basmeeuws.com Photography

bas meeuws (1974) is a passionate photographer who has given a new twist to the traditional dutch still life with flowers. meeuws does not paint his flowers with a brush and oil paints, as his famous predecessors from the 17th century did. his images come from a digital reflex camera. painstakingly and with great ingenuity meeuws processes his pictures of flowers until he has created exactly the right image. the result is a series of unique and layered works of art. meeuws’ floral still lifes clearly draw inspiration from those created by the great 17th century dutch masters. you will see the same lush splendour of flowers, the same subtle compositions set against a black or dark grey background. what you will not see is that meeuws’ treatment also bears a significant resemblance to those used by the floral painters. the groundwork for meeuws’ monumental pieces is formed by digital photographs of individual flowers, all taken with the same lighting. this digital library of flowers is t