Welcome to the web-site of visual artist Joost de Jonge. Joost lives in The Netherlands in the town of Vianen, situated in the province of Utrecht. Here you will find an impression of Joost's art, showing mostly picures of finished paintings and some sketches that give you an idea of the path to these finished paintings. Of course you will find here his résumé and a hint to the philosophical background which helps him constitute the axioms of his visual expression. It will probably be good to give you a short introduction to these sources of his inspiration, for it will make more evident what his concerns are.

The overall principle of his work is the expression of an unconscious infinity as described in the art-theory of Schelling, which emanates from the joining of nature and freedom in the work of art. Hence, he looks upon his work as a painterly Nirvana, the expression of an overall blissful state.

Another main thought for Joost de Jonge to express, is the travelling of the individual Soul in an endless universe; a thought and feeling which is inspired by the writings of Hinduism.

In general one creates borders for oneself, to create a frame of reference, you can look upon the painted picture as such a frame, only this frame, i.e. Joost's painting, refers to the elusive dimension of space; space as an abstract quality, but the actual space too, in which everything exists; the actual space of the universe of which science (Newtonian physics) has not been able to determine it's border, these scientists talk about an expanding universe, but fail to describe in which space the universe expands. It is this realisation that Joost wishes to express in his work, the dimension of the divine , the endless depth of creation ,the unattainable, yet which is so real and innate to the experience of being human, the sublimity of human consciousness.

Please enjoy your visit to joostspaintings.