Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Pigments on Canvas
- Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
- Dimensions : 78.7x78.7in
About this artwork
Birth is a painting created in autumn 2025, measuring approximately 2x2 meters. Its scale invites the viewer into a nearly tangible abstract world—vast, immersive, and emotionally charged. In this work, the artist expresses perception in a newly awakened form, as if crossing a threshold into another reality. It evokes the sensation of birth—not merely biological, but existential. Emotions take on explicit shapes, while the backgrounds suggest a cosmic…
depth where countless events unfold in silent simultaneity.
Karel Stoop
Spain
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« I consider myself as a traveller and observer, expressing my reality and relation with the universe through painting. »
Karel Stoop (b. 1951, Made, Netherlands) is a Dutch abstract painter known for emotionally intuitive, layered compositions. Educated in the Netherlands and Barcelona, his work is shaped by global travels and deep existential inquiry. Stoop paints exclusively in Tarragona, Spain, where he explores themes of transformation, perception, and universal connection. Using oils, pigments, and industrial tools, his process is meditative and performative, guided by intuition over logic. Influenced by Rembrandt, Turner, Tapies, and Barcelo, his work has been exhibited across Europe and collected internationally. He is founder of the International Art Collective and director of GaleriaZero. Stoop is represented by MRK Contemporary (Dubai), HellHeaven Art Gallery (Rome/Miami), Singulart (Paris), and BrissArt Gallery (San Sebastián). His paintings reflect a personal ritual and a universal dialogue through abstraction.