Schilderwerken van Klaas van den Hurk
Story and artwork from Klaas van den Hurk
My name is Klaas van den Hurk. I paint in my spare time as a hobby. By profession I was projectmanager renovations at St. Anna Hospital in Geldrop and am now retired.
First I only made my drawings and paintings on vacations, from the people on the beach or areas where I and Elizabeth, my wife, were on holiday together.
In 1980 I took some lessons by “De Wiele” Geldrop to develop myself. That way I also got some more time for painting and drawing. I learned a lot, and most of all looking to the subject I was drawing. Then it’s been quiet for a while and I dit not find the time and peace to paint. In 2006 I started the renovation of our hospital and i stopped my volunteer work. As a distraction when I picked up painting again in November 2008 in Geldrop leisure painting school. Every Monday you can find me there painting and having fun together with the other students. You learn a lot from each other and on the internet is a lot to find what you can help learning from the experience other painters. I first started in acrylic and then later in oils or a combination of the two media. In the beginning it was still searching and scanning for a way of working and subjects to paint. Especially the use and mixing the right colors was very disappointing. Now it’s more searching for a style of work. Especially in landscapes and portraits, the use of the brush and proper colors challenge together. When drawing portraits, good looking is important for finding the shape of the face. Draw what you see, and not what you know or think you see.
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