Pim Velthuizen background information

Pim Velthuizen

Pim Velthuizen (born in 1966) lives and works in The Hague. He began creating digital images/drawings in 2023 after previously working with synthetic resin. A wrist injury forced him to abandon this medium, leading him to explore alternatives for expressing his ideas. This search led him to digital images, which he now produces in museum-quality prints. Further details can be found in the explanations accompanying these prints." 

Pim Velthuizen on the artistic design process:

My images begin to form gradually, initially within my imagination. Subsequently, I meticulously construct each image on the computer, layer by layer. Utilizing my drawing tablet, I sketch directly onto the computer and integrate my own photograph. All these elements are amalgamated into the final image. Ultimately, the distinctions between what has been hand-drawn and photographed, blend into one another. I dedicate several weeks to refining the design until every element is precisely in its place. The computer enables me to work with precision and in intricate detail." 

Pim Velthuizen on his Sources of Inspiration:

I was introduced to Theosophy in 1988, a worldview that has influenced numerous artists, including Mondrian, Berlage, Kandinsky, and Hilma Af Klint. What inspires me about Theosophy is its aim to unify science, philosophy, and religion. And also the idea that we are all spiritually connected,  Because we share all the core of the divine that cannot be named, one can find the same spiritual ideas in the great religions and mystical movements of all cultures, according to Theosophy. 

In my works I search for the inner silence and the dynamics that reveal our interconnectedness: the unity in everything. Described in Hinduism as Tat (That), the unnameable. According to Theosophy and many other mystical traditions, everything is filled with life and consciousness, from the atom to the galaxy. Everything works inseparably together and constantly influences each other. Connectedness, brotherhood, is a fact of nature.

The Theosophical Society inspired me:

Compassion and Altruism:

Every life or consciousness is boundless and grows and evolves to infinity and beyond. We too can become Buddhas, Christs, Krishnas, Odins or whatever you want to call it. We too can rise above ourselves through compassion and altruism. Compassion inspires me. The image of the hero from the Mahabharata who cannot enter heaven because his dog is not welcome. I hope to express that compassion and inspire others through my artwork. That is why all my works have the overarching title 'Thoughts on Compassion for Compassion'.

Recurrent forms:

Various recurring symbols and shapes that I use. Such as transparent spheres or atmospheres, lines, trees, branches, rivers, organic structures, layering and many more. I use them to try to express the ideas that inspire me in images. I do not see these symbols as realities, nor as whispers from other realms. My works of art are merely my artistic representations of the ideas that inspire me. Everyone is free to interpret my work in their own way.