The Queen Painting

Life depends largely on chance. In the works of animation filmmaker Erik Vos, coincidence – not by coincidence – plays a major role. In his opinion, directing coincidences creates a lively and authentic representation. He achieves this by combining analogue painted images with computer-controlled images. Erik Vos himself has two backgrounds. He has a Japanese mother and a Dutch father, who met each other by chance… Diversity is a natural inspiration for the animator, who likes to be inspired by the media itself. What are the qualities and characteristics of the various media? How can these be combined? And what can he depict and tell with it? These questions play a role through his mind in all the work he makes. Erik Vos paints besides his filmmaking because he sees it as an exercise for his view on things. How objects relate to each other. How many colors there are. He observes the world, the human body and cinematic compositions through painting. His master who thought him painting is Dutch artist Martin-Jan van Santen.