Antoon Loomans
Welcome to my Lab

My themes

Change
Change is one of the themes in my work. Change in the sense of transition from one stage to the other, from prehistory to modern times, and between various stages of life, from composition to decomposition (decay). This is also reflected in the choice of subjects (nature, culture, climate), media (cardboards, paintings, photographs, land art), and materials. Most are recycled, others are new. Below some examples
1. Paprika decay_antoon loomans
1. Paprika decay_antoon loomans
Fireworks 15_antoonloomans
Fireworks 15_antoonloomans
34. Old House Piano Sweden_antoon loomans_4522
34. Old House Piano Sweden_antoon loomans_4522
02. Dead Insects -green rose chafers (Cetonia aurata)_antoon loomans_2715
02. Dead Insects -green rose chafers (Cetonia aurata)_antoon loomans_2715
Landart_circles1_antoonloomans
Landart_circles1_antoonloomans

Human Prehistory & History

From teenage years I have been fascinated for the people that lived and settled in prehistoric times. in the Neanderthals, the Cro-Magnon, the reindeer hunters in the Paleolithic, more than 10,000 years ago, but also the early settlers in the Neolithic and Bronze Age between 400 and 500 BC. Not only by collecting the artefacts of their culture such as stone tools but also in studying their art, in particular the cave paintings and rock carvings. More recent history inspires me too. I catapulted some of our heroic figures into the contemporary era, to show how our view of the heroes of yesteryear is subject to change.  Some examples of what I make:

01. Carboard collage Golgotha part 2 Sacrificed (145 x 129 cm)_antoon loomans_6228
01. Carboard collage Golgotha part 2 Sacrificed (145 x 129 cm)_antoon loomans_6228
10-Cave painting black cow_antoon loomans_5131
10-Cave painting black cow_antoon loomans_5131
03. Rockart mudpaint min Big men_antoon loomans_4623_big
03. Rockart mudpaint min Big men_antoon loomans_4623_big
05. Cave Bison Bull_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_ 6096
05. Cave Bison Bull_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_ 6096
5. Stone Age Phone Age Humanoid Android_antoon loomans_0325
5. Stone Age Phone Age Humanoid Android_antoon loomans_0325

Nature - Forests, landscapes, creatures big and small

Nature is art in itself. What nature makes in all its complexity and simplicity, I only can be stunned, humbled and inspired by. By taking a bit of nature into my Lab I try to catch some of my awe and bring it into my home. Some examples in my bugs, bulls, forests and landscapes. 

03. Landscape mudpaint Red dawn_antoon loomans_4341
03. Landscape mudpaint Red dawn_antoon loomans_4341
03. Forest mudpaint 3_antoon loomans_3837
03. Forest mudpaint 3_antoon loomans_3837
13. Birch forest _antoon loomans_WADM_3789
13. Birch forest _antoon loomans_WADM_3789
17. Birch winter forest _antoon loomans_5673
17. Birch winter forest _antoon loomans_5673
06. Sunset forest Sweden _antoon loomans_WADM
06. Sunset forest Sweden _antoon loomans_WADM
01. Orange Water antoon loomans
01. Orange Water antoon loomans
04. Sunset lake rocks Sweden _antoon loomans_WADM
04. Sunset lake rocks Sweden _antoon loomans_WADM
01. Blue Bull Blockhead_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_5996
01. Blue Bull Blockhead_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_5996
06. Cave Bull 1_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_5991
06. Cave Bull 1_Aquarel Coffee_antoon loomans_5991
05. Dead Insects (Trochodes apiarus) checkered beetle_antoon loomans_6376
05. Dead Insects (Trochodes apiarus) checkered beetle_antoon loomans_6376
11. Green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)_antoon loomans_5957
11. Green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula (De Geer, 1775)_antoon loomans_5957



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