Introducing new artist Rick van den Berg

I’m a professional artist from Holland and my speciality is painting.

For several years now I have combined erotic imagery with natural and abstract elements to create a sensual symbiosis. Most people think that erotica and porn is solely a somewhat forbidden and filthy world of explicit images, but the poses can be as powerful as the poses we all are familiar with in the classical paintings. This is what I would like to depict in my works.

By morphing, blending, and carefully censoring the sexual and explicit images I want to create a scenery where the spectator is confronted with the sexual tension. In the meanwhile the painting still breathes contemporary artfulness, creativity, originality, and individuality.

In this brand new era of prudishness (fuelled by social media guidelines) we should be embracing sexuality even more than ever. That’s why I want the spectator to shamelessly indulge in a celebration of hedonism.