Derk Wessels - Agoporniden - Sold

Since 1992, Derk has built up a large oeuvre of beautiful drawings, paintings and linocuts, in which the accurate interplay of lines and sense of color are typical. Derk is what you would call an expressionist pur sang. He makes four drawings in a day with ease and at a fast pace, and that includes a lino. His work is characterized by a direct style. He is nowhere to be caught in doubt or plodding. He gets his inspiration from everywhere. Even a brochure from the supermarket about 24 free-range eggs can earn him drawing work for a week. In 2005 Derk had a solo exhibition at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, where he celebrated his fifteenth year as an artist. In 2017 Derk was knighted by the mayor of Utrecht in the Order of Orange Nassau for his important contribution to the world of Outsider Art in the Netherlands and beyond. Around the same time, a book was published with and about his work: 'Werk van Derk'. Derk's work consists of fantasy animals, flowers and landscapes in beautiful colors and with a lot of movement. Drawings, linocuts and paintings by Derk are now part of many collections at home and abroad, such as the Outsider Art Museum (OAM) in Amsterdam near the Hermitage, in Japan and England.