Summer is a wonderful time, but nothing beats the warmth of Christmas. While it’s cold outside, and hopefully snowflakes are drifting past the windows, we want to enjoy the cozy atmosphere indoors—the lights and the sparkle of the decorations in the Christmas tree, and the associations they evoke with a warm and safe childhood filled with wonder. That feeling, that sense of comfort and security, and the longing for the past, are what I try to capture in my artwork themed around Christmas, bringing a touch of it back into this increasingly harsh world.
Conceived by Rein Bijlsma Art, visualized with AI.
After years of working with traditional painting techniques—mainly creating photorealistic and surrealistic works in oil paint—I have spent the past ten years focusing on creating surreal experiences in VR, essentially painting and sculpting in virtual reality. In recent years, I’ve increasingly incorporated AI, which I use to.. Read more…