BLUE BLOSSEM - Limited Edition 1 of 3 Print

Niko van der Klugt (Amsterdam) Visual artist. He has worked as an independent lighting designer since 1989 and worked on theater and modern dance productions – either in theatre’s or on location, both national and international assignments -, events, museums, exhibitions and architectural projects. As he was fascinated by light over the years, he found new ways (2011) to express himself in a different art form; converting spatial light into photographic images. He focuses within his photography on the making of 'Digital Paintings'. This can be abstract, figurative, portraits or graphic. These works consist of an amalgamation of his own photographs, carefully build up layer by layer into a unique universe. Photography that goes further than photography only. Digital Imaging. I work as a painter. What I don't need is a studio with diffuse Northern light, no tubes of paint. The computer is my canvas, the mouse my brush. I paint as a painter, with the required software as a binding agent. My work is technically derived from two different media; the camera and computer. I use my photography as basic for all my final images and use the computer as an artistic tool. This gives me the opportunity to make optimal use of the digital techniques; but still create an emotional expression. So the initial creation of an photo is not the end; it is the start of a series of manipulations, layer by layer, picture by picture. The last, final image is far removed from the first file, but holds a hidden truth within it,which should be examined / experienced by the viewer /spectator.