Tony, Nicole, Lana and Siem
47x70in
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Max, Bente And Maud
54x79 in
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Shari and Max and Ronny
43x50 in |
Sylvana and Tara - Kimberly an J. R.
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Wouter and Tessa
31x49 in
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Bo Bakker ( born in 1953 Wormerveer, the Netherlands), graduated in Graphic Art,
Painting and Monumental Art from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam
in 1978.
After his graduation he designed record sleeves for Phonogram, provided illustrations for
various magazines and created monumental pieces such as the painted panels
on two facades in the Vinkenstraat (Vinken Street) in Amsterdam.
At the same time, up until 1990, he also pursued his own artistic direction,
adopting various styles - a personal odyssey, as it were, that would
allow him to develop and make the most of himself.
He then took a three year break from working in his studio, so that he
could broaden his horizons and learn more about the outside world. It
was during this period when he worked as a taxi driver that he
developed a deep interest in the diversity of human beings.
In 1993 he began photographing people in public places. The spontaneous,
natural character of these photographs fascinated him, but he missed
the magic of painting so much that in 1997 he decided to combine these
two disciplines.
The result was a series of life sized portraits of women, who seemed to have stepped
right out of everyday life. This formed the stepping-stone to the portraits in commission, starting in 2000, and mainly thanks to the mediation of Gallery De Portretwinkel in Haarlem, Holland.
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