Artist Spotlight - John van Brakel

Biography

John van Brakel is a Dutch Artist/Painter; born in the city of The Hague not far from the sea. But location doesn't figure much into his work. His route to abstraction wasn't rushed.

GC/B1, 2026, Acrylic/Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 cm.

He started in realism, then Explorer cubism. Geometry stuck. It gave him a language he could keep using without repeating himself.

GC/B2, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 40 cm 40 cm.

Artist Statement

A few lines, a pattern, a constraint. Then he works inside that. It's not about control. It's about seeing what happens when you let a structure unfold.

GC/B3, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 40 cm.

He considered that his paintings are nothing more than just experiments.

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GC/B4, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B5, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B6, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B7, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B8, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B9, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B10, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B11, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B12, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B13, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/14, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

GC/B15, 2026, Acrylic/Oil, on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm.