Remote Garden

Karel Stoop

Spain • VIEW PROFILE >

YEAR:

SIZE:

2026

160 H x 200 W x 2 cm

MEDIUM:

Oil on canvas

CATEGORY:

Painting

9 500 €

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

« I consider myself as a traveller and observer, expressing my reality and relation with the universe through painting. » Karel Stoop (b. 1951, Made, Netherlands) is a Dutch abstract painter known for emotionally intuitive, layered compositions. Educated in the Netherlands and Barcelona, his work is shaped by global travels and deep existential inquiry. Stoop paints exclusively in Tarragona, Spain, where he explores themes of transformation, perception, and universal connection. Using oils, pigments, and industrial tools, his process is meditative and performative, guided by intuition over logic. Influenced by Rembrandt, Turner, Tapies, and Barcelo, his work has been exhibited across Europe and collected internationally. He is founder of the International Art Collective and director of GaleriaZero. Stoop is represented by MRK Contemporary (Dubai), HellHeaven Art Gallery (Rome/Miami), Singulart (Paris), and BrissArt Gallery (San Sebastián). His paintings reflect a personal ritual and a universal dialogue through abstraction.

ARTWORK STORY

“Remote Garden” is my first work of 2026, an abstract oil painting on canvas measuring 160 × 200 cm. It emerges from an intuitive, almost irrational process of dialogue between the act of painting and the shifting state of being. Stoop encounters his inner world as a boundless, vibrant garden — a place that cannot be named or located, only sensed. A garden that unfolds through poetic intensity, dramatic tension, and an irresistible, immersive beauty.