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✯ YOUTH ✯ from 2020
In 2020 Vincent started making installations with found objects. He combined objects to tell his story. These are about his youth. Being born, having a Mom and Dad. Playing, dreaming, fearing, asking for attention, being punished. Feeling displaced.
✯ I ✯
45 cm x 37 cm x 30 cm ✯ A ceramic statue on straw on top of a children’s shopping car. All placed on a farm painting
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2017 ✯ ALL MY LOVE IN VEINS ✯ 82 CM X 61 CM X 63 CM ✯ PLYWOOD, DRIED PLANT All my love in veins: spatial object with silhouette with a plant; love in all my veins, but perhaps is ‘all my love in vain’, ode to Navid Nuur](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Installaties-Vincent_van_Oss_2017_2018_8-640x1024.jpg)
✯ SELF IMAGE ✯
installations | 2017 – 2018
2017 -2018 | Vincent van Oss presents 2D – and 3D images using his own body as a starting point. External features like flap ears and a hanging belly are clearly expressed in photos and installations. Then he tried to show his inner self. He did this especially in viewing cabinets. A guideline in this is his teenage years, the seventies. His love for nature and electronic music has remained a constant in his life. Trees, leaves and contemporary objects are linked to the Self image. Music by Kraftwerk and Klaus Schulze is interwoven with the objects. The dream, dreaming away from everyday reality to a more beautiful world, plays an important role in this.
![VINCENT VAN OSS ✯ MALE NUDE NR.01 ✯ 65 CM X 50 CM ✯ CHARCOAL ON PAPER charcoal and pencil life drawing concerning the male nude](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-mannelijk-naakt-01.jpg)
✯ DRAWINGS FROM LIFE ✯
65 x 50 cm | charcoal on paper | 2004 – 2016
For years now, male nude models have presented themselves in the studio for student drawing and painting from life. If the organizer has the time, he joins in! An exact representation is not the aim. Quick sketches –without too much shading – work effectively.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2013 ✯ WALL SCULPTURES ✯ TEATRINO NR.01 ✯ 40 CM X 40 CM ✯ LACQUER ON MDF white shapes with holes on white background inspired by Teatrino by Fontana](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-2013-3D-Teatrino-01.jpg)
✯ WALL SCULPTURES ✯
40 x 40 cm | lacquer on MDF | 2013
As I often use geometrical forms, I decided to work with sawn-out – and sometimes pierced – MDF for a change. As a result, the work gets addi-tional tangibility. ‘Teatrino is an homage to Lucio Fontana’s ‘Teatrino’ series. ‘Picadilly Circus’ is an homage to René Daniëls, who also made a series with this title.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2016 ✯ WITHOUT TITLE ✯ 60 CM X 80 CM ✯ ACRYLICS ON CANVAS Waterlillies inspired by Monet](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Atelier-Vincent-van-Os-2016-18-detail-monet-60cmx80cm.jpg)
✯ NYMPHEAS ✯
60 cm x 80 cm | acrylics on canvas | 2016
Inspired by Monet’s water lilies, Vincent van Oss presents his particular vision of these images. On his paintings we see the calyx shape of flowers. Water lilies grow by taking nourishment from the water. They are exposed to changing weather conditions. Rain and frost threaten them. They are vulnerable, but their roots and leafs also offer protection to living creatures in the water.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2012 ✯ INK ON PAPER NR.01 ✯ 40 CM X 40 CM ✯ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS ink on paper, black and white painting. The inspiration is ink stains, designs and doodles on paper](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-2012-Ink-on-paper-01-40cmx40cm.jpg)
✯ INK ON PAPER ✯
Black & White | 40 x 40 cm | acrylic, pencil and sometimes ink on canvas | 2012 – 2013 ✯ Pink ‘painting’ | 40 x 40 cm | giclee on paper | 2005
Ink on Paper is about working with traditional indian ink on paper: think up words, but also make blotches and doodles, both consciously and unconsciously. Literature and the visual arts are brought together.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2011 ✯ UNTITLED NR.01 ✯ 65 CM X 50 CM ✯ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS small painting by Dutch organic abstract expressionist](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-2011-01.jpg)
✯ UNTITLED ✯
65 x 50 cm | acrylic, pencil and sometimes ink on canvas | 2009 – 2011
Composing and painting without a prior plan. The game is continued. Images evoke memories of existing images or conjure up new associations.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2007 ✯ UNTITLED NR.01 ✯ 180 CM X 135 CM ✯ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS big painting by Dutch organic abstract expressionist inspired by Sigmar Polke](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-2007-01.jpg)
✯ UNTITLED ✯
180 x 135 cm | acrylic and pencil on canvas | 2002 – 2007
On a warm summer’s day, it is always wonderful to spread out large canvases on the ground and get to work with big splashes of paint and large cut-outs. Playing is essential; but not carefree, for in the end, a lot of thinking an watching is involved.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 2006 ✯ ORGANIC MOVEMENTS NR.01 ✯ DIAMETER 50 CM ✯ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Organic abstract round painting by Dutch expressionist painter](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Vincent-van-Oss-2006-01.jpg)
✯ ORGANIC MOVEMENTS ✯
diameter 50 cm | acrylic and pencil on canvas | 2005 – 2007
These works on circular surfaces have movement as their theme. It is not only the flowing paint that suggests movement, but the circular canvases also give you the feeling that you can rotate the composition. A rectangular canvas has mostly four possible tops and bottoms. The circle has countless possibilities. In the end, one top and bottom are chosen after all.
![VINCENT VAN OSS 1988 ✯ VISUAL ASPECTS ✯ 40 CM X 40 CM ✯ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS VISUAL ASPECTS: abstract black and white painting with curved lines and circlesabstract black and white painting with curved lines and circles](https://vincentvanoss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1.-Vincent-van-Oss-1988-Beeldende-aspecten.jpg)
✯ ARCHIVES up to 2000 ✯
various sizes | acrylic paint and pencil on canvas | no. 4 acrylic on paper
When the artist had found his direction, he initially worked with strictly defined forms and very limited shades of colour. This technique generated very clear images. The titles of the works were also carefully considered.