Willem Vos working on a large painting in his studio in Dwingeloo.

Built by instinct.
Worked by hand.

I build large, expressive paintings with oil and acrylic paint, pigment, charcoal, oil pastels and chalk. Brushes, palette knives, my hands and sometimes a saw shape my work.

Layers are added, scraped back and rebuilt. Each mark responds to what is already there. I continue until the painting has the tension and presence I am looking for.

SELECTED WORK

FACES, BIRDS AND
FIGURES.

Each carrying its own emotion, movement and story.

New Times
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
150 × 100 cm

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I Can See Clearly Now
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
100 × 140 cm

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Trust the Change
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
140 × 120 cm

ARTIST’S COLLECTION

Pride
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
160 × 120 cm

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SEEN BEYOND
THE STUDIO.

Exhibited across Europe and in China.
Published in Forbes France.
Works held in private collections.

THE STORY

CHOOSING THE FIRE.

For years, my life was built around responsibility, structure and certainty. Painting began quietly. For me, it gave direction to emotions I had learned to control instead of feel.

In my late forties, I stopped fitting painting around the edges of my life. I followed my inner fire and made it the centre, changing everything else around it. What began as a way to cope slowly became my way to speak.

Call it a midlife crisis if you like. I believe there are worse ways to have one ;-)

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Antwerp & Hamburg

Recent presentations at the Belgian International Art Fair in Antwerp and Pashmin Art Gallery in Hamburg, where Tracing Movement, Preserving Identity is on view until 17 November 2026.

Visitors viewing a large painting by Willem Vos during an exhibition in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands.

BIAF, Antwerp · October 2026

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