Introduction

By Jurriaan van Hall

The group broke up at more or less the same time as the birth of my first son Rinus. I started experimenting with other media such as computer and video, which resulted in a new beginning on several fronts. This led in turn to an impulse to paint again and to investigate new techniques. What remained, however, was the interest in my immediate surroundings.
I like painting people the most since I’m one myself. It’s therefore close to home. I’m amazed at something so fragile as a human life. I’m interested in extremes. That’s where life manifests itself in optimum form, in that twilight area between life and death. My paintings do not stand for themselves, but are a threading together of moments and events of my life.