I am Wim van der Meij, an etching artist and photographer from The Netherlands.
I was born in 1949 and raised in the “Bollenstreek”; the region where the tulips are grown. Drawing had been my lifelong hobby, but after my first etching-lessons in 1977 it became my passion. I followed evening-courses at the Royal Academy in The Hague. In january 1986 I quit my job and started my career as a full-time artist. Since 1988 I live and work in a house at the old town of Zutphen on the IJssel river.Read more about me..
When you go to the “photoblog” above you’ll find that I am publishing a new photo every day. Through the ‘archive’ you can see all the (more than 2000) photos. The photos can also be bought. Please contact me for details.
For orders from abroad: payment can be arranged through Pay-Pal.
My etchings are permanently on show in gallery “Bij Floors de Berg op” in the Walstraat 8 at Deventer. I am usually there on Thursday afternooons.
The gallery is open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10.30 to 17.00 h.
Of my Amsterdam etchings a number were bought by the municipal archives of Amsterdam.
Latest news
Working on
At this moment (July 2010) I am working on a new view on Zutphen; the finished state is here. Also I am working on a couple of plates the subjects of which I am showing the drawings: ‘Farmhouse’ and ‘Nijmegen, the bridge’.
Also new: the second “Imagined Bookcase”.
Also see under “New Work”
My book
In the beginning of 2009 a book was published by DeDoc Uitgevers of my Zutphen etchings. Have a look here.