Floris Betrouw

Floris E. Betrouw is a Surinamese artist known for his self-designed art technique “Flocol Painting Art”, which started in 1982 and became known to the public in 2011.

His profession as a Mechanical Engineer in which he had worked for years at one of the largest companies at the time (Alcoa/Suralco), which meant that his hobby (art) received less attention.

But the innate gift never fades, until 2011 when his younger brother, who was familiar with those art gifts, advised him to participate in national art and handy-craft competitions, in which he participated in 2012, and all 3 won top prizes and was indirectly discovered by the former director of the Surinamese art academy, who personally guided him.

In 2014 he was allowed to participate for the first time in the National exhibition for the best artists and in the same year he was allowed to represent Suriname at the CARIFESTA (Caribbean Festival of Arts).

From 2015-2018 he participated in the Made in Suriname fair for the introduction of the 3D mixed medium art technique, which is all managed by him to date.

He followed the advice of many visitors to the Made in Suriname fair to take an international step with his art technique.

In June 2020 he participated in the international online art competitions, of which he has been appreciated eighteen (18) times to date.

Initially associated with his art technique “Flocol Painting Art”, namely painting with papier-mâché with formal elements with shape and depth points from these works, resulting in 3D visible radiant effects of which he is personally proud, because he was one of the first is who processes these new insights with this technique in such a way that the painter can accurately represent everything from reality (more vividly) compared to a flat painter's work.

His inspiration for painting art is to express the static representation of what you actually see and make it vivid with the right shapes and depths, establishing the rules that each painting requires.

To achieve the artwork process, he usually uses the following mediums; gluing canvas fabric to hardboard, plywood or cardboard paper based, drawing the subject and then soaking paper with water to form a mud mass, and applying it to the subject, allowing it to dry and then painting with your art insights of the element(s), which makes it look like it's looking at you or stepping out depending on the location.

Beautiful subjects from Flora and Fauna all come to life with contrasting and harmonious colors and bold compositions.

"Floris loves Flora and Fauna, and through his artistic insight he wants to reflect the visible in his art world, especially the Amazon.

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