Rik van Ierselartist • painterMaastricht 1961

The self-taught Rik van Iersel is a jack-of-all-trades. He is not only a painter, sculptor, designer, illustrator, cartoonist and graphic artist, but has also earned his spurs as a musician. 'Nothing is mine, everything comes from something or someone' are the words of Rik van Iersel that illustrate his fascination with the world around him. Early on, he developed his own visual language. Touching, fast, expressive and expressive. In his expressive paintings, in which he does not shy away from the use of a lot of paint, he regularly sticks pieces of paper. His work is reminiscent of that of his peer Jean-Michel Basquiat.