‘Giant Mushrooms’ projects the viewer towards a surreal reality. A shed and cows in the pasture surround this presentation. Visual surrealism becomes the object of analysis. It tells us a fairy tale. The painting catapults the observer into a fantasy world, where he can completely let himself go. I invite him not to make to make the comparison between real and surreal, because in his world
even the surreal, if seen with the right eyes, can transform into real.
Oil on linen, 90x60 cm, € 1450
Ron Westerweel discovered the surreal like world of mushrooms and slime molds thanks to the
macrophotographs of the fabulous American Alison Pollack. She gave him permission to transfer this
world into the Pilobolus painting and liked the result very much. Pilobolus feed on the feces of
grazing animals. These mushrooms are smaller than 0.4 inch in height, and use a (light-following)
squirt-gun mechanism to disperse their spores up to 10 feet away reaching a speed of 56 miles per
hour. So in fact a realistic painting of the very surrealistic looking world of fungi that suggests
alienlike creatures. Pilobolus is also the name of an American dance company. You might speculate
why they chose this name. The lining up, the incredible internal power or…..?
Acrylic on linen, 60x50 cm, € 550
In this surrealist work, classical architecture is interwoven with human emotion. The woman changes from stone to flesh, looking in amazement at her incarnate hand. It contains elements from the Greek mythological story Pygmalion as well as from the Dutch graphic artist Escher (the staircase ending in nothingness).
Oil on linen, 120x90 cm, € 2350
In this surrealistic ode to the water nymph, the story of her lust is told. Fortunately, the parakeets protect her from intrusive musicians, including the devil. The background consists of the Roman remains in Butrint in Albania.
Oil on linen, 120x90 cm, € 2450
The great master of surrealism at the transition between his elephant dreams and reality. In that reality, to his horror, he is confronted with a rooster of which he certainly had traits.
Oil on linen, 60x90 cm, €1650
The furious Venus has had it all with Earth and its demons. She wants to hurl them away from her planet with full force. However, in the direction of the white swan, which symbolises purity and beauty.
Oil on linen, 90x120 cm, € 2150
The story in Greek mythology of the Phoenician princess Europa on whom the supreme god Zeus had a lustful eye. Zeus turned himself into a white bull to escape from his wife Hera and also not to scare the girl with his divine appearance. The young princess was on the beach with her friends who did not know what was hanging over their heads at the time chosen in this painting. Zeus kidnapped Europa after she climbed on the back of the beautiful-looking, friendly animal. The bull swam to the island of Crete where he appeared in his true form and raped her. The painters Rubens and Rembrandt were also inspired by this story, but opted for a later time. My painting depicts the ignorant and innocent girls, the threat and the deception.
Oil on canvas, 90x60, € 1650