Welcome at the internet site of Roel van der Wal.

In this presentation you can read about his work and see a number of his paintings. Click on a button at the top to see the various surveys of portraits, landscapes, waterworks and so on. There is also a link to his most recent work.

Roel feels related to 'Northern Realism', i.e. a way of painting by painters like Pieter Pander, Peter Durieux, Henk Helmantel, Douwe Elias and many others who work in the North-East of Holland. See http://www.stoneart.nl/realisten/index.php

Roel paints both accurately and freely and takes all the time he needs for a canvas.

Although he works in a more or less realistic style he explores the possibilities of abandoning reality to its maximum and in doing so create a new world. Sometimes even more beautiful than the original.

Roel does not want to restrict himself to one subject or one style. “I do not want a ring through my nose”, he says. “Painting is so much fun and there are  still so many things to be discovered.”

You’ll find his own style is in his touch, his choice of subjects and colours and particularly in his eye for detail.

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