HANS VAN VLODROP C.V.
IF SOMEONE WISHED TO DESCRIBE ME OR MY WORK IT WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING -
IRREVERANT, REBELLIOUS, NONCONFORMIST, ACCENTRIC, MULTIDISIPLINED – ARTIST, GOLD AND SILVER SMITH , GRAPHIC ARCHITECTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, SCULPTOR BUILDER, ENGINEER, INVENTOR AND ATHIEST.
INTERESTS – PALEONTOLOGY, HISTORY GENERAL AND SPECIFIC, PHYLOSOPHY,ANCIENT NEOLITHICS AND NEURO SCIENCE,
MY PAINTING IS INFLUENCED BY ZEN PHLOSOPHY IN THAT THE BRUSH MARK IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE COMPLETE WORK SO AS A COSEQUENCE I WORK WET ON WET ONLY, USING OIL PAINTS SO IF A WORK IS LARGE THEN I WILL OFTEN WORK 30 AND SOMETIMES 60 HOURS STRAIGHT TILL ITS COMPLETE.
IF IT DRIES PART OF THE WAY THROUGH IT SIMPLY GETS SANDED OVER AND ANOTHER PAINTING GOES OVER THE TOP OF IT.
BORN IN 1946 .IMMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA 1953 WITH MY PARENTS BOTH HOLOCAST SURVIVERS .
HAS 2 DIPLOMAS AND 3 UNI. DEGREES.
REPRESENTED IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS GLOBALLY .
CANNOT REMEMBER HOW MANY SOLO OR MIXED EXHIBITIONS HE HAS HAD NOR HOW MANY ART PRIZES HE HAS WON SIMPLY BECAUSE HE PLACES NO IMPORTANCE TO THEM .
TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY THROUGH OUT INLAND AUSTRALIA BECAUSE HE IS PRIMARILLY A LANDSCAPE PAINTER | 
