Luc Leestemaker

Dutch born painter, Luc Leestemaker is recognized for his atmospheric landscapes and vivid abstractions. The grandson and great-grandson of royal court painters, Leestemaker drew inspiration from Abstract Expressionists such has Mark Rothko and from 18^th-century Dutch and English landscapes painters such as Salomen van Ruysdael and John Constable. In his large cavasses, Leestemaker creates a luminous, sculptural quality to the surface – similar to that of traditional oil painting – by employing a fresco technique of combining cement and raw pigment into the ground then painting over with acrylics and finishing with an oil-based varnish. Using a pallet knife and oil paints, Leestemaker creates his smaller, ‘inner landscapes,’ to convey his own emotional state through, “the universally understood language of landscape painting.’