Peace of Art 
of the Dutch Artist
Emile Snellen v Vollenhoven
www.emilesvv.com
www.dutchartist.nl

To Emile each painting is unique in its own complexity, so he doesn't make large series. In addition, he has a tendency to mystification of the immaterial. This makes his art unpredictable. Emile is the product of two cultures and this materializes in his work. The uncertainty of belonging, the integration of East and West, makes the Eastern mystique beneath the veneer in his paintings evident. Testing boundaries, norms, values and society's rules which he thinks imprison us, thinking and feeling are encapsulated in his paintings. All this manifests itself in representations dealing with religion, erotica, humanity, good and bad, choices, growth and destruction, love and emptiness.

Emile paints filled with passion and complete dedication without any feeling of time or struggle. Unless when it comes to an assignment, which requires a rational approach. His private conversations with friends and acquaintances and his motherland Indonesia are providing him the inspiration for his paintings.