JAN TEUNISSEN
"Still life with apples and jug with green algae" - Oil on board - 50 cm x70 cm
"Still life lying basket with pumpkins" - Oil on board - 40 cm x 60 cm
"Still life with Cloisonné vase, wineglass and lemons" - Oil on board - 60 cm x 45 cm
About Jan Teunissen
Jan Teunissen, born in 1949, grew up in Zeelst, in the south of The Netherlands under the smoke of Eindhoven. He lives and works in Best, also located in North Brabant. Initially, he followed a technical education and graduated as a business engineer. Until 2002, he did this alongside a job in business, after which he focused on painting.
Jan Teunissen is a major autodidact and his work is characterized by a high level of reality and often somewhat mystical, clair-obscurious atmosphere. Still life with images of utensils and food such as bread and fruit.
So lifelike, and basically no bigger than in real life, these paintings are such that they evoke comments and have ratings such as: "So real you would take a bite out of it.", "You can smell what fruit it's all about." or "Any moment a worm can crawl out of those pears."
Studying many pieces of art from the old masters and experimenting with materials and subjects, gave Jan the ability to make realistic paintings in a responsible and artistic way.
The paintings of Jan Teunissen, beside at the Netherlands, have been exhibited and sold in Belgium, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, New Zealand, Oman, Taiwan and Qatar.
"Plums in a rusty dish on a box" - Oil on board - 30 cm x 40 cm
"Still life pewter bowl with corn cobs" - Oil on board - 40 cm x 50 cm
"Pigeon herb (Scabiosa) - Oil on board - 40 cm x 30 cm