Edwin IJpeij

About Artist:

Edwin (b. 1969) is a contemporary Dutch artist and inventor based near Maastricht. Through his paintings and photographs, Edwin tells stories of erotic, sensual, and seductive beauty, portraying his muses as powerful, alluring figures.

His nudes are stripped of garments and makeup, celebrating the pure essence of the human form. Edwin's artworks encourage viewers, to embrace their own natural beauty and become their authentic selves.

Edwin's works are diverse, yet always maintain a spicy and sensual quality. His theatrical scenes showcase his muses' power, seduction, and temptation, creating a narrative that draws the viewer in.

As a master of both painting and photography, Edwin expertly composes his artworks, accentuating the female form and emphasizing the texture and color of the skin with high-contrast and dramatic lighting. He believes that every woman has the innate ability to be seductive and powerful, while maintaining elegance, grace, and control.

Edwin prefers to paint with tempera and oil using Old Masters' techniques, which he believes best capture the realistic texture and color of the skin. He creates his own paints using genuine pigments, utilizing his BSc in chemistry to ensure quality.

Edwin's works have been exhibited in various cities around the world, including Maastricht, Miami, Barcelona, London, Venice, Knokke, and Amsterdam, and are part of private collections in Maastricht, Aix-en-Provence, Oxford, London, Genk, and Sittard-Geleen. He is represented by the Espace Art gallery in Brussels and Galerie ArtPéro in Namur (B).

About Artwork:

Oil on marouflated panel. The linen structure is visible.

Frame: Italian wooden frame with hand-coloured silver leaf.

This work is an unica and from Edwin's Home Exclusive Collection. This painting is inspired by realising the impact of perishing beauty. The self-esteem of many women is depending on their attractiveness. With this painting, Edwin wants to trigger you to observe your own relationship towards true beauty: your inner beauty!

The hyperrealism posture of this lady is twisted, almost like a DNA helix, that emphasizes the matrix of life, the perfection of the female body, erotic beauties and the inspiration of female anatomy. But also, the DNA is the matrix of your essence. This painting is also an experiment of expressing the female landscape as a traditional still-life. Instead of rummers, girandoles or fruits, there are shown the beautiful round shapes of a lady. The clair obscure light co-works pleasantly with the composition, creating beautiful diagonal lines and round shapes. The intended anonymous atmosphere is emphasized by nearly abstract forms in this artwork. With this painting, Edwin has consciously chosen to represent the lady as a vanitas still-life, meaning that physical beauty is perishing, while inner beauty lasts forever. Be pure, not plastic!


In this artwork, Edwin used self-made paint made from traditional, genuine pigments to paint her skin. Also the panel is completely hand-prepared: the Belgian linen is glued on the multilayered wood and grounded with an oil based ground.?Frame: Italian wooden frame with hand-coloured silver leaf.