Eric Toebosch - Zeefdruk, titel. "Una Assietta Particolare ". - Sold

Eric Toebosch (Venlo, 1949) Toebosch's style and oeuvre are mainly characterized by scenes from self-written fairy tales, myths and sagas. Death is also a frequently recurring theme in his paintings. Perhaps to compensate for this heavy subject, Toebosch also often opts for humor in his work. Frequently recurring elements in his paintings include angels, crosses, hourglasses and shields. Through the use of these symbols, Toebosch is more often placed in the tradition of spiritual art. His work also shows similarities with Byzantine art, especially through the use of gold paint. In addition, Toebosch often uses texts in his work. He also seems to have a slight preference for the German language, which is also reflected in many titles of his paintings. For sixteen years he worked part-time as an art teacher at a secondary school, in Horst. There he tried to keep the students' enthusiasm for art as long as possible and to educate them culturally. He has had members of the Heideroosjes and Rowwen Hèze in his class, among others. In the meantime, he continued to paint himself and in 1988, when this was generating more income than his school job, he stopped teaching and focused entirely on the visual arts. Since then he has been on many (inter)national fairs, his work has been included in museums and corporate collections and a lot of work has been sold to private individuals. He does not limit himself, but works with fabric designs and ceramics, makes graphic work and paints. Eric once read that the foundation of your life is laid in puberty. He doesn't know if it's true, but looking back he thinks it applies to him. Even then he was in the company of, for example, Sef Derkx and Theu Boermans. The same unconstrained minds that learned to think freely; tried to preserve their spontaneity and creativity and gave free rein to the creative process. Against the tide, but with success. He gets his inspirations from the 'in-between world'. But small influences are also stored consciously or unconsciously. Today, flowers appear in his work. "Probably because there are a lot of flowers around my house in Bali," he says. His motto? `When you work with attention and love, it can never go wrong, regardless of the presence or absence of talent. Toebosch has made assignments for various companies, including DSM, Stone-Art and the Mutsaers Foundation. A number of his paintings are also in the public collections of the Stedelijk Museum Roermond and the Museum van Bommel van Dam in Venlo.