Chaotic Swarms of Flowers and Birds Inhabit New Paintings by Collin van der Sluijs

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Artist Collin van der Sluijs uses a combination of acrylic, ink, and spray paint to create these dreamlike portraits of imaginary characters. His characters always interact with nature in some way. Van derĀ Sluijs usees bright colors and chaotic settings to send his message.

According to his website, “His work can be described as personal pleasures and struggles in daily life. Translated in his own visual language. The work from Collin van der Sluijs has been publicated in magazines, books, and shown in galleries and project-spaces or walls in The Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Belgium, The U.S.A, Luxembourg, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain.”

His work is currently displayed at a Chicago exhibition and you can see some of the amazing paintings below.

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