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Dutch artist and illus­tra­tor Merijn Hos recently had an exhi­bi­tion at Beginnings NYC, fea­tur­ing a selec­tion of his col­or­ful wood sculp­tures.

A bit of back­ground on the series:

Wood Sculptures is a col­lec­tion of works orig­i­nally made for an exhi­bi­tion at the Stedelijk Museum Kampen in the Netherlands, which was on dis­play in the Spring of 2012. The group exhi­bi­tion, which the instal­la­tion was part of, was enti­tled, “Grenzeloos” (nl) — trans­lated as “Boundless”. A num­ber of con­tem­po­rary Dutch Illustrators work­ing in the tra­di­tional con­text of com­mer­cial art projects and self ini­ti­ated art­works were fea­tured in the show.

There are now two series that con­sists of 262 unique sculp­tures in total vary­ing in size between 5 and 14 inches. I began the cre­ation process by draw­ing objects that appear fre­quently in my work, for exam­ple, plants, faces and pot­tery in their most sim­ple form, nar­row­ing each item down to the essence of their shape. The draw­ings were then cut out of wood and final­ized with house paint and acrylics. Being inspired by Art Brut and Folk Art I decided to paint what are rather abstract forms in a naïve way, using about 24 col­ors and a uni­form brush size.

You can get a closer look at all of the pieces in the series right here.