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The minutely painted fantasy world of Con van Velsen belongs to the finest achievements of present-day realism in the Netherlands. Van Velsen clearly enjoys hiding the smallest of details in his paintings. Even finding his signature is a recurring puzzle. After a long search, one finally discerns the name 'Con van Velsen' in letters of a few tenths of millimeters somewhere on a free-laying plank or on a leather belt.

                THE JACKS
                                                      

The uncompromising attention that he gives to the details, the texture and the light is relieved by the light-footed humour in his work. Specifically the combination of the representation and the title leads to surprising discoveries. It's usually a pun, a playing with words and images.

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