Although the objects he chooses to represent are contemporary, there is a feeling they could come from the middle ages or elsewhere from European antiquity. In addition, his complementary colors give the unusual vibrant clarity of Dutch 17th century painting to his distinctly personal works. Through a free exploration of mind and color, the artist creates unique works with subtle power and emotion.

The artist’s personal vision combines life and death in a magic reality where even the lifeless emanates its own warmth.

“Het Sille Strand” oil on canvas

“Véronique” oil on canvas