Bas’ work is about going beneath the surface. It explores what it means to be alive, to be ‘under’ someone’s skin and to be close to one’s vulnerability.
Through his Blue Series the external surface of ‘blue projections are a metaphor for the outside world, also revealing some of what lies below.
Other paintings go beneath the surface of what is perceived as masculine (Masculinity Redefined). The paintings are an invitation to go beyond the physical paint layer itself.
The physical object depicted is not the actual subject of these works. The subject itself is what is not there, that what isn’t painted. It is that which is unseen, but not unfelt.
The purpose of the physical subject is to evoke feeling and to create the spark to start a painting. Evoking themes are often: pureness or (unshrouded) state of being, truth, freedom, integrity, compassionate acceptance, true colors, in search of Anima or the spirit and mostly: being close to this unveiled vulnerability.
The object or person painted is surprisingly never the subject. What the painting evokes in the viewer is the true subject. The painting is executed in such a way that the immaterial perception is undoubtedly present, although it is not actually painted. The goal is not to depict the thing, but the experience of it.
A child inside, outside the world.
Through his Blue Series the external surface of ‘blue projections are a metaphor for the outside world, also revealing some of what lies below.
the edge of realistic painting and abstraction. For example: patterns of light, colors and shapes are an external visual reality. However underneath these obscuring patterns, exists the unadulterated, pure, and sometimes naked subject. The ‘naked’, rather than the ‘nude’ is a metaphor for the true self or ‘one without layer’.
Part of blue series
Stilllife
“Boy on a Carpet”
“The Weight of the World”
“In the Presence of an Angel”
“In Kannen en Kruiken”
