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John van Orsouw |
| Born in 's Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands in 1954, John van Orsouw has been a lifelong doodler. His work is influenced by children's drawings & toys, folk and indigenous art forms. An amateur painter and maker of things, John spends most of his time making joyous, colorful, kinetic work with and on anything available, including old wood, cardboard, and all kinds of wonderful junk. John van Orsouw lives and works in the Mohawk Valley, is a self taught artist and 'drawn and doodled' since he was a child. His vibrant acrylic paintings and sculptures are influenced by a number of eclectic sources including his interest in modern music, especially American Jazz - evident in many of his paintings. His works are filled with energy, color and imagination. |
