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MENNO VOS

Lives and works in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
www.mennovospaintings.nl

Menno Vos’s abstract paintings explore texture and color or a forest made of a mass of lively vertical lines. A typical
as they relate to the natural world. Vos uses techniques still life depicts a flower as a burst of color with a stem
of both building and breaking down to create his three- and leaves: a visual merging of plant, sunlight, and earth.
dimensional patterns. He puddles his paint and then His subject matter is varied by default – he has seen many

scratches deep grooves into it. He layers thin, unbroken different terrains – but his aesthetic is mature enough to
drips of paint over abrupt, energetic daubs. His palette tie each piece together.
swings between jewel tones and glowing brights. Vos was born in Dordrecht, Holland and today lives in the

Vos says his inspirations are the “people I meet, images I town of Apeldoorn. He has exhibited around the Netherlands
see and emotions I feel during traveling.” A Vos landscape and in the USA and in Europe. His travel photography has
shows a lake of rich blue framed by long streaks of green, been published in several Dutch magazines.

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