Erik van Ommen (1956) graduated in 1983 from the Minerva Academy of Visual Arts in Groningen. He makes figurative work in the tradition of the Northern Realists and has exhibited in many museums and galleries at home and abroad. He is a very versatile artist and makes oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, etchings, lino and woodcuts, sumi-e paintings, video films and he wrote the content for some of his books. Erik lives, works and exhibits in Atelier Brink 2, an old rectory on the historic Brink in Vries.
