Colourful clouds, Dirk Beintema

 ‘The only restriction in the art of painting is the restriction that the artist imposes upon himself,’ these are the words Dirk Beintema paints by. He started to paint at the age of thirteen and has continued to do so ever since. His favourite theme is landscapes: from cornfields and churches to flax and vista’s. Even though his most recent work is made on location, en plein air, what appears on canvas is entirely different from reality. In the imagination of Dirk Beintema anything is possible. Colourful clouds float serenely over a landscape filled with lilac and bright yellow. With his striking colours, Beintema fills his landscapes with a dreamlike quality.