Peter Donkersloot

Peter Donkersloot (April 8, 1959) was born in Arnhem. After his studies at the Arnhem Art Academy, Peter was a freelance illustrator for various publishers and advertising agencies. In his spare time he painted artistically. At the end of 1987, he discovered that work and ambition no longer went well together and forced himself to make a decision.

Peter Donkersloot paints according to the old "layer upon layer" tradition. Transparent layers on top of each other give the paintings more depth and the colors are "warmer". This cannot be achieved by coloring directly from the tube. The old masters worked in the same way with home-made oil-based oil paint. Due to the slow drying, they had to wait, sometimes even weeks, before they could add an extra layer.

This is why many artists, such as Donkersloot, are now working with fast-drying acrylic (water-based) to achieve the same effects. Donkersloot also uses screen prints of old masters' paintings, which he covers in whole or in part, in order to transform the "original" into a new, modern painting.