Background
Daan Lemaire was born in 1942 in Naarden, a small Dutch village close to Amsterdam. As a boy he lived in Amsterdam and later in Middelburg in the province Zeeland.
Daan Lemaire was born in 1942 in Naarden, a small Dutch village close to Amsterdam. As a boy he lived in Amsterdam and later in Middelburg in the province Zeeland.
Daan attended the Art Academy in Breda only for a few years. After that he followed painting lessons in Amsterdam from the surrealist painter Gerrit van het Net.
After compliting his studying, Daan turned back to Amsterdam where he would live and work till now. For his living he accepted a job in the glass studio Tetterode in Amsterdam. Later Lemaire started to use these experiences and would create glass-sculptures by himself, first in the technique of glass-applique.
Daan's painting style changed dramatically circa 1980. The art of Mark Rothko became very important as an inspiration. Daan mainly painted abstract in oil-paintings on canvas. After 2004 he started to work in the glass fusion technique which enabled him to create glass sculptures more painterly, because of the fusion of the used colors. Since 2005 the watercolor technique on paper became his favorite medium and he continues his painting career in this direction.
Golden Autumn - glass-fusing sculpture
'Yellow & Green' - abstract watercolor art - drip-painting on paper - nr. G 616
'Turbulence in Color' - abstract watercolor art, painting on paper - nr. G 657
'Vista' - nr. G 639 -abstract colors, watercolor art, drip-painting on paper
Blue Bird - glass fusing art - abstract glass sculpture
A pair of goose - colorful sculpture - abstract glass art in fusion technique
no title colorful abstract glass art - sculpture in fusion technique
'Whirl' - abstract watercolor painting on paper - nr G 609
Landscape 1. - glass fusion art
G-877 -abstract watercolor painting on paper in gouache technique
'Red & Blue' - abstract watercolor painting on paper - nr. G 622
'Winter air' - abstract watercolor art, painting on paper - nr. G 649
G-875 -abstract watercolor painting on paper in gouache technique - abstract-expressionism
Winterwoods G-632 - abstract watercolor art on paper
G-878 -abstract watercolor painting on paper in gouache technique
Quotations: "I have always wanted to make views, even in my surreal time there were shelves from the fence that you could see through. There is always an opening somewhere, also in the transparency of the colors and in the openness of the image. And the light! There must be something behind the image, more than what you actually see in the painting. Transparency, also a layering, that is my search."