Clemens Briels - Titel,Our guide showed us the orchids, but Hazle was as beautiful as they where - Sold

Clemens Briels was born in 1946 in Son, Brabant. His works are collector's items for lovers of top design and art. He consciously chooses new challenges, exchanging academic laws regarding perspective and surface division for his own vision of antipodism. He himself says: “Every person is looking for his own antipode. One person does this by bungy jumping, the other by cycling in the mountains of Nepal. I do it by spontaneously expressing my own thoughts and fantasy, under the motto: “there's no need to look forward, if you can practice your fantasy now!”. Briels grew up in a large family. From an early age he wanted to become an artist. In 1965 he started training at the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven with the aim of becoming an artist. Due to various circumstances he ends up in the advertising world. He became a successful art director, but at the age of 45 he finally decided to choose to be an artist. Briels mainly works with bright colours. He himself says: “I like painting with bright colors. I don't really like those gloomy paintings. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm an extrovert.” He draws his inspiration from his own experience, together with the impressions he gains everywhere. He consciously does not want to become “involved” with trends. Briels: “From advertising, I am used to working from an assignment. To meet strict conditions. I need that. I'm not someone who sits down and thinks what am I going to make next. I am in fact my own client. When I make something, I have to have a certain intention with it. That's when I'm strongest.” In addition to a large number of places in the Netherlands, Briels' work can be seen in the most diverse places on the planet since 1990. On Curaçao and St. Maarten, New York, Stockholm, Antwerp, Hannover, Stuttgart and even in Kuala Lumpur to name just a few locations. His clients also include many international concerns, such as Leolux, Intercal Telematics, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Philips and the VSB-Bank. In 1994, Briels received the prestigious international Award from the renowned Simpson Paper Company from San Francisco USA for his book “Antipodism”. For the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Briels created the official painting that was featured on posters and official merchandising.