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May 12th, 2021 
Awake Goy 
As people already know I usually try to avoid writing about contemporary artists on Renegade Tribune for a number of reasons, although many times I find myself unable to help myself doing so due to the sheer quality that some of these artists display in their artworks. This is precisely the case with Dutch painter Herman Smorenburg whose paintings need no presentation. One of my favourite works by Smorenburg is Liberation (2013), which is the one I have used as main image for this article, an image very reminiscent of another painting by the very remarkable Michael Whelan to whom I dedicated an article a few years ago. I hope people here appreciate Smorenburg’s art as much as I do.
Biography
Dutch painter Herman Smorenburg was born in Alkmaar on the seventh of June 1958. At an early age Herman, who grew up with two brothers and one sister, was fascinated by the possibility of expressing his imagination by drawing and painting.
Although Herman had already developed a great sensitivity to the beauty and the immensity of nature, and although some aesthetic experiences with nature had already settled in the chambers of his subconscious mind, the discovery and practice of meditation and spirituality enriched his consciousness and intensified his experiences. Life, with all its hidden dimensions and possibilities, started to reveal itself to Herman as an unimaginable adventure, in which he had just made his first steps.
“My paintings invite the spectator to experience the archetypal power with which the images are charged.”
As the website Singulart tells us Herman Smorenburg is an artist based in the Netherlands whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Germany, Denmark, and Austria. Through his poetic and atmospheric works, he invites viewers to dream-like worlds where they can experience serenity and timelessness. Smorenburg’s distinctive compositions depict the beauty of nature, the architectural structures of a bygone era, female forms, and animals as archetypes. He creates using classical Renaissance and Flemish masters techniques with oils on wood.
Sources: Singulart and The Gallerist
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