Transparent space

 In his often meditative work artist Jos van Wunnik (Maastricht, 1951) always seeks to represent the invisible aspect of reality in a recognizable world. The landscapes which he creates like textiles layer by layer with numerous horizontal and vertical stripes or strokes, thus get an extra dimension and become as it were true soulscapes. His special bond with trees tought him that we, like them, are interwoven with invisible force fields and are situated in a transparent space.

Van Wunnik’s quest to unite ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ is visualized in more than a thousand paintings and drawings, from which a wide selection is made for this book. The accompanying essay by Martha Dirkmaat-Planting examins the various periods of the artist’s life, with which a self-composed song from his youth is the leading thread.