Maarten Gielis's digital paintings

Maarten Gielis is the second son of John Gielis, Everard's brother. That their last name is spelled differently is caused by a small mistake during the civil registration of Everard's birth. Maarten (born in 1954), together with his wife Gonnie, runned a publishing-firm. It was a demanding job for both of them and they did not hesitate to accept when a profitable bid was made on their business.
They bought a mediaevel house and reconstructed and refurbished it with their own hands. (Ref. De Appel nr. 24, June 2002, p 14) After the sale Maarten has turned his hobby: photograph, into an occupation. Using a digital camera he takes pictures of various objects and situations. He paints, so to speak, with his eyes. He detects the grass between stones, the perfect lining-up of tiles and sun-beams, a part of an old wall; he discovers a composition and a combination of colors and makes a photograph.
These photo's have no name, no title and no subscript. Of course they are presented here in a reduced size but he prints many photographs to the size of a painting. Those who paid a visit to his exhibitions were impressed. Some of his pictures are shown below. They can even be ordered at his home address:

Voorstraat 157, 3231 BH Brielle, Tel: 0181-472935
E-mail: duodata@xs4all.nl