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“creating is a journey toward an unknown destination: what I make is never finished, at most I have stopped making it.”

Discover the depth of emotion and story in the artworks of Albert-Jan van de Pol.

en route

For me, creating a work of art is like an endless journey with an unknown destination. I don't know where it will go, I follow what is needed, and that again and again. In essence, there is no end to it, except when the work of art has left my studio. As long as it is still there, I am on my way. You are welcome as a traveling companion on the projects I am currently on my way with.

WAR IN MY HEART

I want to work towards an exhibition in which I have chosen my 'Homesickness for Paradise' as the central theme. The Asher bird takes me on a beautiful night (see painting Judge Not) on a journey of discovery to show me how I can eat from the tree of life. In this painting, the bird takes me to a war zone to teach me an important first lesson.

CHAGALL MOZES

Although I never saw it in real life, I fell in love with this mosaic by Marc Chagall. It can be admired in Vence in La cathédrale de la Nativité-de-Marie de Vence, a beautiful medieval church in the south of France. I started in 2019 with the idea that it would be finished in 2024... blessed are the ignorant.

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