Bosschenhuizen (Limburgs: Busjehoese) is a hamlet in the municipality of Simpelveld in the Dutch province of Limburg. The hamlet is located between Simpelveld and Trintelen. Nearby is the Klingeleberg (195 meters). Bosschenhuizen is located on the southern edge of the Plateau of Ubachsberg with the transition to the Eyserbeek valley in the southwest.
On De Ling is the Heilig-Hartkapel, a chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart, built of Kunrader stone in 1958.
Fred Fouarge inspired me with his photo of the road from Bosschenhuizen. With his permission I made this oil painting. A beautiful hilly landscape in South Limburg, the cradle where I was born and raised. Sloping hills and stream valleys where I have sometimes cursed as a youngster with the bike not to come up the mountain. I had to get off my bike and walk. Anyway, every summit brought me the reward of climbing again. New views that made me want to be on the other side of the valley. Pure romance that makes me think with melancholy of the works of the romantic German artist Caspar David Friedrich, who like no other knew how to depict the overwhelming nature and the melancholy of our mortality in his sublime works. Enjoy! Welcome to southern Limburg.
Contemporary images and even those from the past inspire me to recycle them for re-actionary contemporary impressionist art. My drawings and paintings are sketch impressions in a loose and free style, the paintings in a colorful palette. I also produce collages and digital artworks or find new inspirations and.. Read more…