Eric de Nie - Untitled

The paintings of Eric de Nie (born in Leiden, 1944) reflect a compelling and emotional duality between free-flowing paint and controlled brushstrokes. Adopting a playful approach, the artist occasionally tilts the canvas—both horizontally and vertically—and, with a sensitive eye and fluid hand, follows the colorful traces of lines, drips, and smears of paint. By guiding chance, a complex interplay of rhythmic connections emerges between color, line, plane, and space, resulting in a new image that is at once concrete and poetic.

Eric de Nie’s works are included in the collections of various prestigious museums, including Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen, Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Museum Waterland in Purmerend, and Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.