Michael Winkel - Chalk drawing, feminine beauty - Sold

Michael Winkel
1956-2012
Michaël was born into the arts as the son of the artists Antoon Winkel and Maria Hendriks. His personality was as erratic as his work, sometimes manic, sometimes depressive.
In the past you would regularly see him riding through the city on his moped, but after his health deteriorated he stopped leaving the house.
In his artistic journey, Winkel created a unique and imaginative world, where absurd elements are interwoven with fragments of reality and dreamlike images. His works often tell complex stories and are interspersed with "icons" that emerged from his personal search for meaning and his struggles with life experiences. Moniek Peters, former curator of contemporary art at the Dordrechts Museum, put it this way: "Michael Winkel creates his monsters with satanic delight. Within the framework, which is determined by the size of the canvas or paper, he allows them to writhe, bulge, and rise. These bizarre devils arise from his intuition. Color is secondary for Winkel; he believes it distracts from the skeleton."