Ed Schaap is een hedendaagse bekroonde Nederlandse schilder. Hij is gefascineerd door het werk van HR Giger, maar met het verstrijken van de tijd heeft hij zijn eigen aparte stijl ontwikkeld, die alleen kan worden omschreven als eigenaardig en verontrustend. Als hedendaagse surrealistische kunstenaar haalt hij inspiratie uit de moderne wereld, maar ook uit mythen en legendes, en interpreteert ze door zijn unieke lens. Het resultaat is een verzameling buitengewoon vreemde en verontrustende kunstwerken die de perceptie van de kunstenaar van de huidige vervormde toestand van de wereld of de potentiële toekomst uitbeelden. Hij verweeft vakkundig elementen van realisme en fantasie, waardoor een gevoel van vervreemding ontstaat dat door zijn stukken heen loopt.
The 'Vermin Warrior' is one of the most important dream creatures of the dream world.He sees to it that everyone gets to eat.All the dream time he is busy hunting for pests that could ruin the crops.But there is a dream rodent that is very difficult to defeat, a worthy opponent.The Oneymeenyminymos, if you think you can see or grab them, they're gone.
In the world of dreams, creatures living in the skies are quite normal.One can find one's direction to listen to the stars but also to smell the wind directions.West, East, South, North, Underin and Aloft are the main cardinal directions.The others 18, such as, the present, yesterday, today, maybe tomorrow, etc., are less important.The first 6 are important, so they also have kings who rule the skies.When a thunderstorm strikes again, the ground creatures know that the kings are arguing again.
In the dream world, once in a thousand dreams a dragon egg is found.This dragon egg is extremely rare, it is a gold dragon egg.This dragon species will illuminate the dream world when it is hatched.The heavens light up and everything begins to grow and blossom.It is therefore very important that it is carefully monitored and that the egg is not lost.That is why this 'Draconiër' watches over the egg.These beings are also thousands of dreams old and wise and know exactly where the dangers lie.
The LightSeeker is one of the beings that searches the dream world for fire insects or other light creatures in the evening hours.He tries to persuade them to move into the dark cities and villages.To illuminate the roads, paths and avenues.This is to prevent nightmares from occurring in these neighborhoods.
In the dream world there are also oceans and seas to cross.These dream seas and oceans can be dangerous if you just cross them.Professional skills are required, captains and pilots with the best experience are the only ones who venture into this.For in these dream waters can hide nightmares that can unexpectedly emerge from the depths and terrify the dream beings.
Dream ClassOil on Canvas40x50cmhttp://www.schaap-art.nl/product/dream-class/Well, even in the dream world there are lessons in history and astromy, how the first Big Bang Dream originated for example. It is still a riddle where the dream world comes from. Angry tongues say that there are other beings and that they create the dream world in their sleep, just ridiculous, what nonsense.
My name is Ed Schaap and I was born and still live in the Netherlands.
I have always been an Artist as long as I can remember. At first I drew with a pencil but at this moment I’m very good using an airbrush, acrylic, oil and the computer. As you can see in my work I’m fascinated by the work of H.R giger, but over the Years I have created my own style with is at least to be called bizarre and disturbing.
I’m modern surrealist artist and now at this moment I get my inspiration for my work of the modern day of life, but also myth and legends and I give it my own vision. This results in very bizarre and disturbing works, a vision of what I thinks that may become of or (already distorted) world.
I always put in some kind of alienated distortion which will let that realism and fantasy running through each other.
